Deep Dive
1. Visa Tap-to-Pay Launch (1 September 2025)
Overview: Kaia partnered with Oobit to launch Visa-supported tap-to-pay functionality in South Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. Users can spend USDT or KAIA at Visa terminals via Kaia-based wallets like Klip and Kaia Wallet.
What this means: This bridges crypto and traditional finance, targeting Kaia’s 250M+ user base through LINE and KakaoTalk integrations. Real-world utility could drive demand for KAIA as a gas token and USDT as a payment medium.
(KaiaChain)
2. Flipster Partnership (6 August 2025)
Overview: Flipster, a crypto trading platform, integrated Kaia’s native USDT, offering up to 23% APR on deposits. The campaign includes rewards for trading and onboarding, aiming to deepen stablecoin liquidity in Asia.
What this means: Incentivizing USDT usage on Kaia could improve network activity and trading volume, though high APRs may signal aggressive user acquisition amid competitive DeFi yields.
(CoinMarketCap)
3. BORA Gaming Upgrade (7 August 2025)
Overview: Metabora Games integrated Kaia’s Consensus Liquidity (CL) Protocol into its BORA ecosystem, allowing users to stake tokens for network security and DeFi yields simultaneously.
What this means: Enhances capital efficiency for gamers and validators, potentially attracting more developers to Kaia’s blockchain. The $2M liquidity pool launch signals confidence in cross-ecosystem synergies.
(CoinMarketCap)
Conclusion
Kaia is aggressively expanding its stablecoin infrastructure and payment rails, leveraging partnerships with Visa, Flipster, and gaming platforms to drive adoption. With the Korea Stablecoin Hackathon finalists set for announcement (1 September) and Epoch 2 rewards distributing, watch for increased network activity. Can Kaia’s real-world integrations outpace regulatory hurdles in Asia’s fragmented stablecoin markets?