GM. In crypto, a rough session is easier to diagnose when positions, permissions, and settlement are visible instead of hidden across systems.
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Crypto payments usually break at the accountant's desk, not at the blockchain.
No invoice match, no bank confirmation, nothing to file. A7 International showed a flow at its launch that seems designed for that desk:
• you upload the actual invoice, the system reads the details
• the recipient company's registration certificate goes through verification
• the counterparty receives a regular SWIFT transfer in the invoice currency
• you get a document confirming the payment was executed
• 0.3% fee, from one business day
The payer uses USDT. The paper trail looks like a normal international transfer.
Shor's framing: "We make complex financial operations understandable again."
If the documents hold up in a real audit, this is the interesting part. Following: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Trade routes are moving. Settlement rails mostly aren't.
That gap is what A7 International went after at its launch this week. The founders' thesis in one line: "The market belongs to those who come first with a working solution."
What "working" looks like in their version:
• payer settles a foreign invoice in USDT
• recipient gets SWIFT in USD, yuan or dirhams, the currencies of the new routes
• payment network across 150+ countries, no local offices
• 15,000+ businesses already using the group's rails
• 0.3% fee, from one business day
The currency choice is the tell: dollar, yuan, dirham. That's where trade is going.
Early days for the product. Watching whether the rails keep up with the routes: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Ask anyone who sends money abroad what annoys them most. It's rarely the fee. It's the fee they didn't know about.
A7 International made a point of this at its launch: the price is known before you pay, and it doesn't change afterwards.
What they committed to on stage:
• 0.3% fee, flat, stated upfront
• no hidden extras, no "correspondent bank charges" surprise
• no unexplained freezes of funds along the way
• USDT from you, SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED to the recipient
• from one business day to delivery
Fradkov described the market's real demand as "a few clicks from a smartphone, without paperwork, hidden fees or frozen money."
Everyone promises that. Few deliver it at 2,000+ payments a day. Following to see if they do: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Most B2B payment products quietly exclude you if you're not a company.
A7 International said on its launch stream that the new product is for both: companies and individuals paying abroad.
The flow is the same for either:
• register on a7.biz, upload the invoice
• system reads the amount and the bank details automatically
• recipient's registration certificate goes through verification
• confirm one USDT transaction from your wallet
• recipient gets SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED, from one business day
Fee is 0.3%, fixed. Only the payer needs a wallet; the other side never touches crypto.
Shor's point: "If your partner specifically needs to receive funds via SWIFT, now you have that option."
Opening this to individuals is the part I didn't expect. Following to see how it's used: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
Quick explainer: AI data centers and Bitcoin miners need the same thing, big blocks of grid power. Hyperscalers pay more, so miners lose the large sites. GoMining's digital miners give users access to industrial-grade mining without buying a machine or building a site.
Getting a grid connection for $BTC mining got hard. Two or three years ago it wasn't.
Filmed at a GoMining site in West Texas, Jared (CEO of GoMining North America Division) makes the point: the competition now is hyperscalers. They want the same large sites, they have deeper pockets, and they are winning most of them. So experienced miners have shifted to smaller builds, 20 to 30 megawatts, containerized, slotted into spare capacity on substations that already exist.
Worth sitting with for anyone who has considered buying an ASIC miner. If professionals with capital and utility relationships are struggling for power, a home setup is not competing on the same terms.
That work is already done behind every GoMining digital miner. The power and the site are sorted before you ever log in.
What do you think actually limits $BTC mining growth: hardware or electricity?
MetaMerce retweeted
2024: a cross-border payments company for one market.
2026: a launch on an open stage in Moscow, pitching a product to the whole world.
A7 International's founders used the stream to show what happened in between:
• 150+ countries connected to their payment network
• 15,000+ business clients
• 10 trillion rubles in payments last year
• 2,000+ transactions a day, half of them processed by AI
• market leader in Russian cross-border payments with a 19% share
The new product sits on top of that: pay a foreign invoice in USDT, recipient gets SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED, 0.3% fee, from one business day.
Fradkov's words: "We have outgrown this framework."
Fast growth is easy to announce and hard to sustain. Curious which way this goes: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
If adopted, transparent casing could make some physical tampering easier to notice. It would not verify firmware, component provenance, or key handling. Inspectability can reduce information gaps, but trust still depends on validation.
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MetaMerce retweeted
Most crypto payment pitches die at the same question: "ok, but how does my counterparty get paid?"
A7 International answered it on a stage in front of the Kremlin: he gets a regular SWIFT transfer. In his currency. On his bank account.
What caught my attention in the numbers:
• 150+ countries covered by their own payment network
• 15,000+ businesses onboarded in two years
• 2,000+ transactions per day, 50% processed by AI
• 0.3% fee, delivery from one business day
Founders Petr Fradkov and Ilan Shor framed it simply: you do business, we do the cross-border part.
Big claim. The next few months will show if the rails hold. Keeping an eye on it: A7.biz
MetaMerce retweeted
Cross-border payments are the focus of A7 International: settle an overseas invoice in USDT, then deliver funds by SWIFT in the needed currency. The fee stays at 0.3%.
Petr Fradkov and Ilan Shor present it on 13 October, 10:13 UTC. a7.biz/live
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A7 International wrapped up an impressive presentation and great live stream on cross-border payment architecture.
In the attached presentation clip, invoices uploaded to A7.biz allow senders to pay in USDT, clearing via SWIFT in currencies like USD, CNY, or AED.
Recipient documents, including the company registration certificate, are reviewed as part of verification before blockchain confirmation.
The presentation noted a 0.3% fee, with execution completed in as little as one business day. #crypto #A7
MetaMerce retweeted
A7 International is preparing to present a foreign-invoice payment service: settle in USDT and have funds delivered through SWIFT in the required currency. Fixed fee: 0.3%.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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MetaMerce retweeted
Watching the A7 International presentation today. The announced service pairs foreign-invoice payments in USDT with delivery through SWIFT in the needed currency, at a fixed 0.3% fee.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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A7 International is preparing a cross-border payment service for businesses and individuals: USDT to settle a foreign invoice, SWIFT to deliver the funds in the required currency. Fixed fee: 0.3%.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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The real stress test begins when the pitch ends. Durable Web3 systems keep their value legible: users can see what they do, verify how they work, and use them without a narrative holding the product together.
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A7 International is bringing USDT invoice payments and standard SWIFT delivery into one service. Built for foreign trade, with individuals eligible too. The announced fee is fixed at 0.3%.
Live on 13 October at 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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Should this prove accurate, device-level integration could compress crypto’s distribution stack: wallets, payments and apps could reach users through native mobile flows instead of separate setup. The implication is lower friction at the point of access.
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