🏦 Picnic Users Average $4,600
🏦 Picnic Users Average $4,600
💰 $4,600 Per Person
Picnic reaches $145M milestone with 31,000 users averaging $4,600 per person in stablecoins.
The platform demonstrates real-world adoption as users actively pay, spend, and ramp stablecoins daily rather than holding idle wallets.
- Users are living on stablecoins through everyday transactions
- Self-custody wallets becoming mainstream for daily use
- Follows Gnosis Pay's success with $105M in crypto card payments across 130 countries
Self-custody stablecoins are transitioning from experimental to essential financial tools for global users.
Stablecoins on Safe Spotlight: @gnosispay 💳 $105 MILLION in crypto card payments. 115,000 merchants. 130 countries. 5 continents. Self-custody stablecoins just bought coffee in Tokyo, paid rent in Berlin, and filled up gas in São Paulo. Spend anywhere. Self-custody
Stablecoins on Safe Spotlight: @usepicnic ✨ Quick math: $145M ÷ 31K users = ~$4,600 per person. These aren't just wallets sitting idle. People are LIVING on stablecoins through @usepicnic —paying, spending, ramping daily. Self-custody finally feels normal.
Ethereum Foundation Joins Safe for Enhanced Self-Custody Solutions
The **Ethereum Foundation** has officially joined Safe, marking a significant partnership in the smart wallet ecosystem. This collaboration brings together Ethereum's core development team with Safe's leading account abstraction technology. Safe operates as the premier smart wallet infrastructure on Ethereum and EVM networks. The partnership focuses on **"smarter self custody"** - enhancing how users manage their digital assets through advanced wallet technology. This represents a strategic alignment between Ethereum's foundational layer and Safe's wallet innovation. Key benefits include: - Enhanced security for digital asset management - Improved user experience in self-custody solutions - Strengthened ecosystem collaboration This move signals growing institutional adoption of advanced wallet infrastructure as the crypto space matures.
Safe{CON} Announces Ethereum Foundation Speaker for DeFiPunk Vision Talk
Safe{CON} has confirmed Ethereum Foundation's @hwwonx as a featured speaker for their upcoming conference. The presentation will explore Ethereum's DeFiPunk vision, adding to a growing lineup of blockchain thought leaders. This announcement follows the tradition of securing prominent speakers in the Ethereum ecosystem, similar to DΞVCON1's previous booking of Nick Szabo as keynote speaker. - Focus will be on Ethereum's DeFiPunk vision - Speaker: @hwwonx from Ethereum Foundation - Part of Safe{CON}'s speaker series
Safe{CON} Speaker Spotlight: Fileverse's Andreas Tsamados
Andreas Tsamados (@miroyato), co-founder of Fileverse, will present at Safe{CON} 2 in Berlin on May 23. His talk explores the intersection of cypherpunk principles and data self-custody, focusing on DeSoc primitives built on Safe infrastructure. Key topics: - Data sovereignty and self-custody solutions - Subversive technology applications - Safe asset management integration Join the discussion at [Safe{CON} 2](http://conf.safe.global) to learn about the future of decentralized data ownership.
Safe{CON} Speaker Announcements
Safe{CON} has announced two notable speakers for their upcoming conference: - **@anticustody** will present on the future of onchain organizations, focusing on governance, coordination, and decision-making processes - **Gal Sagie**, CEO of Hypernative, will discuss innovations in transaction security enabled by smart accounts *Event details and registration information to be announced.* [Follow Safe on Twitter](https://twitter.com/safe) for updates.