Y Combinator completes venture capital for the first time using stablecoins, making a payment of 500,000 USDC on the Solana blockchain
Y Combinator has completed its first investment entirely in stablecoins, paying $500,000 USDC to the prediction market startup Totalis, completed through three transactions on the Solana blockchain: a $1 test payment, $124,999, and $375,000. The funds are held by the financial operations platform Ramp.
Y Combinator President Garry Tan stated on X that YC will offer stablecoin payment options for any startup it invests in, not limited to crypto-related companies, and noted that the new track of financial revolution will not be built on ACH or wire transfers. YC crypto sector access partner Nemil Dalal had previously stated that stablecoin transfer costs are typically less than 1 cent, settling in less than 1 second, far superior to traditional cross-border wire transfers.
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