Crypto Payment Solutions: 2025 Market Overview from BitHide

Just a few years ago, cryptocurrency in business was associated more with innovation or experimentation. Today, it’s a practical tool for settlements and cross-border transfers. In 2024, stablecoin transaction volume reached $27.6 trillion, surpassing the combined turnover of Visa and Mastercard. This isn’t just a number — it’s a signal that crypto payments have become part of the global financial landscape.

But for businesses that view cryptocurrency as a means of payment, the key question arises: which solutions should they choose, and how can they integrate them into the company’s infrastructure in a way that is secure, convenient, and scalable?

The BitHide team has prepared an in-depth report on top crypto payment solutions in 2025. In this article, you’ll find the key takeaways from the report — along with insights to help you choose the right crypto payment providerfor your business needs.

Market Scale and the Growth of Corporate Adoption

Stablecoin market capitalization reached $251.7 billion in 2024, with daily turnover fluctuating between $20–25 billion. Increasingly, B2B scenarios are driving this activity: cross-border payments, supply chains, contractor settlements, and even payroll in cryptocurrency.

More than 25,000 merchants worldwide already accept stablecoins. Growth is especially notable in countries with high inflation and limited access to traditional banking—Nigeria, Argentina, Vietnam. There, businesses use cryptocurrency as a more reliable and faster tool than local financial systems.

Custodial and Non-Custodial Solutions: What to Choose

One of the key points of the report is the difference between custodial and non-custodial solutions.

• Custodial solutions are convenient for newcomers (СoinGate). Simple setup, account recovery, security “on the provider’s side.” But this convenience comes with risks — possible account freezes, hacks, or dependence on regulators. A vivid example is the FTX collapse, where users lost control of their funds after entrusting them to a third party.
• Non-custodial (self-custody) solutions give businesses full control (BitHide). Private keys always remain with the owner. But all responsibility lies with the company. Loss of a seed phrase or management errors mean irreversible loss of assets.
• Hybrid solutions are a kind of “golden mean” (Fireblocks). Companies often use custodial services for day-to-day operations while keeping reserves in non-custodial cold storage.

The choice depends on priorities: convenience or sovereign control. But the report emphasizes that even hybrid solutions inherit the vulnerabilities of custodial services, as confirmed by the mega-hacks of recent years.

The Cost of Security: Billions of Dollars

In 2024, businesses lost more than $2.2 billion to attacks on crypto platforms. In the first half of 2025, the figure exceeded $3 billion. The most high-profile case was the $1.5 billion Bybit hack via a third-party software provider that turned out to be the “weak link.”

This example clearly shows that by choosing a custodial platform, a business shares risks not only with the company itself but with its entire technical ecosystem.

That’s why, when evaluating a provider, it’s important to look deeper than marketing promises and pay close attention to security features such as:

• Multi-factor authentication (2FA, hardware keys).
• Cold storage and multi-signature (multi-sig) support.
• End-to-end encryption of callbacks and APIs.
• Role-based access control and double approvals.
• IP address whitelisting and session monitoring.
• Independent security audits and Proof-of-Reserves.

These safeguards significantly reduce the risks of insider threats, external hacks, and unauthorized access.

Privacy: A Real Market Shortage

Another critical factor for B2B is confidentiality. Despite the myth of “blockchain anonymity,” all transactions are, in fact, public. This opens the door to analytics, transaction tracking, and the de-anonymization of companies and, in worse-case scenarios, to attacks and extortion.

Most solutions limit themselves to basic HTTPS-level protection. Only a few providers emphasize privacy:

• BitHide employs a Tor+VPN chain with dynamic IP rotation per each transaction (Dark Wing technology), along with single-use addresses for transfers and temporary addresses for fee payments — preventing attackers from tracing transactions and determining the company’s actual turnover.
• Wasabi Wallet routes all traffic through Tor and uses CoinJoin to mix transactions, which can be problematic for businesses since it often leads to AML issues with funds. In addition, the wallet only supports Bitcoin, limiting its applicability for broader B2B use cases.

Other players (CoinGate, B2BinPay, Fireblocks, NOWPayments) prioritize convenience and compliance, leaving network-level metadata exposed.

For companies in iGaming, Forex, Gambling, FinTech, and E-Commerce, privacy is becoming both a competitive advantage and a vital layer of business protection.

AML and Compliance: An Unavoidable Factor

Beyond security and privacy, businesses must also account for anti-money laundering (AML) requirements. In 2024 alone, stablecoin issuers froze more than $1.3 billion in suspicious assets, and regulators are tightening oversight worldwide. For companies, this means that ignoring AML checks can result in frozen funds, reputational damage, and blocked operations.

The report highlights that modern solutions increasingly integrate real-time AML tools:

• BitHide allows businesses to run automatic on-chain AML checks, segment funds by risk level, and apply internal compliance rules without handing control to a third party.
• Fireblocks partners with providers like Chainalysis and Elliptic to block illicit flows automatically.
• B2BinPay relies on third-party AML screening providers.
• NOWPayments and CoinGate offer only basic checks, leaving businesses to handle compliance independently.

For B2B use, choosing a provider without AML functionality can be a critical mistake, as it exposes companies to financial and regulatory risks.

Segments and Providers: Industry Fit Guide

The solution overview in the report shows that the provider landscape is highly diverse, and the choice depends on the industry and the specifics of a given company.

• iGaming and gambling most often choose BitHide or NOWPayments. The former offers scalability, security, and privacy; the latter—simplicity and plugins.
• PSPs and trading platforms tend to work with Fireblocks (for compliance and institutional-grade security) or BitHide (for flexibility and built-in AML checks).
• E-Commerce uses NOWPayments and CoinGate for a quick launch with the ability to settle in fiat.
• Large corporations and institutional players more often look to Fireblocks and Coinbase Commerce, since they are integrated into a regulated infrastructure and offer SDKs for scalable integrations.

Choosing a provider always comes down to balancing three factors: control, convenience, and privacy.

Bottom Line: Crypto Payments Have Become Strategy, Not Experiment

B2B crypto payments are no longer a niche experiment — they’ve become a core tool of global business. The real question for decision-makers is not “whether to implement” but “which solution to choose.”

Here’s a practical checklist to evaluate providers:

• Custody model — Custodial (third-party control), Non-custodial (self-custody), or Hybrid.
• Security — multi-layer protection, MPC, 2FA, RBAC, encryption standards, cold storage.
• Privacy — IP address masking, one-time addresses for funds’ aggregation
• Scalability — ability to support business’ growth: multiple wallets, crypto payroll, mass payouts.
• Access control — role-based permissions, double approvals, whitelists.
• Reporting & transparency — real-time dashboards, Proof-of-Reserves, audits.
• AML & compliance — integrated AML/KYT checks, customizable risk thresholds, automatic screening.

Crypto in B2B is evolving rapidly, with more solutions entering the market each year. The key is to match the provider not just to today’s operations but to long-term business needs and risk profile.

In the full report, you’ll find comparison tables, a detailed analysis of each provider, and recommendations for specific business segments. This will help you not only understand the market but also choose the optimal solution for your goals.