WalletConnect Pay now supports Solana, letting users spend SOL, USDC, and USDT at any merchant that accepts the payment protocol. The integration, announced on May 26, makes Solana the sixth blockchain available through WalletConnect’s payment infrastructure.
What WalletConnect Pay actually does
Think of WalletConnect as the universal translator between crypto wallets and applications. Founded by Pedro Gomes, the protocol serves as a connectivity layer that bridges wallets with tens of thousands of apps, handling the messy interoperability work so users don’t have to.
WalletConnect Pay is the commerce-focused extension of that infrastructure. It lets merchants accept crypto payments without needing to integrate each blockchain individually. One connection, multiple chains, multiple assets.
Before Solana’s addition, WalletConnect Pay already supported Ethereum, Polygon, Base, Optimism, and Arbitrum. Now Solana fills that gap. Users can pay with native SOL or the two dominant stablecoins on the network, USDC and USDT, giving merchants three liquid asset options from a single chain integration.
The broader multi-chain strategy
This isn’t WalletConnect’s first move into the Solana ecosystem. The WalletConnect Token, WCT, was expanded to Solana back in 2025, complete with community claim events designed to drive engagement on the network. So the Solana integration for Pay feels less like an experiment and more like the next logical step in an established relationship.
With six chains now supported, WalletConnect Pay is positioning itself as a genuinely chain-agnostic payment layer. Additional asset and network integrations are expected going forward.
WalletConnect’s broader protocol already facilitates connections across over 700 wallets and tens of thousands of applications. Adding Solana to the payments layer means those existing wallet connections can now route through a faster, cheaper chain when the user or merchant prefers it.