<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Building MotePay: accept crypto without handing custody to a platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">If you accept crypto today, you've probably lived this: your money sits on the<br />
processor's platform. When that platform hits trouble — a freeze, a compliance<br />
action, a shutdown — your funds are stuck with it. You did nothing wrong, but<br />
your money is caught in someone else's problem.</p>
<p dir="auto">We're building MotePay to end that.</p>
<p dir="auto">MotePay is a self-custody crypto payment gateway for merchants. You get what a<br />
gateway should give you — accept crypto, a clean checkout, settlement,<br />
dashboards — but the keys stay with you. We can't freeze your funds, can't move<br />
them, and can't lose them for you, because we never hold them in the first place.</p>
<p dir="auto">The problems we're setting out to solve:</p>
<ul>
<li>Platform risk: your money no longer depends on any platform's survival —<br />
including ours.</li>
<li>Custody as the weak link: no pooled balance sitting there for a hack or a bad<br />
order to drain; funds are yours from the moment they arrive.</li>
<li>Trust you shouldn't have to give: not "trust us with your money," but "you<br />
hold your money, we handle the payments."</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto">We're building in the open, right here — every update lands in this board first.<br />
It's quiet now, which means your questions and feedback carry more weight today<br />
than they ever will later. Reply and tell us what would make MotePay a<br />
no-brainer for your business.</p>
<p dir="auto">— The MotePay Team</p>
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