The Good Tech Companies - TrustLinq Seeks to Solve Cryptocurrency’s Multi-Billion Dollar Usability Problem

Episode Date: December 10, 2025

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/trustlinq-seeks-to-solve-cryptocurrencys-multi-billion-dollar-usability-problem. The platfor...m enables individuals and businesses holding cryptocurrency to send fiat payments to anyone, anywhere in the world, across 70+ currencies. Supported Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #web3, #trust, #chainwire, #press-release, #blockchain-development, #crypto-adoption, #crypto-regulation, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @chainwire. Learn more about this writer by checking @chainwire's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. TrustLinq is a Swiss-regulated financial intermediary bridging cryptocurrency and traditional banking. The platform enables individuals and businesses holding cryptocurrency to send fiat payments to anyone, anywhere in the world, across 70+ currencies. Supported cryptocurrencies at launch include USDT on ERC20 and TRC20, USDC and EURC.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. TrustLink seeks to solve cryptocurrency's multi-billion dollar usability problem by Chainwire. Zug, Switzerland, December 9, 2025, Chainwire, Trust Link, a Swiss regulated payments company, is addressing one of the most widely recognized problems in cryptocurrency. Large amounts of crypto are held globally but cannot be used easily within the traditional financial system. The lack of a reliable and compliant path from crypto into global bank networks has left billions effectively inactive. Trust Link provides a regulated infrastructure layer that enables cryptocurrency holdings to fund fiat denominated transactions in more than 70 currencies through
Starting point is 00:00:44 established settlement channels without the need of having a bank account. According to recent industry estimates, approximately 580 million individual sand businesses worldwide hold cryptocurrency, while only around 15,000 merchants accepted directly. This represents less than 0.003% global real-world usability. Analysts have consistently identified this gap as a major structural issue, leaving large amounts of cryptocurrency effectively unusable within traditional financial systems. TrustLink operates within this space, providing a regulated infrastructure layer that enables cryptocurrency holdings
Starting point is 00:01:20 to fund fiat-denominated transactions across global banking networks. The platform is built within a Swiss regulated framework and incorporates structured operational controls, secure asset handling processes and multi-jurisdiction settlement connectivity. These elements create an infrastructure layer that is difficult to reproduce duetto regulatory, technical and procedural requirements. The configuration IS designed to support predictable, transparent and scalable cryptocurrency-funded fiat transactions across borders. Greater than, global participation in cryptocurrency continues to grow,
Starting point is 00:01:54 but the connection greater than between decentralized assets and traditional financial systems has remained greater than limited, said Sharon Gal Franco, CEO of TrustLink. Trust Link was built to greater than provide an infrastructure layer that bridges cryptocurrency with established greater than Fiat settlement networks in a regulated and controlled environment. Trust Link is accessible to individuals and businesses in eligible jurisdictions. Supported cryptocurrencies at launch include USDT on ERC 20 and TRC 20, USDC and EURC. Additional settlement routes, technical integrations and platform capabilities are under development as part of the company's roadmap. Payments industry specialists have identified
Starting point is 00:02:36 the emergence of a new infrastructure category designed to enable cryptocurrency to move from self-custody into traditional financial systems without acting as an exchange, wallet provider, processor or remittance service. Trust Link operates within this developing segment, which is increasingly recognized as its own category in financial technology. The model is referred to as self-custodial crypto to third-party fiat settlement and describes an infrastructure layer that allows users to retain control of their digital assets while initiating fiat denominated transfers to third-party recipients through regulated settlement networks. TrustLink introduces an operational layer that bridges digital assets with traditional banking
Starting point is 00:03:14 frameworks, addressing a gap not covered by existing payment or crypto models. About TrustLink TrustLink is a Swiss regulated financial intermediary bridging crypto. and traditional banking. The platform enables individuals and businesses holding cryptocurrency to send fiat payments to anyone, anywhere in the world, across 70 plus currencies. Operating under Swiss regulation and compliant with Swiss AML, Trust Link seamlessly enables crypto to fiat and executes payments globally while maintaining local payment efficiency via methods including SEPA, SWIFT, faster payments, ACH, and upcoming debit card solutions. The company prioritizes security, compliance, and user control through a non-custodial intermediary model that does not hold client funds.
Starting point is 00:04:01 For more information, users can visit httpsk colon slash slash trustlink.com contact share and gal franco press at trustlink.com. This story was published as a press release by Chainwire under Hackernoon business blogging program. Do your own research before making any financial decision. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by artificial intelligence. Visit hackernoon.com to read, write, learn and publish.

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