Cardano’s ADA token can now be used for grocery purchases at 137 Spar supermarkets across Switzerland after a payment integration with Swiss fintech firm DFX.swiss.
The Cardano Foundation said the rollout uses the Open Crypto Pay system, enabling customers to pay directly from ADA wallets in real time without routing transactions through a centralised exchange.
“This marks the beginning of a fundamental shift in how value moves through society,”
Said Cardano Foundation chief executive, Frederik Gregaard.
The Open Crypto Pay system is designed to lower merchant transaction costs by about two-thirds compared with traditional card payments while enabling faster blockchain-based settlement.
Spar had previously introduced crypto and stablecoin payments at 100 Swiss stores in August 2025 through Binance Pay and DFX.swiss, with plans to expand the system to as many as 300 locations nationwide.
Switzerland has increasingly positioned itself as a global crypto hub, with regulators and local governments experimenting with blockchain-based financial infrastructure and digital asset payments.
Separately, Tether and the city of Lugano recently committed 5 million Swiss francs ($6.4 million) to the next phase of the city’s Plan B initiative aimed at building a global centre for digital asset infrastructure.
At the time of reporting, Cardano price was $0.27.