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Trip.com Lets International Users Book Travel with Stablecoins

12/30/2025

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Trip.com began allowing some international users to pay for prepaid hotel and flight bookings with stablecoins USDT and USDC, effective October 9.
A customer in Vietnam booked travel using USDT and found lower prices than Trip.com’s mainland China app, Ctrip.
The People’s Bank of China stated stablecoins do not comply with mainland anti-money-laundering regulations, so Trip.com does not offer stablecoin payments in China or other regions, with IP-based access.

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Story summary

Trip.com began allowing some international users to pay for prepaid hotel and flight bookings with stablecoins USDT and USDC, effective October 9.
A customer in Vietnam booked travel using USDT and found lower prices than Trip.com’s mainland China app, Ctrip.
The People’s Bank of China stated stablecoins do not comply with mainland anti-money-laundering regulations, so Trip.com does not offer stablecoin payments in China or other regions, with IP-based access.