Nano is a cryptocurrency that uses a DAG and a Block Lattice architecture to address the scalability issues that BTC faces today. Because of this Block Lattice, NANO payments are pretty much instant and have zero fees!
In this article, you will find a list of all of the NANO partnerships as of 2020. I have also included some of the major Cryptocurrency exchange listings that added value NANO by allowing more users to purchase the coin. If I have missed any out please let me know in the comments below and I will be sure to add them.
Also, don't forget to check my previous partnership lists on NEM, NEO, and ICON.
List Of Partnerships
- Paytomat
- CoinBene
- Binance Gold Label Project
- Huobi Global Listing
- CoinGate
- Red4Sec
- Elastum.io
- Wirex
- Travala.com
- Kappture
- Crypto.com
- Uphold
- MetalPay
- Accointing.com
- Exodus Wallet
- ChangeNow
- Changelly
- Binance Research
- ProBit
- Magnum Wallet
- Binance US
- Trust Wallet
- Atomic Wallet
- Coinify
- Bidali.com
- NOW PAyments
Partnerships In Detail
1. Paytomat
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September 2018: Paytomat.com, an Estonian Point of Sale solution, added NANO as a payment option on their platform which allows users to pay with NANO at merchants that use Paytomat. According to their website, hotels, restaurants, dentists, and car services are already using the Paytomat PoS terminal - meaning users can pay these merchants directly with NANO from their wallets.
Users are incentivized to pay with cryptocurrency as they receive loyalty points and rewards for doing so. Furthermore, the Paytomat removes the risk of volatility exposure to merchants by directly selling crypto payments to fiat to paid to the merchant.
2. CoinBene
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September 2018: The cryptocurrency exchange, CoinBene, announced they would be listing Nano to their exchange. They added the NANO/BTC pairing in September 2018 and it is still the highest volume trading pair for Nano to this date (May 2020).
3. Binance Gold Label Project
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November 2018: Nano became the 24th project to receive the Gold Label from Binance. The Gold Label Project was launched to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on cryptocurrency projects. This status provided users interested in Nano with secure, transparent, and accurate details on the project
4. Huobi Global Adds Nano
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October 2018: Huobi global added Nano to their platform as they listed the NANO/BTC and NANO/ETH pairs. They went on to add the NANO/USDT pairing later down the line.
5. CoinGate
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December 2018: CoinGate, a payment gateway for merchants, announced that they integrated Nano payments for their merchants. At the time, CoinGate had over 4,000 online shops in their partnership and Nano would be accepted at all of these merchants with direct settlements in EUR and USD for the merchants.
6. Red4Sec
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February 2019: Nano partnered with Red4Sec, a leading cybersecurity firm, to conduct an audit on their codebase. The audit began in October 2018 and finished in November 2018. They released their results in February 2019 and no critical vulnerabilities were found in the Nano protocol during the audit.
7. Elastum.io
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February 2019: Elastum.io, an online fiat to cryptocurrency gateway, listed Nano as one of the cryptocurrencies to purchase on their platform. Elastum.io provided a method for users to buy NANO easily with the EUR currency.
8. Wirex
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February 2019: Wirex, a VISA connected credit card payments system, added Nano to its wallet of virtual and fiat currencies. This integration with the UK-based payments firm allowed users to spend NANO across 40 million different outlets around the world through the Wirex Visa card.
9. Travala.com
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February 2019: Travala.com, a crypto-specific travel startup project, added NANO to its platform which enabled users to purchase hotel accommodation with NANO. Travala uses the CoinGate merchant integration to enable NANO users to book up to 550,00 hotels in over 82,000 destinations.
Later down the line in November 2019, Travala announced that they added a Booking.com integration so that the users of the platform can pay in Nano for over 2 million hotels and accommodations worldwide, in over 230 countries.
10. Kappture
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July 2019: Kappture, a leading electronics point of sale (EPoS) company announced that they would be exclusively integrating Nano into its payments system - making Nano the first cryptocurrency offering for their service.
11. Crypto.com
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August 2019: Crypto.com, a cryptocurrency payments platform, announced that it listed Nano to its application. The addition to Crypto.com allows users to purchase Nano at trust cost with no fees through credit card and bank transfers as purchase methods in both the USA and Asia. Furthermore, the Crypto.com MCO Visa Card allows users to spend NANO at over 40 million merchants across the globe.
12. Uphold.com
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August 2019: Nano became the 11th cryptocurrency to be added to Uphold, a user-friendly cryptocurrency exchange. Uphold allows users to trade NANO with 23 fiat currencies, 4 precious metals, and their entire roster of cryptocurrencies with 0% commission.
Later down the line, in December 2019, Uphold announced that their US customer base would also have access to purchasing and trading NANO against their cryptocurrency pairings.
13. Metal Pay
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September 2019: Metal Pay announced that Nano would be added to their market place. Metal Pay allows Nano to be purchased by its users in over 41 jurisdictions across the United States. Metal Pay allows people to instantly send money to friends and family with just a phone number. Furthermore, Metal Pay rewards its users in cryptocurrency for each transaction that they send.
14. Accointing.com
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September 2019: Accointing.com is a platform that allows users to track their spending habits when they use cryptocurrency. The addition on Nano allows users to track their portfolio and offers full and classified tax reports on cryptocurrency transactions that can be exported into spreadsheets or accountant packages.
15. Exodus Wallet
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October 2019: Exodus announced that they would be adding Nano to their cryptocurrency multi-wallet platform. Nano was added to both of their desktop and mobile versions for the wallet and it allows its users to easily store Nano (as well as a host of other cryptocurrencies) on either device. Furthermore, the desktop wallet as a built-in swapping service through their partner Changelly which allows users to swap Nano for any cryptocurrency on the Changelly roster.
16. ChangeNow
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October 2019: ChangeNow integrated Nano into their service to allow fixed-rate Nano swaps on their platform. Users can easily swap between NANO and other cryptocurrencies using this service. Furthermore, NANO users can also swap in and out of USD and EUR through their fiat gateway.
17. Changelly
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November 2019: Changelly, the well known non-custodial and instant crypto swapping platform launched in 2015, announced their addition for Nano. This integration now allows Nano users to swap NANO with over 150 different cryptocurrencies through their website and mobile application.
The platform pretty much acts as an intermediary between crypto exchanges and users and also allows users from around the world to easily purchase cryptocurrencies on their platform directly by using credit or debit cards.
18. Binance Research
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November 2019: Binance and the Nano Foundation collaborated together to publish a comprehensive report on Nano. The report goes into detail about why Nano is important, how it works, and how it can empower the world with access to digital money.
19.ProBit Global
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November 2019: ProBit Global integrated Nano into its exchange in November 2019. This addition is important as it adds the Korean Won as an option for users to directly purchase Nano with. The ProBit exchange actually boasts order matching speeds of over 1.5 million orders per second. They added NANO/BTC and NANO/KRW to the exchange during November.
20. Magnum Wallet
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November 2019: Magnum Wallet announced that they would be adding Nano to their multi-currency wallet platform. Magnum Wallet supports Ledger hardware support, representative delegation for Nano, and in-wallet swaps as part of their services. Furthermore, Magnum Wallet announced that they would be supporting the Nano network as they launched their very own Representative node.
21. Binance US
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November 2019: Binance Americal, the USA arm of the Binance exchange powerhouse, added Nano as its 26th cryptocurrency. This addition allows the US users of Binance to purchase NANO directly with their NANO/USD pairing. Binance America opened trading in November 2019 as a workaround to remain compliant with the US SEC regulations.
22. Trust Wallet
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November 2019: Trust Wallet, the Binance-backed multi-currency crypto wallet, announced that it would be adding Nano into the iOS and Android wallets.
23. Atomic Wallet
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December 2019: Atomic Wallet announced that it would be adding Nano into its range of applications for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. Furthermore, Atomic Wallet also announced that they would be launching a Nano Representative node to help support the Nano network. Any user that opens a Nano account on Atomic Wallet will automatically delegate their voting weight to this new representative.
24. Coinify
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December 2019: Coinify, the digital payments provider, integrated Nano into the suite of adoption focused services. This now provides all merchants that use Conify the option to accept payments using Nano.
Nano was also integrated into the Coinify Trading Platform which gives users the option to make easy and fast purchases for Nano by using a credit card or bank transfer.
25. BidAli.com
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December 2019: BidAli, an online shopping platform, integrated Nano as a means of payments on its service. BidAli allows users to purchase gift cards for popular stores and websites through Nano with no additional fees. Nano users are able to now purchase gift cards from services such as Amazon, Google Play, Apple, and Nike.
26. NOW Payments
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January 2020: NOW Payments, a payments processor, added Nano into their ecosystem allowing merchants that use the platform to accept NANO payments. This integration brings a universal payment widget and popular e-commerce plugins to be used by Nano users.
