Staynex says NOWPayments travel pilot hit 100% crypto payment completion at TOKEN2049

Staynex published a B2B case study on a corporate travel program for NOWPayments tied to TOKEN2049 Singapore, saying the pilot completed 21 bookings and 151 room nights with no failed crypto checkouts. The companies are now expanding their partnership with a co-branded booking site and deeper product integration plans.

Why it matters: - The case study is meant to show that crypto payments can work at corporate travel scale without failed checkouts or card-rail delays. - Staynex is using the NOWPayments program as proof that its AI-curated travel stack can support event-week travel for business teams and ecosystem communities. - The results may matter to travel, payments and Web3 firms looking for faster settlement and fewer booking frictions.

What happened: - Staynex published a B2B case study on the corporate travel program it ran for NOWPayments ahead of TOKEN2049 Singapore. - The program closed with 21 completed bookings across 151 room nights at four- and five-star properties. - Every booking was paid in crypto and every checkout completed successfully. - The case study followed a strategic partnership the two companies announced on 7 September. - The co-branded booking site launched on 7 September 2026 and is open to NOWPayments teams, ecosystem partners and the wider community. - The full case study is available here.

The details: - NOWPayments used Staynex for internal team travel during TOKEN2049 Singapore, spanning multiple hotels and multiple travelers. - Bookings averaged about seven nights. - Staynex outlined a six-step operating model: single briefing, AI curation, concierge confirmation, crypto checkout, in-stay support and post-event reconciliation. - The integrated checkout used a single payment link. - Staynex said the setup removed foreign-exchange conversion and card declines. - The case study recorded a 100% completion rate, with all 21 bookings closed on the Staynex and Sleap platform. - Staynex said there were zero failed crypto checkouts. - Staynex said estimated savings versus mainstream online travel agency pricing were about 10%, or roughly US$10,000 on the same inventory and stay pattern. - Settlement was instant through NOWPayments, compared with typical T+2 to T+3 card-settlement cycles. - Staynex said single-stack ownership from briefing through reconciliation prevented mid-program booking failures. - Kate Lifshits, CEO of NOWPayments, said the partnership works because both sides use each other’s products in real operations.

Between the lines: - The pilot is being positioned as a live usage test, not a marketing demo. - The focus on internal travel, not consumer bookings, suggests the companies want proof of operational reliability before broader expansion. - The economics matter as much as the crypto workflow: faster settlement and lower apparent booking cost are the clearest business case. - The use of TOKEN2049, one of the industry’s biggest events, gave the program a high-visibility test environment.

What's next: - The two companies have committed to joint go-to-market activity. - Planned work includes a co-branded booking site, a product integration roadmap and a transparent revenue-share model on completed bookings. - The roadmap is expected to bring NOWPayments mass payouts, crypto payments, subscriptions, custody and treasury tools deeper into the Staynex and Sleap stack. - Staynex said the same booking template can be deployed by other ecosystem partners for their own teams and communities. - Yuen Wong, group CEO of Staynex, said the partnership is intended to extend to NOWPayments’ community of more than 20,000 partners.

The bottom line: - Staynex and NOWPayments are trying to turn a successful event-week travel program into a repeatable crypto payments and travel product for business communities.