According to @jessepollak, a pilot enabling payments with USDC (USDC) on the Base network is underway on Shopify POS, signaling live testing of stablecoin payments at the point of sale; source: https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1998521257705586989. The post does not disclose merchant count, regions, fees, or rollout timeline, confirming only the pilot status and leaving scope and deployment details unspecified; source: https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1998521257705586989. Until additional data is released by the parties involved, no conclusions can be drawn about transaction volumes, settlement costs, or adoption impact from this announcement; source: https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1998521257705586989.