According to @OpenAI, ChatGPT now offers Instant Checkout in partnership with Etsy and Shopify, enabling users to buy directly within the assistant. Source: OpenAI on X, Sep 29, 2025. @OpenAI also stated it has open-sourced the Agentic Commerce Protocol powering this feature, which was built with Stripe, to allow more merchants and developers to integrate agentic checkout. Source: OpenAI on X, Sep 29, 2025. The announcement connects ChatGPT to purchase and checkout flows on major ecommerce platforms and does not mention crypto or blockchain payments. Source: OpenAI on X, Sep 29, 2025. Key trading datapoints in the announcement are the named partners (Etsy and Shopify), the open-source release of the Agentic Commerce Protocol, and Stripe as the referenced payments infrastructure. Source: OpenAI on X, Sep 29, 2025.

According to Lex Sokolin (@LexSokolin), leading fintech companies are evolving into super apps, with Coinbase focusing on comprehensive crypto services, Stripe expanding payment solutions, Robinhood driving all-in-one investing, and Revolut advancing banking functionalities. For crypto traders, the emergence of these super apps signals increased integration of crypto trading, enhanced liquidity, and broader access to decentralized finance tools across platforms, potentially shifting user acquisition dynamics and market competition (Source: Twitter/@LexSokolin, May 30, 2025).