Decrypt / Chainwire · Jun 2026
Announced one-click mass payouts across EVM chains and Tron plus additional wallet-screening support with Merkle Science; reinforces the protocol’s cross-chain payment and compliance focus.
Request is a payment request technology & an ecosystem of apps
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Request Network is a Swiss, community-owned, non-custodial crypto payment protocol for invoicing, payment requests, and cross-chain stablecoin payments. Public sources say it was founded in 2017, incubated at Y Combinator, processes $2B+ in volume, and runs with a distributed remote team; funding records are mixed, with the company describing itself as community-funded/no VC while public records also show a 2022 $5.5M seed round and an earlier ICO/token sale.
Primary product
Non-custodial crypto payment protocol for invoicing, payment requests, and cross-chain stablecoin payments.
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Baarerstrasse 82, c/o Abafin Treuhand AG, 6302 Zug, Switzerland
Team size
1-10
Work style
Remote
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
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Crypto payments / Web3 payment infrastructure
Offices
Business model
Stage
seed
Total raised
$5.7M
Latest round
Seed · Jun 2022
Latest amount
$5.5M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Marketing Manager
Senior Blockchain Engineer
Kerry Mahne
Full-stack Engineer
Senior Full-stack Engineer
Senior Full-stack Engineer
Kai Gysin
Advisor
Mission-driven, remote-first, international, and open-source oriented, with an emphasis on inclusion, financial accessibility, neutrality, and compliance/safety in crypto payments.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public job posts suggest role-dependent pay bands rather than a single company-wide grid; examples include remote engineering roles around €60k-€100k and some web3 boards showing roughly $99k-$106k. Public listings also advertise unlimited vacation (with a 20-day minimum on some posts) and a distributed team structure.
Benefits
Pricing
0.05% protocol fee for attribution, or 0.25% for attribution plus a secure payment page, capped at $25 per transaction.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$5M
Decrypt / Chainwire · Jun 2026
Announced one-click mass payouts across EVM chains and Tron plus additional wallet-screening support with Merkle Science; reinforces the protocol’s cross-chain payment and compliance focus.
Request Network · Jun 2026
Official announcement of iGaming-focused crypto payment updates, emphasizing wallet screening, stablecoin deposits, and safer global payments.
Request Network · Mar 2026
Positions Request Network as a migration path after Coinbase Commerce’s shutdown and references the broader crypto-finance stack and recent product launches.
Request Network · Mar 2026
Launched a decentralized 'get paid' product with Storacha, using IPFS and highlighting one-click payments across EVM chains and Tron.
Request Network · Mar 2026
CEO Tristan Wallaert explains the product thesis: solve attribution, cross-chain fragmentation, front-end safety, and feature parity with fiat rails.