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
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
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
Crypto payments / Web3 payment infrastructure
Offices
Singapore
Berlin, Germany
Business model
protocol fees
secure payment page fees
API / developer tooling
payment links
dashboard / hosted workflow tooling
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$5.7M
Latest round
Seed · Jun 2022
Latest amount
$5.5M
People & investors
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
Work & culture
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
remote-first work
international team
inclusive workplace
company-wide reunions several times per year
unlimited vacation with a minimum of 20 days/year on public job posts
Product & market
Pricing
0.05% protocol fee for attribution, or 0.25% for attribution plus a secure payment page, capped at $25 per transaction.
Differentiators
- —non-custodial attribution without custody
- —invisible cross-chain bridging, swapping, and routing
- —built-in wallet screening and KYT/compliance
- —support for 26+ chains and broad stablecoin reach
- —transparent capped fees
- —community-owned / no parent company
- —automatic reconciliation and payment tracking
- —one-click payment links and mass payouts
Technology
TypeScript
Solidity
JavaScript
IPFS
Gnosis Chain
The Graph
EVM chains
Tron
Lit Protocol
Hypernative
Merkle Science
GitHub
Docker
Customers
iGaming operators
Web3 businesses
DAOs
DeFi platforms
freelancers
businesses
payment providers
finance teams
Competitors
Coinbase Commerce
BitPay
NOWPayments
OpenNode
BTCPay Server
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$5M
Latest news
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.
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