The Global Giant of the Spar grocery store has deployed Bitcoin-based payments in a Swiss city, marking another step in the growing adoption of cryptocurrency for daily transactions.
A Spar supermarket in Zug, Switzerland, implemented Bitcoin 
Btcusd Payments via the Lightning network.
Bitcoin payments of the store were put online on BTC Mao, a project focused on the community highlighting stores that accept BTC, DFX SWISS, a Crypto-Fiat payment solution, announced in a LinkedIn article on April 17.
“This Spar location is among the first supermarkets in Switzerland where you can pay directly at the cashier using Bitcoin (via Lnurl), thanks to our new OpenCryptopay Hashtag #solution, an open P2P standard for cryptographic payments in person,” said DFX.
Switzerland has long been considered one of the most friendly European jurisdictions with some of the first Crypto adoption initiatives.
In 2023, the Swiss city of Lugano adopted Bitcoin and Tether USDT (USDT) payments for all municipal costs, one of the first city administrations in the world to do so.
According to BTCMAP data, 1,013 stores and companies are currently 1,013 stores and businesses.
The adoption of Bitcoin among retail giants having a global presence can increase general confidence in the payments of cryptocurrencies.
SPAR operates more than 13,900 stores in 48 countries, with more than 14.7 million daily buyers and 450,000 employees worldwide.
Spar in Zug allows Bitcoin payment without seam via the QR code
The points of friction and the complicated user experience are often criticized as some of the greatest obstacles limiting the adoption of traditional blockchain.
However, the implementation of Spar Bitcoin allows easy payments by scanning a simple rapid response code (QR), according to Rahim Taghizadegan, university professor and director of the Swiss Bitcoin Association.
In a LinkedIn post of April 16, he explained how easy it is to pay by using BTC in Spar:
“Just scan a static QR code, send Sat, immediate and easy registration by the cashier. If enough people use it, it can be deployed throughout the country.”
“I used Phoenix Wallet for (the Lightning network), but almost everything works,” he added.
More and more companies are adopting cryptocurrencies in the country. The Swiss -based blockchain ecosystem, Crypto Valley, exceeded $ 593 billion in 2024 after an annual increase of 55%, Cointelegraph reported on January 21.
Among the 50 regional entities, 17 reached unicorn status, with an evaluation of $ 1 billion or more.
“A Swiss industry where the 50 main entities share an assessment of $ 593 billion and whose funding medians exceed world medianas reflect vision and resilience,” Mathias Ruch, founder and CEO of CV VC told Cointelegraph.
Some of the well -known Crypto Valley projects include the layer 1 Blockchain network (L1) Ethereum, Cardano and the Blockchain Casper.
