Request Network has introduced a major upgrade that simplifies how businesses send stablecoin payments across multiple blockchains in a single transaction, eliminating the need for separate wallets, bridges, and manual swaps. The platform now supports mass payouts across the six largest Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains, plus Tron, with automatic bridging and token swapping handled behind the scenes.

What Problem Does This Solve for Ethereum and EVM Networks?

Until now, sending stablecoins globally meant navigating a fragmented landscape. A finance team wanting to pay employees or contractors across different blockchains had to initiate multiple transactions from multiple wallets, choosing between different currencies and chains for each recipient. This complexity has slowed adoption of stablecoins for real-world payments, despite their speed and cost advantages over traditional wire transfers.

Request Network's new feature abstracts away this fragmentation by allowing users to initiate mass payouts from a single wallet in a single currency. Through one digital signature, the protocol automatically retrieves and batches bridge and swap quotes, routing each payment to its correct destination across the supported networks.

Which EVM Chains and Assets Are Now Supported?

The upgrade covers the six largest EVM-compatible blockchains, which share the same Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard that allows smart contracts to run across multiple networks. The supported chains are:

• Ethereum: The original and largest smart contract platform, where most decentralized finance (DeFi) activity occurs.
• Base: A Layer 2 scaling solution built on top of Ethereum, designed to reduce transaction costs and increase speed.
• Arbitrum: Another Layer 2 solution that bundles multiple transactions into a single Ethereum transaction to reduce fees.
• Optimism: A Layer 2 network using optimistic rollup technology to scale Ethereum transactions more efficiently.
• Polygon: A sidechain network that runs parallel to Ethereum, offering faster and cheaper transactions.
• BNB Chain: The blockchain operated by the Binance exchange, widely used in Asia and emerging markets.

Payments can be sent in USDC and USDT, the two most widely used stablecoins across these networks. Additionally, Request Network became the first protocol to combine EVM mass payouts with Tron support, enabling large-scale USDT disbursements on Tron, which is heavily used in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.

How Does Compliance Screening Fit Into the Picture?

Request Network also expanded its compliance capabilities by integrating Merkle Science, a blockchain analytics provider, as an additional wallet screening option. This feature allows users to set policies that prevent payments to or from high-risk wallets, protecting businesses from exposure to addresses associated with financial crime or sanctions.

"Stablecoins allowed money to move globally without the usual fiat constraints, but executing payments at scale remains a bottleneck and is forcing users to rely on payment service providers. Anyone should be able to pay by himself hundreds of payments across chains in just a single operation. High risk wallets exposure has tarnished the crypto reputation recently, if we want to provide the best protection to blockchain users they need to be able to use the best screening providers," said Tristan Wallaert, CEO of the Request Network Foundation.

Tristan Wallaert, CEO of the Request Network Foundation

The integration allows recipients to set and update their payment preferences, ensuring payments always route to their preferred chain and currency. This recipient-controlled approach represents a shift toward user autonomy in cross-chain payments, a key concern for developers building on Ethereum and other EVM networks.

Why This Matters for Ethereum's Ecosystem

Ethereum's dominance as a smart contract platform has made it the natural hub for decentralized finance and tokenization. However, high transaction fees on Ethereum's base layer have driven users toward Layer 2 solutions like Arbitrum and Optimism, fragmenting liquidity and creating operational friction for businesses managing global payments. Request Network's cross-chain abstraction reduces that friction, making it easier for enterprises to use Ethereum and its Layer 2 ecosystem without managing the underlying complexity.

The protocol has already facilitated over $2 billion in on-chain payments since its inception in 2017, demonstrating real-world adoption beyond speculation. This latest upgrade positions Request Network as infrastructure for the next wave of stablecoin adoption, particularly for use cases like salary disbursement, supplier payments, affiliate rewards, and customer refunds.

"As stablecoin payments become more global and cross-chain, compliance needs to become just as seamless as the payment experience itself. Our integration with Request Network helps businesses screen wallets with greater confidence, reduce exposure to high-risk activity, and scale onchain payments without compromising trust or operational efficiency," noted Mriganka Pattnaik, CEO of Merkle Science.

Mriganka Pattnaik, CEO of Merkle Science

For Ethereum developers and protocol teams, this upgrade signals growing demand for infrastructure that bridges the gap between blockchain's technical capabilities and real-world business requirements. As stablecoin adoption accelerates, the ability to abstract away cross-chain complexity will likely become a competitive advantage for platforms that offer it.