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Macanese Pataca on U.CASH

The Macanese pataca is pegged to the Hong Kong dollar at 1.03, which means it is pegged to the US dollar twice over: through Hong Kong's own peg, with gaming-and-tourism flows doing the rest. In practice Macau prices in three currencies and settles in all of them.

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Rails settle it at checkout; pegged tokens settle it on-chain. Both live on the same non-custodial U.CASH checkout.

Macanese Pataca at a glance

Code
MOP
Symbol
MOP$
Local rail
None in the set
Pegged tokens
0

Rails that settle MOP

Pataca checkouts can offer SWIFT for bank transfers and cards through your own Stripe or Verifone account; the Hong Kong FPS corridor sits next door.

SWIFT

International. Manual rail, no processor account.

The SWIFT rail →

Stripe

Worldwide. Card processing via your own account.

The Stripe rail →

Verifone (2Checkout)

Worldwide. Card processing via your own account.

The Verifone (2Checkout) rail →

Pegged tokens on U.CASH

No pataca stablecoin trades on U.CASH today, but the chain of pegs (MOP to HKD to USD) makes the dollar stablecoins a near-native on-chain rail for MOP settlement.

No MOP-pegged token trades on U.CASH today. Card rails and the crypto assets cover checkout settlement.

Where it settles

Countries served by the Macanese Pataca rails on U.CASH.

Macau

Macanese Pataca: FAQ

Can I accept Macanese pataca payments?
Yes: SWIFT delivers patacas to a Macanese account, cards clear MOP through both processors, and the peg chain makes dollar stablecoins near-native on-chain.
Why is the pataca pegged to the Hong Kong dollar?
Macau's monetary arrangement anchors to its neighbor's currency, and through Hong Kong's own dollar peg, to the USD: two links of stability for a gaming economy that bills in Hong Kong dollars anyway.
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MOP, rails and chains

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