Coinbase's payment push goes country-scale as El Salvador pivots into stablecoins

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People sending money from the U.S. to El Salvador now have a new app path that is tied to identity checks and a flat fee. Verified recipients in El Salvador are the ones who would see the transfer come through Sivar, and the launch was announced on Tuesday.

The practical change is that transfers are described as settling in stablecoins on Base, rather than through a standard cash-remittance flow. What stays the same is that the app still depends on sender and recipient verification, and the flat $2 fee applies regardless of amount.

What remains open is the scale of use after launch and how broadly the app is available beyond eligible senders and verified recipients. The announcement leaves those adoption details unspecified, and a fuller rollout update would be needed to show how the service is being used in practice.