What happens when a player is ready to deposit in crypto, but your payment setup gets in the way? You may lose far more than a single transaction; you may also begin losing players, and this risk poses a much bigger challenge for operators.
Operators need to grow across more markets, reduce payment friction, protect margins and give high-value players the speed and flexibility they increasingly expect. Yet traditional payment infrastructure can still mean lengthy onboarding, high fees, slow settlements and dependence on third-party providers.
At SBC Summit, GR8_TECH will be ready to talk with operators about how to make the most of crypto as part of a broader growth strategy, showcasing GREAT_CRYPTO TURNKEY, a full turnkey ecosystem with native multi-wallet functionality, demonstrating why bringing crypto directly into the operating model can help operators reduce friction, improve payment economics, serve high-value players more effectively, and scale with greater control.
Vardan Hakobyan, Head of Sales at GR8_TECH, outlines why and how crypto changes the payment economics.
“Traditional payment methods can cost roughly 2.5%-5% per transaction, while crypto transactions on GREAT_CRYPTO TURNKEY carry a 0.5% fee. Withdrawals can settle in 10-30 minutes rather than three to five business days, and irreversible blockchain transactions remove chargeback exposure from that payment flow.
“But we don’t consider speed ‘solved.’ Players already expect digital payments to feel immediate, and every unnecessary second adds friction. At GR8_TECH, we aim for all deposits to be completed in five seconds or less.
“The even greater benefit, though, is control. Traditional payment operations often depend on PSP approvals, merchant accounts, banking relationships and local integrations. Each of these dependencies can delay a launch, interrupt live operations or make expansion into a new market more difficult than it should be.
“Integrating crypto directly into the platform gives operators more control over launch timing, payment availability, transaction economics and their ability to scale across markets.”
The wallet is where conversion is won or lost
Most operators think about wallets as infrastructure. Players experience them as part of the product.
If a player holds USDT but the payment flow expects EUR, that friction can be enough to end the deposit journey. GREAT_CRYPTO TURNKEY is designed to remove this dead end.
Vardan explains: “Players can hold fiat and crypto balances within one account, switch between them, deposit, play and withdraw without creating separate accounts or repeating verification. The platform supports 15+ major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT.
“The built-in exchange layer also separates the player’s preferred currency from the currency supported by a game. A player can fund their account with crypto and still access content priced in fiat, with the platform handling the conversion.
“Crypto payment options have delivered 1.6x higher conversion from first to second deposit.”
Crypto without compromising turnkey capability
It is all too easy to focus on ‘crypto’ and miss the larger proposition. But GREAT_CRYPTO TURNKEY sits on the same ecosystem built for established operators – an award-winning sportsbook, more than 20,000 casino games from 250+ providers, proprietary bonus, jackpot and tournament engines, gamification, CRM, Unified Back Office, no-code frontend tools, affiliate management and advanced risk capabilities.
Geo-specific setups add preconfigured content, payments, frontend layouts, compliance and risk settings for priority markets.
The model can reduce market launch time to 15 business days, while the platform operates at 99.99% uptime. Operators do not need to choose between mature platform infrastructure and crypto capability; they can have both in one operating environment.
Bring your crypto questions to Lisbon
Vardan Hakobyan and his team will be waiting to meet operators in Lisbon: “GREAT_CRYPTO TURNKEY’s value is easier to understand when you see how the pieces work together,” he explains.
“The multi-wallet, currency switching, game compatibility, reporting and payment flows are part of one operating model. This is crucial because operators are continuously looking for ways to reduce friction, improve payment economics, better serve high-value players and expand without rebuilding their infrastructure market by market.
“SBC Summit is where operators can see how GREAT_CRYPTO TURNKEY actually changes the business’s economics, not merely the payment flow. Can your platform help you move faster, keep more valuable players, reduce payment friction and give you more control over growth? This is what we should discuss in Lisbon.”
To experience GREAT_CRYPTO TURNKEY in action, book a meeting to join GR8_TECH in the Champions Arena at Booth C416 HERE
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