Welcoming Gnosis HQ: Scaling the Open Internet for Business

In our journey to build the open internet, every addition to the Gnosis ecosystem reflects a deeper commitment to the values that guide us: agency, fairness, credible neutrality, and self-sovereignty. Today, we’re proud to announce the next step in that journey: the acquisition of HQ.xyz, now rebranded as Gnosis HQ — a pivotal addition that brings the power of stablecoin payments and self-custody to the world of business finance.

Bridging a Critical Gap: Business Payments for the Web3 Era

For over a decade, Gnosis has laid the groundwork for a resilient, user-owned economy — from Gnosis Chain to Safe to CoW Swap. But building the open internet isn’t just about decentralized infrastructure. It’s about delivering real utility for real people — and businesses — everywhere.

If Gnosis Pay represents our commitment to empowering everyday consumers with self-custodial financial tools, Gnosis HQ completes that vision on the enterprise side: offering crypto-native teams and traditional businesses alike the tools they need to operate with autonomy, compliance, and clarity.

The pain points are clear. Even today, Web3 teams face barriers when trying to run basic financial operations — from sending vendor payments to issuing payroll to reconciling accounts. The lack of usable, compliant, and self-custodial financial tools has long been a bottleneck to broader adoption.

Gnosis HQ exists to change that.

What GnosisHQ Offers

By building an intuitive, enterprise-ready finance stack, Gnosis HQ makes stablecoin finance work for real-world teams:

• A self-custodial Visa® corporate card accepted at over 300 million merchants
  
  

• Stablecoin off-ramps for contractors, employees, and vendors
  
  

• Seamless integration with accounting tools like Xero and QuickBooks
  
  

• Transparent, audit-friendly permissions and controls for compliance and treasury oversight

This is the payments layer for the open internet — extending self-custody and agency beyond individual users to the teams, collectives, and DAOs that are shaping the future of work.

A Global Vision Begins in Asia

This milestone also marks Gnosis’ first formal expansion into Asia, beginning in Singapore, where Gnosis HQ is headquartered. The Gnosis HQ leadership team brings deep regional expertise:

• Sharon Paul, CEO, was a founding team member of StraitsX, Singapore’s leading regulated stablecoin issuer.
  
  

• Sunny Singh, CTO, previously led product and data at Traveloka, one of Southeast Asia’s top tech platforms.

Their experience at the intersection of fintech, compliance, and Web3 brings critical perspective as we scale Gnosis infrastructure across new markets and regulatory environments.

Why This Matters

The open internet is more than an idea — it’s a network of tools, protocols, and communities that put power back in the hands of users. With Gnosis Pay and Gnosis HQ now working in tandem, we’re building toward a unified financial experience where individuals and organizations can transact freely, globally, and securely — without ceding control to third parties.

This is what financial sovereignty looks like at scale: not just freedom for individuals, but operational clarity and autonomy for the businesses that will power the next generation of global innovation.

Together, we’re not just building apps. We’re architecting an economic operating system for the internet — one that prioritizes usability without compromising on values.

Onwards,
Gnosis