ChangeNOW launches NOW Wallet with betting, TradFi assets

ChangeNOW introduced NOW Wallet at Consensus 2026 in Miami Beach as a single application that combines a non-custodial crypto wallet with on-chain sports betting, prediction markets, access to roughly 50 traditional finance assets and an underlying node infrastructure for developers and businesses.

The wallet integrates prediction and perpetual markets from providers including Asper, PolyMarket and HyperLiquid. It also offers trading access to fiat-linked assets such as gold, silver and major stocks including Nvidia. ChangeNOW promotes related services NOWPayments, a crypto payment gateway for retail and gambling, and NOWNodes, a scalable full-node and blockchain API platform.

Tim Stanyakin, ChangeNOW’s head of growth, said the company built the product after research showed increasing retail interest in perpetuals and prediction markets. He said the integrations are native to the app so users can access those markets without leaving the wallet.

ChangeNOW emphasized that NOW Wallet is non-custodial. The firm said users retain private keys while trading leveraged and speculative products available through the integrated markets.

The company described the offering as a stack of consumer, payments and infrastructure services: a front-end wallet for users, NOWPayments for payment rails, and NOWNodes for developer and enterprise node services. NOWNodes provides full-node and blockchain API access intended for Web3 projects and business integrations.

ChangeNOW said it operates in the U.S., Canada and Europe and is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region. The company noted product features and compliance measures will vary by jurisdiction and cited pending U.S. legislation, including the Clarity Act, as a potential influence on stablecoin use.

The firm has added about 50 traditional assets and said it plans to increase that number on a monthly basis. ChangeNOW said some of those assets are intended to give users portfolio options similar to brokerages, and that availability may depend on local rules.

ChangeNOW outlined a roadmap through the end of Q4 2026 that includes support for real-world payments, AI-driven services, new yield and staking products and additional financial offerings. Stanyakin said the company expects to continue adding features to expand the app’s functionality.

Industry context: crypto wallets have moved from basic storage and peer-to-peer payments to multi-product platforms that combine custody, trading, payments and decentralized finance access. Market activity has shifted interest toward derivatives, prediction markets and on-chain betting, and several wallet and infrastructure providers are adding services that bridge traditional finance and crypto.