Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1st June 2026, ChainwireBy ChainwireJun 1, 20263 min readCreate an account to save your articles.Add on GoogleAdd Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1st, 2026, ChainwireFor decades, payout providers have followed the same business model: businesses move money – providers take a cut. NOWPayments believes that model is outdated and has launched Zero-Fee Ecosystem Payouts – a new crypto payout infrastructure designed around a different idea: partners shouldn’t just pay payout providers. They should be able to earn together with them.Instead of monetizing every payout, NOWPayments is introducing an ecosystem where high-volume partners can benefit from the economic activity created around their users and payout flows – while also accessing instant settlement and zero-fee transfers.Powered by custody infrastructure and integrated with ChangeNOW Pro wallets, the new system enables crypto payouts via email with settlement speeds of up to 1 second and zero service or network fees inside the NOWPayments ecosystem.Recipients simply receive a secure payout link via email. Once opened, a ChangeNOW Pro ecosystem wallet is automatically created and funds become available instantly – no wallet setup, no seed phrases and no onboarding friction.The result is a payout experience that feels more like sending an email than managing a traditional crypto transfer.The launch builds on NOWPayments’ Mass Payouts infrastructure, already used for large-scale crypto transfers through CSV and API integrations.Typical use cases include: