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Alipay denies supporting third-party platform cryptocurrency trading, responding to Peer platform’s statement on P2P crypto trading

P2P crypto trading platform Peer announced on X on October 27, 2026, that its platform supports buying and selling USDC via Alipay in Beta form. Users can use RMB to pay sellers to buy USDC, or sell USDC and receive RMB via Alipay. Peer said USDC is locked in an on-chain contract and is automatically released after payment verification. The official Alipay account responded in a post the next day, saying that Alipay does not support virtual currency (crypto) trading or related services. Any claim that Alipay can be used on third-party platforms to buy cryptocurrency is false and unauthorized. Alipay reminded users to remain cautious and protect their funds and account security.

According to subsequent posts and documents from Peer, this function has had transaction records since August 21. As of the time of the announcement, about 45 buyers had completed 107 orders, with a transaction volume of about US$7,094. Peer’s documents explicitly noted that there is no official partnership with Alipay and that the channel is in Beta stage. Alipay’s statement did not name a specific platform, but directly targeted claims that cryptocurrency could be purchased through its service on third-party platforms.

As of verification time, Alipay had not further explained specific enforcement or account restriction measures. Peer continued to provide Chinese-language guides and emphasized that it is a user-driven P2P payment verification process rather than an official integration with Alipay.

Original sources:

  1. Title: Alipay official X post Publisher: @Alipay Publication date: 2026-10-28 URL: https://x.com/Alipay/status/2115466815577137366 Source type: original post Verification status: full text of the post read for this report; verification date 2026-10-28 Supporting content: Alipay explicitly stated that it does not support virtual currency trading or related services; claims that third-party platforms can use Alipay to buy crypto are false and unauthorized; users are reminded to protect their funds and account security.

  2. Title: Peer announcement X post Publisher: @peerxyz Publication date: 2026-10-27 URL: https://x.com/peerxyz/status/2115068560766579106 Source type: original post Verification status: post and follow-up replies read for this report; verification date 2026-10-28 Supporting content: Peer announced that Alipay Beta had launched, supporting buying and selling USDC with CNY; follow-up posts mentioned the on-chain locking and automatic release mechanism, as well as transaction data since August 21.

  3. Title: Alipay denies supporting crypto trading via third-party platforms Publisher: Crypto Briefing Publication date: 2026-10-28 URL: https://cryptobriefing.com/alipay-denies-crypto-trading-third-party/ Source type: media report Verification status: full text read for this report; verification date 2026-10-28 Supporting content: Alipay publicly denied supporting third-party platform crypto trading; Peer had previously announced the Beta feature and transaction data; Peer did not claim an official partnership.

ABAB AI Insight

Peer uses Alipay as one of the P2P payment verification channels for matching transactions between RMB and on-chain locked USDC, and labeled the announcement as Beta and as having no official partnership. The next day, Alipay’s official account explicitly denied supporting any virtual currency trading or related services, and characterized claims that cryptocurrency could be purchased through its service on third-party platforms as false and unauthorized. The core difference between the two sides’ descriptions is that Peer describes a process in which users complete fiat transfers through Alipay and then the contract releases stablecoins, while Alipay rejects any authorized claim linking its service to crypto trading.

As of verification time, transaction volume remained relatively small, at about 107 orders and more than US$7,000, and Peer’s documents had already noted that there was no official partnership. Alipay’s statement focused on warning users about risk and did not further explain any restrictions on specific accounts or transactions in its public post. Observed indicators include whether Alipay takes risk-control or restriction actions against related accounts, and whether Peer adjusts its description or scope of the Alipay channel.

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  1. A third-party platform uses a payment tool as a user-to-user fiat verification channel, while the payment provider explicitly rejects any authorization for crypto-trading linkage.

  2. Beta-stage and no-official-partnership labels appear in the feature launch announcement, followed soon after by the official denial of claims that crypto could be purchased.

  3. The on-chain locking and payment-verification mechanism is described by the platform, while the payment provider states that such linkage is false and unauthorized.