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Realunit token holders can pay at more than 100 Spar stores
At an event in Zurich marking 50 years since Friedrich Hayek’s book on private money was published, Realunit announced a new way to spend its share tokens.
Holders can use the company’s app to pay at more than 100 Spar stores in Switzerland.
The payment is processed through Frankencoin, a digital stablecoin tied to the Swiss franc, and the store receives Swiss francs in its bank account.
The idea builds on Hayek’s argument for money issued outside government control.
His book appeared a few years after the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates collapsed in 1971, followed by a wave of inflation.
The new payment option is a symbolic step for privately issued money, though the story says these tokens are unlikely to become a common way to pay for everyday shopping soon.
Realunit token holders can now use an app to pay at more than 100 Spar stores in Switzerland.
Payments are processed through Frankencoin, and the retailer receives the amount in Swiss francs in its bank account.
Realunit Schweiz CEO Daniel Stüssi announced the payment option at an event marking 50 years since the publication of Friedrich Hayek’s book on denationalising money.
Realunit said the feature gives token holders another way to use their assets in everyday life.
- Who
- Holders of Realunit share tokens can pay, and Spar stores accept the payments.
- What
- Token holders can use an app to pay for purchases. The payment is processed through Frankencoin.
- When
- The feature was announced on Thursday morning. The article was published on 29 October 2026.
- Where
- More than 100 Spar stores in Switzerland.
- Why
- Realunit said the feature gives token holders another option to use their assets in everyday life.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Spar stores had already accepted Frankencoin as a means of payment.
Realunit Schweiz CEO Daniel Stüssi announced that token holders could pay at more than 100 Spar stores using an app.
- Stores
- More than 100 Spar stores
- Payment route
- Processed through Frankencoin
- Retailer settlement
- Swiss francs paid into the retailer’s bank account
- Announcement
- Daniel Stüssi, CEO of Realunit Schweiz
- Event occasion
- 50th anniversary of Friedrich Hayek’s book on denationalising money
What people are saying
With the payment function, token holders receive another option to use their assets directly in everyday life when needed.