Eco's Beam Wallet Acquires Amazon and Shopify Crypto Checkout App Join to Boost Merchant Acceptance
• Eco Inc. acquired Join, an app allowing stablecoin purchases on Amazon and Shopify • Join integrates with Eco's Beam wallet so users can spend wallet balance on purchases • Beam is a self-custody crypto wallet with 80K users, launched by payments startup Eco • Join's model emerged from founder's childhood experience using Bitcoin for purchases • Join currently works with Amazon and Shopify but plans further merchant expansion