Launching September 2026

A dedicated team of tiny-transaction appreciators.

We’ve been working on stablecoin-based micro-transactions for years, waiting for fees to come down and ease of use to go up. That time has now come.

A note from the founder

I’ve long thought the biggest thing the internet is missing is the ability to make small payments at scale.

I remember when iTunes first launched (yes I’m that old) and the lowest Apple could realistically charge was 99 cents per song. And so that’s what they did.

I remember first learning about payment gateways and realising that selling something online for $4.99 meant accepting close to 10% in fees.

Finally the tech has caught up. At Breadslice we’re doing our part to help make tiny payments viable. Pay every ten seconds for a person’s (or an agent’s) attention, stop when you want to, never think about a fee for all those little transactions — because there isn’t one, even for those as small as one cent.

If you’re curious get in touch with our team, we’ll shed as much light for you as we can.

Joe Ruelle

Founder, Breadslice · hello@breadslice.com

From Singapore and Vietnam with bread

We’re one of a group of emerging Singapore/Vietnam startups, known as Sea Serpents — Sea for Southeast Asia (SEA), and serpent because Singapore and Vietnam are the two countries in the region that sit in the Sino dragon-mythology sphere. (The others are more in the Indic orbit.)

For any startup based in Asia, Singapore has obvious benefits as a legal domicile, while Vietnam, with its abundant tech talent, is a fantastic place to hire and grow — especially for a startup focussed on merging payments with human support.

Our team is based in Danang, Vietnam, which happens to be a very beautiful place if you would like to come visit.

Danang is also the home to the Vietnam International Financial Center, modelled on the Dubai International Financial Center and the first of its kind outside of the Middle East and Central Asia.

Danang's beach seen from the air, high-rises along the shore and the bay curving away to the headland

Danang, Vietnam

Population
2 million
Main industries
Software, tourism
Location
Halfway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
Notable companies with software presence
Ubisoft, LG Electronics, Paradox AI

Vietnam has recently inaugurated a full-fledged international financial centre, in our city.

The Vietnam International Financial Center is to be the world’s first such Financial Center to become operational after the popular emergence of stablecoins. It will serve as a modern regulatory foundation and a key link between Vietnam and Singapore.

Established
By a State Resolution in 2025, a cornerstone of future international financial integration.
What it specialises in
The supervised testing of digital assets and payments in consumer fintech and green finance.
What Singapore/Vietnam startups get
A financial center to financial center structure, linking abundant talent with regional maturity.
How it is run
Its own institutions rather than the general regime, with an executive agency that issues licences.

There are only a handful of these in the world.

An international financial centre is far more than a special economic zone. It is a regulatory space with its own financial regulator, its own courts and its own rulebook, created by legislation so that firms licensed into it are supervised differently from the country around them. Counted strictly, there are six of these in the world.

  • 2004

    DIFC

    Dubai International Financial Centre

    Dubai, UAE

    The template the rest borrow from. Its own common-law courts, in English.

    Regulator
    DFSA

  • 2005

    QFC

    Qatar Financial Centre

    Doha, Qatar

    Onshore rather than a walled zone — a QFC licence works anywhere in the country.

    Regulator
    QFCRA

  • 2013

    ADGM

    Abu Dhabi Global Market

    Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Applies English common law directly, and was early to a digital-asset framework.

    Regulator
    FSRA

  • 2018

    AIFC

    Astana International Financial Centre

    Astana, Kazakhstan

    The first outside the Gulf, and the model for taking the idea to a new region.

    Regulator
    AFSA

  • 2020

    GIFT IFSC

    GIFT City International Financial Services Centre

    Gandhinagar, India

    India's, with a single authority replacing four domestic regulators inside the zone.

    Regulator
    IFSCA

  • 2026

    VIFC

    Vietnam International Financial Center

    Danang, Vietnam

    The newest, and the one built around fintech and digital assets from the start.

    Regulator
    Own executive and supervisory agencies