1. Properly Studio
Properly Studio designed the complete product ecosystem and brand identity for Kado, a payments infrastructure platform that connects bank accounts directly to self-custody wallets through on-ramps and cross-chain swaps — deliberately hiding bridges, gas fees, and transaction routing behind an interface built to feel as simple as sending money to a friend. The firm also designed IDRISS, a browser extension enabling instant crypto payments and donations for content creators, giving it a second, distinct payments case study beyond Kado.
Best forpayment on-ramps, cross-chain infrastructure, and consumer-facing crypto payment products that need to feel invisible to non-technical users.
Not forteams wanting a large enterprise footprint outside crypto — Properly's practice is deliberately concentrated in web3, fintech, and payments-adjacent DeFi.
2. Arounda
Arounda has operated since 2016 with a global remote team, and its most payments-relevant web3 work is Senzo, a crypto neobank brand built specifically to position the product as trustworthy — a genuinely payments-adjacent trust problem, since a neobank asks users to treat crypto rails the way they'd treat a traditional bank account. The firm's broader enterprise client roster gives it design-system experience that transfers well to the compliance-conscious, trust-first design a payments product needs.
Best forcrypto neobanks and consumer payment apps that need to build the kind of trust typically associated with traditional banking.
Not forteams wanting a crypto-exclusive specialist — Arounda's payments work sits within a much broader multi-industry practice.
3. Clay Global
Clay's enterprise crypto client list — Coinbase, Grayscale, and other institutional names — reflects design work built for platforms where payment and settlement infrastructure needs to read as credible to traditional finance partners, not just crypto-native users. The studio's broader work on crypto asset intelligence platforms and institutional-facing products carries directly into what an enterprise payments rail needs: clarity, trust signals, and design that doesn't feel experimental.
Best forenterprise or institutional crypto payments platforms that need design credibility with traditional finance partners.
Not foran early-stage payments startup on a tight budget — Clay's pricing and process assume real funding already in place.
4. 10Clouds
10Clouds has delivered more than 100 web3 projects combining UX design with smart contract engineering, with named infrastructure clients including Polygon and Parity — the kind of underlying blockchain relationships that matter when a payments product needs to actually settle transactions reliably, not just look good doing it. Because design and engineering sit under one roof, a payments interface and its settlement logic can be built by a single accountable team.
Best forpayments products that want interface design and blockchain settlement engineering delivered together.
Not forteams wanting the most visually distinctive boutique design — 10Clouds prioritizes efficient combined delivery over differentiated visual craft.
5. Uitop
Uitop is a Kyiv, Ukraine-based agency focused on data-heavy crypto interfaces — dashboards and portfolio trackers — a skill set that extends naturally into payments products needing to surface transaction history, exchange rates, and settlement status clearly. Typical project costs range from $10,000 to $70,000, positioned at a more founder-accessible price point than enterprise-focused competitors.
Best forearly-stage payments products that need clear transaction and settlement interfaces on a founder-friendly budget.
Not forlarge, capital-heavy payments platforms wanting deep payments-specific brand strategy — Uitop's strength is interface clarity more than payments-native brand positioning.
