Three days after announcing a landmark partnership with duPont REGISTRY Group, CoinPayments brought the momentum into race week with a private gathering on the 55th floor of Aston Martin Residences in Miami. The invite-only event, held on the evening of May 1 and co-hosted with the Aston Martin Aramco Formula 1 Team and Glenfiddich, drew roughly 100 guests from across the worlds of motorsport, media, and luxury automotive.
The April 28 announcement had set the context: CoinPayments, a global digital payments infrastructure provider, will power stablecoin transaction capabilities within the newly redesigned duPont REGISTRY digital marketplace. duPontREGISTRY.com lists more than 120,000 luxury vehicles annually, representing over $25 billion in inventory, and the integration is aimed at reducing friction in high-value transactions while opening the marketplace to a broader base of digitally-native, high-net-worth buyers. It was the kind of deal that warranted a proper introduction, and race week in Miami provided a fitting stage.
Ali Rafi, Group CEO of CoinPayments, opened the evening with a welcome address before joining a panel alongside Alex Alexandrov, owner of CoinPayments, Antoine Tessier, CEO of duPont REGISTRY Group, and Finbar McFall, Global Marketing Director at Aston Martin. The discussion centered on the convergence of digital payments and the luxury sector, and the dynamic between Tessier and Rafi gave guests an unfiltered look at the thinking behind the alliance. McFall's presence added the motorsport dimension, reflecting the shared audience that connects Aston Martin, CoinPayments, and duPont REGISTRY's respective communities.
The Q&A session with Jess Hawkins, Aston Martin F1 Academy driver, rounded out the evening's programming. Hawkins took questions directly from the audience in a format that felt more like a conversation than a press appearance, which guests responded to. For anyone who follows the F1 Academy closely, the access was a genuine draw.
The evening worked because the pieces fit together logically. CoinPayments is in the early stages of its return to the U.S. market following a strategic re-entry in late 2025, and the duPont REGISTRY partnership represents a clear statement of direction for the luxury sector. Hosting the event alongside Aston Martin during one of the year's most high-profile race weekends put all of that in the right room. The initial rollout of stablecoin capabilities across select marketplace transactions is expected to begin within the next few months, with additional phases to follow.
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