Poker's Power Couple Goes Into Biz With Solana

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  • Alex and Kristen Foxen have partnered with Solana to promote crypto payments in poker.
  • WSOP Paradise 2026 will offer Solana-powered buy-ins and stablecoin payouts with no processing fees.
  • This aims to ease cross-border transactions for international poker players.
Alex and Kristen Foxen partner with Solana, backing its push to make tournament buy-ins and payouts easier for poker players. (credit: Kristen Foxen (Instagram))
Poker's power couple is getting into the crypto business. Alex Foxen and Kristen Foxen have both announced partnerships with Solana, joining the crypto solution’s growing push into the live poker arenas.

The two high-stakes professionals shared the news separately on X. Alex Foxen highlighted the frustrations of moving money across borders to fund tournament buy-ins, and Kristen Foxen described international poker payments as a headache.

Their new partnerships come as Solana expands its collaboration with the World Series of Poker, aiming to make tournament payments faster and easier for players travelling the international circuit.


Solana Making Big Moves In the Pokerscape

Solana and the WSOP announced their partnership in June 2026, making the Solana Foundation the official sponsor of both the 2026 WSOP in Las Vegas and WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas.
The collaboration introduced cryptocurrency payments for tournament tickets through the WSOP Live app, powered by MoonPay. Players can use Solana to purchase entries, with the WSOP advertising zero processing fees for the payment option.

The initiative takes another step forward at WSOP Paradise 2026, running December 2-17 at the Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas. Alongside crypto buy-ins, eligible tournament winners will have the option to receive their payouts in stablecoins on the Solana network. That's potentially a useful development for international players who would rather not deal with carrying large amounts of cash or waiting for traditional bank transfers.

The Foxens are not the first poker influencers to join the initiative. 2006 WSOP Main Event champion Jamie Gold has also become a Solana ambassador.


A New Chapter for Crypto and Poker?

Solana is clearly staking its claim in the future of poker payments by integrating its infrastructure directly into tournament registration and payouts. Not a bad idea at all. In fact, it's a very welcome development. In my experience, Solana (SOL) is one of the fastest major cryptocurrencies to transfer, making it a more practical option for near-instant payments than, say, Bitcoin or Ethereum.

The Foxens bring some heavyweight poker credibility to that mission. Whether more tours and poker rooms follow the WSOP's lead remains to be seen, but the relationship between crypto and live poker is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Cryptos are here to stay.

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