[ghozzza]

What

Refreshes the MiniPay figures to the latest official numbers and adds a short section on which Mini Apps MiniPay prioritizes.

Source

MiniPay Update Q3 2026, official opera_minipay account, Celo Forum, 2026-10-20:
https://forum.celo.org/t/minipay-update-q3-2026/13926

Stats

File	Before	After
AGENTS.md (one-fact table, MiniPay row)	10M+ activations	20M+ wallet activations in 70+ countries
build/mini-apps/overview.mdx (canonical page)	more than 10M activations	more than 20M wallet activations in 70+ countries
build/build-with-usat.mdx	MiniPay paragraph: Day One partner, 18M+ / 66+	Rewritten per review: MiniPay wallets can hold USA₮, but MiniPay asks Mini Apps to use USDT, USDC or USDm only (its supported-tokens section is linked); links the Mini Apps page instead of a stat
learn/celo.mdx (Start here card)	10M+ activations	20M+ wallet activations
learn/protocol/index.mdx	MiniPay's 10M+ activated wallets	MiniPay's 20M+ activated wallets

The post's term is "wallet activations", not users, so that is what the pages say.

Fit guidance

New ## Choose what to build section on build/mini-apps/overview.mdx, placed before ## What is Celo-specific. After review it no longer lists categories, so it does not need a quarterly edit:

• It points builders to MiniPay's quarterly updates on the Celo forum for what MiniPay is prioritizing.
• A <Warning> for DeFi apps (lending, borrowing, savings and similar; scope set by @GigaHierz in review): for projects with a long-term background in DeFi only, to ensure the highest quality and security for users, with their own licensing in every market and their own liquidity. This requirement came from @GigaHierz in review, not from the forum post; who applies it is still to be confirmed, so the text does not attribute it.

Not changed

• No "as of" dates added: AGENTS.md §4 says to document what is true now.
• No Mini App count (77) or volume figure ($2.3B+) added: none of these pages stated one, and adding new stats is out of scope.
• The Mini Apps stablecoin table stays USDm, USDC and USDT. MiniPay wallets now show USA₮ balances, but MiniPay's docs say "Mini Apps should use USDT, USDC, and USDm only" (https://docs.minipay.xyz/technical-references/retrieve-balance.html#supported-tokens-for-mini-apps), so adding USA₮ there would tell builders to price in a token MiniPay asks them not to use.
• docs.minipay.xyz remains the authoritative MiniPay source; it states no wallet count on the pages checked, so nothing here contradicts it.

Overlap

Open PR #2407 also edits build/build-with-usat.mdx (a new section near line 21). git merge-tree against its head is clean.

Checks

Run locally, same commands as docs-validation.yml (Mintlify pinned at 4.2.920):

• mintlify validate → build validation passed
• mintlify broken-links --check-redirects → no broken links found
• scripts/check-orphans.sh → no orphan pages
• python3 -m unittest discover -s scripts -p 'test_*.py' → OK
• scripts/check_redirects.py → no redirect problems

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[ghozzza]

@GigaHierz updated in 1e361c0. The section now points builders to MiniPay's quarterly updates on the forum instead of listing categories, so it won't need a quarterly edit. I also aligned the payment-apps warning with your note on the Celopedia PR: projects with a long-term background in DeFi only, plus their own licensing and liquidity, and no MAU threshold.

[palango]

Thanks for this. The new numbers match the Q3 2026 forum post (20M+ wallet activations, 70+ countries), the five files agree, and I couldn't find an old 10M+ or 18M+ anywhere else in the repo. Pointing to the quarterly update instead of listing categories also covers GigaHierz's comment.

Two things before this goes in. The USA₮ line in build-with-usat.mdx says USA₮ launched with MiniPay and that MiniPay is a distribution channel for USA₮ Mini Apps. MiniPay was named a Day One partner in the March announcement, but at go-live it only "plans to add support" (https://cryptobriefing.com/tether-usat-stablecoin-launches-celo/), and the forum post you cite lists "Roll out USA₮ support in MiniPay" under Q4. Our own Mini Apps page says MiniPay holds USDm, USDC and USDT. Since this PR already edits that sentence, please make it say what is true today, and link the Mini Apps page instead of repeating the stat.

The payment-apps Warning needs a scope and an owner. Almost every Mini App takes a payment, so "payment apps" needs the definition the Celopedia version has (local payments, QR pay, transfers). It should also say who applies the rule. MiniPay's submission requirements don't mention it, and the forum post names local payments as one of its best categories, so a reader who checks the forum as the paragraph suggests will be confused. If it is a MiniPay listing rule, it would be good to have Opera confirm it.

Small one: the forum link goes to the forum root. A search link for the latest MiniPay update would save readers a step.

[palango]

Thanks, this covers most of what I asked. The USA₮ paragraph now says what MiniPay's docs say and links the Mini Apps page, and the forum search link returns the Q3 update first.

One thing is still open, and I've left it inline: the DeFi warning doesn't say who applies the rule. MiniPay's submission requirements don't mention it, and the Q3 post linked in the paragraph above lists savings among MiniPay's best categories, so readers will want to know whether this is MiniPay's listing bar or our advice. That can be a follow-up and doesn't block this.

[palango]

Who sets this bar, MiniPay or the Celo team? MiniPay's submission requirements (https://docs.minipay.xyz/getting-started/submit-your-miniapp.html) don't mention DeFi, licensing or liquidity, and the Q3 update linked just above names savings among MiniPay's best categories. Starting the sentence with "MiniPay only lists..." or "We recommend..." would settle it. @GigaHierz, since the rule came from you, can you confirm which one it is? Fine as a follow-up.

[palango]

Nit: right after quoting MiniPay's docs saying Mini Apps should use USDT, USDC or USDm only, "check MiniPay's docs before pricing a Mini App in USA₮" reads oddly. Maybe: "Until MiniPay's docs list USA₮ for Mini Apps, price a Mini App in USDT, USDC or USDm."