Raise is an innovative gift card crypto platform dedicated to revolutionizing the consumer shopping experience and enhancing the way they interact with brands. Consumers buy gift cards from participating retailers, and the money is deposited with Raise, which then uses stablecoins, or cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar, to put that money in escrow for a retailer. Once a customer uses the gift card, Raise sends money from the escrow account to the retailer by ACH or stablecoin.