diff --git a/src/wallet-connect/handlers.ts b/src/wallet-connect/handlers.ts
index 286e70a..a8f28d9 100644
--- a/src/wallet-connect/handlers.ts
+++ b/src/wallet-connect/handlers.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export async function wcRouter(
         {
           to: tx.to,
           chainId: parseInt(stripEip155Prefix(chainId)),
-          value: fromHex(tx.value || "0x", "bigint"),
+          value: fromHex(tx.value || "0x0", "bigint"),
           data: tx.data,
           gas: tx.gas ? fromHex(tx.gas, "bigint") : undefined,
         },
diff --git a/tests/wc.handlers.test.ts b/tests/wc.handlers.test.ts
index e49b5d7..c6f97f1 100644
--- a/tests/wc.handlers.test.ts
+++ b/tests/wc.handlers.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe("Wallet Connect", () => {
       202, 85, 99, 164, 77, 162, 209, 137, 199, 133, 194, 59, 178, 150, 153, 78,
     ]);
   });
-  it("wcRouter: sendTransaction", async () => {
+  it("wcRouter: sendTransaction (with value)", async () => {
     const request = {
       method: "eth_sendTransaction",
       params: [
@@ -64,6 +64,41 @@ describe("Wallet Connect", () => {
     });
     /// can't test payload: its non-deterministic because of gas values!
   });
+
+  it("wcRouter: sendTransaction (null value)", async () => {
+    const request = {
+      method: "eth_sendTransaction",
+      params: [
+        {
+          gas: "0xa8c3",
+          from: "0xa61d98854f7ab25402e3d12548a2e93a080c1f97",
+          to: "0xfff9976782d46cc05630d1f6ebab18b2324d6b14",
+          data: "0x2e1a7d4d000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002386f26fc10000",
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const { evmMessage } = await wcRouter(
+      request.method,
+      chainId,
+      request.params as EthTransactionParams[]
+    );
+    const tx = evmMessage as TransactionSerializable;
+
+    delete tx.maxFeePerGas;
+    delete tx.maxPriorityFeePerGas;
+    delete tx.nonce;
+
+    expect(tx).toEqual({
+      account: "0xa61d98854f7ab25402e3d12548a2e93a080c1f97",
+      chainId: 11155111,
+      data: "0x2e1a7d4d000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002386f26fc10000",
+      gas: 43203n,
+      to: "0xfff9976782d46cc05630d1f6ebab18b2324d6b14",
+      value: 0n,
+    });
+    /// can't test payload: its non-deterministic because of gas values!
+  });
   it("wcRouter: eth_signTypedData", async () => {
     const jsonStr = `{
       "types": {