Payment Segment — Big Players Enter En Masse
1. Visa to Expand Stablecoin Settlement to Five New Networks Including Polygon — card-issuer giants continue widening the stablecoin settlement infrastructure.
2. Meta Starts Paying Some Creators in USDC via Stripe — tech giants settle with stablecoins; a real payment use case gains another move.
3. Western Union Launches Solana Stablecoin USDPT and Stable Cards — the traditional cross-border remittance giant takes the field itself.
4. State Street to Roll Out Tokenized Fund Services Before Year-End; Shinhan Card and Solana Test Stablecoin Payments — bank-led + card-network two-track advancement.
5. Stablecoin payment startup Velocity completes an A-round expansion at a valuation of $200 million (Visa Ventures and Circle Ventures participated); IMF Chief Economist/Managing Director comments: stablecoins can reduce cross-border payment costs, but may also affect emerging-market currency sovereignty. #TitanPay
1. Visa to Expand Stablecoin Settlement to Five New Networks Including Polygon — card-issuer giants continue widening the stablecoin settlement infrastructure.
2. Meta Starts Paying Some Creators in USDC via Stripe — tech giants settle with stablecoins; a real payment use case gains another move.
3. Western Union Launches Solana Stablecoin USDPT and Stable Cards — the traditional cross-border remittance giant takes the field itself.
4. State Street to Roll Out Tokenized Fund Services Before Year-End; Shinhan Card and Solana Test Stablecoin Payments — bank-led + card-network two-track advancement.
5. Stablecoin payment startup Velocity completes an A-round expansion at a valuation of $200 million (Visa Ventures and Circle Ventures participated); IMF Chief Economist/Managing Director comments: stablecoins can reduce cross-border payment costs, but may also affect emerging-market currency sovereignty. #TitanPay