🚨 VISA’S STABLECOIN VOLUME JUST EXPLODED TENFOLD 🚨
Stablecoins are moving far beyond crypto exchanges and Visa’s latest numbers may be one of the clearest signs yet.
Visa says its stablecoin settlement run rate has now surpassed:
💰 $25 billion in annualised volume
📈 10× growth year over year
⛓️ 10 supported blockchains
🪙 5 supported stablecoins
💳 225+ stablecoin-linked card programmes
🌍 Approximately 5 million cards across more than 50 countries
The supported settlement currencies include $USDC $USDG, PYUSD and $SBC . Visa also says the volume processed through its stablecoin-linked cards has grown by more than 150%. (stockanalysis.com, fortune.com)
Why does this matter?
Stablecoins can allow financial institutions and payment companies to settle transactions around the clock, including weekends, without waiting for traditional banking hours.
In a recent live pilot, Lloyds used USDC to settle $750,000 in payment obligations with Visa. The funds reportedly reached Visa in under one hour, including during the weekend. (visa.co.uk)
This does not mean stablecoins are replacing Visa.
It means Visa is positioning itself as infrastructure connecting traditional payments with blockchain-based money.
The beneficiaries could extend beyond stablecoin issuers to networks and ecosystems supporting payments, settlement, liquidity and tokenised assets, including Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, Circle and PayPal’s PYUSD ecosystem.
One important distinction: $25 billion is an annualised run rate based on recent activity, rather than $25 billion already settled during one full year.
Stablecoins are no longer just a crypto trading tool. They are becoming part of global payment infrastructure.
Is Visa accelerating stablecoin adoption, or protecting itself from the technology that could eventually disrupt card payments? 👇
#Stablecoins #Visa #USDC #PYUSD #CryptoPayments
Stablecoins are moving far beyond crypto exchanges and Visa’s latest numbers may be one of the clearest signs yet.
Visa says its stablecoin settlement run rate has now surpassed:
💰 $25 billion in annualised volume
📈 10× growth year over year
⛓️ 10 supported blockchains
🪙 5 supported stablecoins
💳 225+ stablecoin-linked card programmes
🌍 Approximately 5 million cards across more than 50 countries
The supported settlement currencies include $USDC $USDG, PYUSD and $SBC . Visa also says the volume processed through its stablecoin-linked cards has grown by more than 150%. (stockanalysis.com, fortune.com)
Why does this matter?
Stablecoins can allow financial institutions and payment companies to settle transactions around the clock, including weekends, without waiting for traditional banking hours.
In a recent live pilot, Lloyds used USDC to settle $750,000 in payment obligations with Visa. The funds reportedly reached Visa in under one hour, including during the weekend. (visa.co.uk)
This does not mean stablecoins are replacing Visa.
It means Visa is positioning itself as infrastructure connecting traditional payments with blockchain-based money.
The beneficiaries could extend beyond stablecoin issuers to networks and ecosystems supporting payments, settlement, liquidity and tokenised assets, including Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, Circle and PayPal’s PYUSD ecosystem.
One important distinction: $25 billion is an annualised run rate based on recent activity, rather than $25 billion already settled during one full year.
Stablecoins are no longer just a crypto trading tool. They are becoming part of global payment infrastructure.
Is Visa accelerating stablecoin adoption, or protecting itself from the technology that could eventually disrupt card payments? 👇
#Stablecoins #Visa #USDC #PYUSD #CryptoPayments
