STRIPE & VISA BACKED OUSD STABLECOIN Open Standard, backed by 140+ companies including Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase and BlackRock, is developing Open USD (OUSD), a new U.S. dollar stablecoin. Stripe plans to support OUSD for businesses, while Visa is integrating it into its stablecoin infrastructure. OUSD could become a major institutional stablecoin challenger to USDT and USDC. Broader launch is expected later in 2026.