Visa’s survey finds 46% of APAC respondents may use stablecoins within five years, but just 6% showed an accurate understanding of how they work. Interest in payments is growing, while scam fears and a lack of knowledge remain major hurdles.
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Visa says stablecoin-linked card volume grew nearly 200% year over year, but it has not disclosed the dollar totals or fully defined what the measure includes. Here’s how the growth compares with its settlement figures—and what it doesn’t prove about adoption.
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KRW1, a won-backed stablecoin from BDACS and Woori Bank support, is now integrated with Rain’s payments network, giving users access to 175M+ Visa merchant locations worldwide and making it easier to spend Korean won value across borders without the usual currency swap headache.
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Visa says stablecoin-linked card programs are now live at scale, with 160+ programs, nearly 200% year-over-year volume growth, and a $20 billion annualized settlement run rate. The big takeaway: stablecoins are becoming real payment infrastructure, not just crypto theater.
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Shinhan Financial is teaming up with Visa to explore stablecoin payments and settlement in South Korea, signaling that digital money is moving from crypto buzzword to real financial plumbing. The catch: the biggest battle now is regulation, with banks fighting to keep a firm grip on who gets to issue and control won-backed stablecoins.
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Visa has joined Singapore’s BLOOM initiative and tapped Nium for a pilot testing seven-day settlement with regulated dollar- and euro-backed stablecoins. It’s a practical bet on faster, compliance-ready cross-border payments — but still just a pilot, not a done deal.
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X Money is rolling out US payments for Premium users with up to 6% yields, instant transfers, and FDIC-backed deposit features — but despite years of crypto hype, Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and stablecoins are nowhere in the launch.
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Visa has launched its Stablecoin Platform, with Open USD as the first beta-supported token, signaling a push to make stablecoins usable for institutional treasury, settlement, and liquidity workflows. The rollout is limited, but the move could sharpen competition in the payments rails race.
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Stablecoin Cards Push Crypto Payments Near $8 Billion Crypto card payments are no longer a novelty. Cumulative volume has climbed to $7.8 billion, and monthly activity is up 230% year over year, a sign that stablecoins are turning crypto into something people actually spend instead of just trade. $7.8 billion in cumulative crypto card payments […]
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Fold Holdings has started rolling out its Bitcoin Credit Card to selected users on its waitlist, pushing a familiar payments product into bitcoin territory with a simple pitch: spend as usual, earn BTC instead of bland airline points or store-credit nonsense. 1.5% back in bitcoin on purchases Up to 4% back through partner offers and […]
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