US EditionVisa and Bridge plan stablecoin-linked card expansion to over 100 countries
Visa and Bridge will expand stablecoin-backed debit cards from 18 to over 100 countries, enabling crypto wallet spending at any Visa merchant worldwide, companies said.
- On Tuesday, Visa and Bridge, a Stripe-owned stablecoin firm, announced plans to expand stablecoin-backed cards from 18 to over 100 countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa by year-end.
- Joining Visa's pilot, Bridge will enable stablecoin-backed cards for wallets like Phantom and MetaMask to spend at merchants, connecting wallets to Visa's network.
- Bridge's Zach Abrams noted the expansion enables custom stablecoins in card programs, with Rain raising nearly $2 billion at $250 million in funding, and firms like Worldpay and Nuvei participating.
- Market moves suggested the day after the Senate's Genius Act, the stocks of the two dominant card giants fell, though the Bridge-Visa tie-up shows fintech and legacy payment firms integrating.
- Looking beyond payments, observers say stablecoins could supplant card networks in agentic commerce, where blockchain rails and stablecoins enable faster, cheaper remittances and payroll.
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