Visa has launched its Stablecoin Platform for banks and fintechs, starting with Open USD as it targets integration across a network of more than 200 million merchants.
Visa onchain data showed adjusted stablecoin transaction volume hit a record $1.79T in June, with USDC leading USDT by a wide margin in the first half of 2026.
Alchemy's AgentCard joined Visa Intelligent Commerce, letting developers provision AI agents with Visa payment tokens, wallets and spending controls through one API.
Visa and Brale are testing SBC stablecoin settlement on Canton, adding privacy controls to Visa's institutional stablecoin push.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe over debanking as bitcoin slipped toward $65K and payment rails from stablecoin cards kept expanding.
X has started limited X Money beta invites and Elon Musk says early public access starts next month. Visa-backed rails are making Bitcoin on X a live narrative.
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