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The card network reported that annualized stablecoin settlement volume has surpassed $25 billion, describing a sharp expansion in activity where stablecoins are used as a value-transfer mechanism.
Visa said it has seen a major rise in stablecoin settlement activity, reporting that annualized U.S. stablecoin settlement volume has surpassed $25 billion and framing the figure as roughly a tenfold increase. The payments company did not provide a detailed breakdown of the figure in the announcement distributed through media outlets.
In its update, Visa linked the growth to stablecoin-based settlements in the United States, positioning the metric as a way to measure how often and how much stablecoin value is being processed for settlement. Stablecoins are digital tokens designed to track the value of an underlying asset, typically a fiat currency, and in this context they are used to move value for settlement rather than as a traditional card payment.
Visa did not describe which partners or transfer rails are driving the increase, nor did it specify whether the volume reflects a small number of large transactions or a broader set of counterparties. It also did not say how much of its overall payment volume stablecoin settlements represent, beyond the annualized stablecoin settlement measure it highlighted.
The company’s disclosure comes as stablecoin adoption among financial institutions and payments providers has moved from pilots into more commercial activity in parts of the market. Even so, the stablecoin ecosystem remains fragmented, with settlement often relying on multiple blockchain networks, custody providers, and trading venues depending on jurisdiction and counterparties.
Visa’s stablecoin settlement figure is also notable because Visa’s core business is built around enabling card and account-based transactions between banks and merchants. In practice, stablecoin settlement is part of a growing set of “tokenization” efforts aimed at reducing settlement friction and enabling faster transfer of value compared with some legacy processes.
Visa did not provide additional context such as quarter-by-quarter trends, average transaction size, the number of active counterparties, or any timeline for when the growth accelerated. It also did not disclose whether the annualized $25 billion figure is based on U.S. settlement volumes processed through Visa infrastructure, via specific products, or through a combination of routes.
For market watchers, the main takeaway is that Visa is indicating scale in stablecoin settlements, at least on the metric it chose to disclose. If the annualized U.S. settlement volume continues to grow, it could encourage more issuers, platforms, and payment participants to integrate stablecoin rails for settlement-like use cases, even as consumer-facing spending remains largely dependent on existing card networks.
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