Visa And Mesh Want Crypto Wallet Balances To Work At 175 Million Merchants
TL;DR: Mesh and Visa have announced a partnership intended to let consumers spend cryptocurrency and stablecoins from participating wallet apps wherever Visa payments are accepted. Holding stablecoins is one thing. Actually spending them in a shop usually involves moving funds to an exchange, selling them, or relying on a separate payment product. Visa and Mesh…
Visa Says Business Payments Now Drive 17% Of Stablecoin-Linked Card Volume
TL;DR Visa says roughly 17% of its stablecoin-linked card volume in fiscal 2026 year-to-date came from business and commercial card programs. The payments company now supports more than 160 stablecoin-linked card programs across consumer and business use cases. The data suggests stablecoins are spreading beyond crypto spending cards into treasury, settlement and cross-border business payments.…
Visa Study Says Bank-Style Protections Could Push Stablecoin Use Sharply Higher
TL;DR Visa says U.S. willingness to use stablecoins rises from 36% to 56% when hypothetical bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance are added. The study covered 2,192 U.S. adults and more than 45,000 respondents across 20 markets. The findings suggest trust and consumer protection may be a bigger barrier to mainstream stablecoin use than the…
Visa Stablecoin Treasury Engine Pushes Settlement Deeper Into Institutional Finance
Visa Stablecoin Treasury Engine Pushes Settlement Deeper Into Institutional Finance Visa has launched a stablecoin treasury engine for financial institutions, marking another step in the shift from crypto payment experiments to real institutional settlement infrastructure. The service is designed to let financial institutions settle merchant network balances using stablecoins such as USDC and EURC. That…
Alchemy AgentCard Brings Visa Payments To AI Agent Commerce
Alchemy AgentCard Brings Visa Payments To AI Agent Commerce TL;DR Alchemy-backed AgentCard is positioning itself as a virtual card and identity layer for AI agents. The product gives agents a way to make online purchases while users set limits and monitor spending. The launch connects crypto-style programmable payments with more familiar card-network rails. The bigger…
Ethereum Caught Between Weak Flows And Strong Fundamentals — What This Means
Ethereum finds itself in an unusual position where the fundamentals are strengthening, but capital flows remain hesitant. On-chain activity and the real-world tokenization of assets point to a network that is becoming increasingly useful and more deeply embedded in financial infrastructure. The price action movement shows that ETH is stuck in a range where it…
Hydra Outclasses Visa: Cardano Processes 2 Billion Transactions – Impact On ADA Price
Cardano, once again, has been at the forefront of innovations in the blockchain space through this latest feat. Hydra, a layer-2 scaling solution, has successfully performed 2 billion transactions in a mere four hours, surpassing Visa’s daily volume. This marks a historic day for Cardano, marking not only its technical prowess but also a strong…