Visa launches the Visa Stablecoin Platform, an internal system for its network of about 15,000 financial institutions and 200M+ merchants to use stablecoins
THE SO WHAT
Visa wiring stablecoin support directly into a network touching ~15,000 FIs and 200M+ merchants turns tokenized value from a niche rail into something close to default plumbing. If you’re a bank or PSP on that network, you now have to choose whether to be an early stablecoin endpoint or let others intermediate your customer relationships.
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