Visa's stablecoin settlement volume reaches $25B annualized, up 10x YoY, with 225 card programs and expansion to 6 new regions.

DeFi & Yields · 2026-10-29

Visa's annualized stablecoin settlement volume reached $25 billion, representing a 10-fold increase year-over-year according to CEO Ryan McInerney on the company's latest earnings call. The company now operates more than 225 stablecoin-linked card programs across approximately 5 million cards in over 50 countries, with transaction volume up more than 150% year-over-year. Visa supports 10 blockchains across all five global regions and has expanded its Visa Stablecoin Platform to six new countries including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Switzerland, and the U.K., alongside an existing pipeline of more than 300 potential partners.

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