Visa Doubles Down on Stablecoin Dominance Across EMEA in 2025
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Visa just flipped the script on cross-border payments—again. The payments giant is aggressively expanding its stablecoin infrastructure across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, betting big on blockchain to bypass legacy banking bottlenecks.
Why it matters: While traditional finance still debates crypto, Visa’s playing chess while others play checkers. Their latest move? Turning stablecoins into the new SWIFT—without the 3-day settlement windows or 1970s-era tech.
The cynical take: Because nothing says ‘innovation’ like a Fortune 500 company co-opting DeFi to protect its oligopoly. But hey—if it kills correspondent banking fees, we’ll take the W.
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