Visa Goes Full DeFi: Stellar & Avalanche Integration Goes Live with 3 New Stablecoins

Visa just bulldozed another wall between TradFi and crypto—its settlement platform now taps Stellar and Avalanche, plus three fresh stablecoins.

Why it matters: The card giant’s playing chess while banks still struggle with checkers. By embedding itself in layer-1 ecosystems, Visa’s quietly building the rails for a hybrid financial system—whether regulators are ready or not.

The stablecoin trifecta: While Visa played coy on specifics, insiders confirm USDC’s in the mix. The other two? Probably the usual suspects pegged to dollars and desperation.

Behind the move: This isn’t experimentation—it’s colonization. Every blockchain added to Visa’s network makes legacy cross-border systems look more like fax machines.

Bottom line: When the suits start absorbing crypto infrastructure faster than degens ape into memecoins, maybe—just maybe—the ‘institutional adoption’ narrative isn’t pure hopium after all.