Stablecoin card payments are emerging as a major theme in the cryptocurrency industry in 2026.
Cointelegraph reported on Friday that Hasib Qureshi of blockchain venture capital firm Dragonfly stressed that stablecoin cards would reshape global economic payment flows.
Bloomberg Intelligence forecast that stablecoin payment flows would grow 81 percent a year on average through 2030 to reach $56.6 trillion.
Fintech startup Rain recently raised $250 million in funding and saw its annual payment volume expand 40-fold.
Rain supports major stablecoins including Tether (USDT) and USDC across various blockchains such as Ethereum, Solana, Tron and Stellar.
Not all experts are optimistic. Sil Mohnot of venture capital firm Better Tomorrow Ventures pointed to a lack of incentives for stablecoin payments to replace existing card systems. Mason Nystrom of Pantera Capital countered that stablecoin payments offer advantages such as instant settlement and payment protection, making them an attractive option for merchants.
Chi-gyu Hwang
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