Crypto Cards Turn USDC and USDT Into Everyday Payments
Card access turns stablecoin adoption into a consumer-payment question, shifting attention from balances to whether users can spend them.
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Card access turns stablecoin adoption into a consumer-payment question, shifting attention from balances to whether users can spend them.
The $4.5B cumulative total underscores crypto cards' growing role in everyday payments, with USDT gaining share while USDC remains dominant.
Crypto cards are becoming a measurable bridge between stablecoin liquidity and everyday payments, expanding the adoption case beyond market activity.
The benchmark shifts attention from trading activity toward the scale of crypto-linked payments in everyday commerce.
The warning exposes a central trade-off in stablecoin adoption: crypto can reach daily spending through Visa, but that route preserves dependence on traditional payment rails.
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