Exchanges· ★★★★· bullish· October 11, 00:25

Stripe to expand stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by year-end

—Stripe will expand stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by year-end
—Stablecoin card spending hit $1.2 billion last month, triple year-on-year
—The unit is led by Privy CEO Henri Stern; Privy was bought for $1.1 billion
—Stripe is building the Tempo payments blockchain and backed OpenUSD issuer Open Standard

Why it matters: A major payments player is embedding stablecoins into card rails, broadening real-world use of USDC and USDT.