Lightspark Launches Cards Playground for Stablecoin-Backed Visa Cards
- —Cards Playground lets developers test card issuance, wallet management, spending controls and refunds
- —Lightspark and Visa announced plans in April 2026 to cover more than 100 countries
- —The card infrastructure settles in USDC with conversion into local currency at checkout
- —Lightspark plans to launch a full stablecoin issuance platform
Why it matters: Growing stablecoin card adoption pushes USDC deeper into everyday payments and intensifies competition for payment infrastructure.
Source: CoinGape
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