#股票财报季 $USDC There are noticeably more people using U to pay for things with cards this year.
Visa shared some figures on last night's earnings call: there are more than 225 card programs linked to stablecoins, up over 70% from last year; 5 million cards, with spending volume up more than 150%.
With more cards out there, how is the money settled behind the scenes?
Another figure from the same call: Visa's annualized stablecoin settlement volume has topped $25 billion—10 times last year's level.
I did the math myself 👇
🔹 $25 billion divided by 365 comes to about $68.5 million a day on average
🔹 Working backward from 10x, last year's figure was about $2.5 billion, or under $7 million a day
🔹 It now supports 10 blockchains. It's already available in the US, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Switzerland, and the UK, with more than 300 partners waiting in the pipeline
That's still a small slice of Visa's overall business, but the growth is right there: the path from U on-chain to swiping at a terminal is getting shorter.
For small-balance users who spend U with a card, there are two things you can do today:
1️⃣ Your funds are held by the card issuer; Visa only runs the network. When choosing a card, first check who the issuer is and whether they've ever frozen users' funds
2️⃣ Before signing up, add the top-up fee and foreign exchange spread together. For U card platforms like Payall, work out how much you'll actually be able to spend before deciding how much to deposit
The last time you used your U, was it for trading or spending?
For reference only; not investment advice. DYOR
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