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Visa Direct is going deeper into stablecoin payments. It’s piloting cross-border payouts through its existing network. It’s expanding stablecoin settlement across multiple blockchains. The moves come from a series of <a href="https://corporate.visa.com/en/sites/visa-perspectives/newsroom/visa-expands-stablecoin-settlement-adds-five-blockchains.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visa press materials</a> spanning 2025 and 2026.
The goal: make Visa’s infrastructure a settlement layer for <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/cbdc/executive-order-14067-vs-executive-order-14178/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2852">digital dollars</a>.
Zero Hash is emerging as a key rails provider in that effort.
The Pilot
<a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/news/open-usd-launches-blackrock-visa-stripe-140-backers/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2861">Visa launched</a> a stablecoin payouts pilot through Visa Direct on August 12, 2025. The target: creators and gig workers. The promise: “near-instant, cross-border payouts, eliminating banking hours and cross-border lags.”
That segment of the global workforce historically absorbs the highest costs. And the longest delays. Correspondent banking has never worked well for them.
Five New Blockchains
Visa didn’t stop there. A separate corporate announcement confirms Visa expanded <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/news/compliance-blockchain-stablecoins-needed/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2855">stablecoin</a> settlement to five additional blockchains. The move widens <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/smart-contracts/integrated-routing-and-bridging-in-crypto/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2853">liquidity access</a> for financial institution partners. The exact date requires confirmation from the primary source. It falls within Visa’s 2026 reporting window.
Which chains? Refer to Visa’s Perspectives page directly. That detail isn’t confirmed in available materials.
Zero Hash’s Role
Zero Hash already powers <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/stablecoins/stablecoin-risks/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2862">stablecoin features for major</a> fintech players. It’s a B2B <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/news/crypto-trading-blockchain-infrastructure-control/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2860">crypto infrastructure</a> firm. It operates as a settlement and compliance layer bridging <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/news/hana-standard-chartered-digital-assets-partner/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2857">digital assets</a> to traditional card rails.
Its January 21, 2026 Stablecoin Momentum Report is direct: “Stablecoins are now moving decisively into meaningful global <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/news/ripple-ceo-predicts-trillion-dollar-crypto/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2851">financial</a> infrastructure.”
Zero Hash founder and CEO Edward Woodford put it plainly: “Compatibility between <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/stablecoins/what-is-mica-stablecoin-regulation-europe-usdc-usdt/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2856">stablecoins</a> and traditional payment networks is a critical unlock for users’ onchain money.”
Visa’s own blog content lines up with that. Stablecoins are “opening new doors for <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/global-macro/nobody-trusts-treasuries-so-tether-stepped-in/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2854">cross-border</a> payments” through Visa Direct.
The specific stablecoins supported through Zero Hash’s rails within the Visa Direct context? Not confirmed in primary materials.
The Regulatory Layer
The <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/news/us-treasury-genius-act-stablecoin-regulation/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2858">GENIUS Act</a> is moving through the U.S. Senate. It would establish a federal framework for <a href="https://www.thecoinzone.com/news/doordash-stablecoin-integration-tempo/" data-wpil-monitor-id="2859">payment stablecoins</a>. That could clear the path for broader institutional deployment.
Visa’s been tracking this. Its economic research publications have engaged with stablecoin policy directly.
The Real Signal
No single announcement defines this story. The cumulative picture does.
Visa is methodically wiring stablecoin settlement into infrastructure that already touches billions of endpoints globally. It’s methodical. It’s deliberate. Which chains and assets get supported at scale will determine whether this accelerates or displaces correspondent banking for cross-border flows.
That answer isn’t here yet.

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Visa Direct is piloting stablecoin cross-border payouts for gig workers and expanding settlement across five new blockchains with Zero Hash as a key partner.