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Stripe, Visa and Mastercard Said to Be Building a Shared Stablecoin Platform

By Isaac • June 3, 2026 9:34 pm • Comments

Three of the largest names in payments are reportedly close to launching a shared stablecoin platform.

CoinDesk reported that Stripe, Visa and Mastercard are near introducing the platform, citing three people familiar with the plans.

Coinbase is looking into participating, according to one of those people.

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That lineup tells you where settlement is heading.

Stablecoins already run at serious scale. CoinGecko data checked June 4, 2026 ranked Tether’s USDT at #3 and Circle’s USDC at #5 by market cap.

CoinDesk pegged the total stablecoin market at about $325 billion, with USDT dominant at $115 billion and USDC at $76 billion.

CoinDesk framed the shift this way:

Global payment networks Stripe, Visa and Mastercard are close to introducing a new stablecoin platform, according to three people familiar with the plans. U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is also looking into the possibility of participating in the stablecoin platform, one of the people said.

Coinbase, Stripe and Visa declined to comment. Mastercard had not responded to requests for comment by publication time.

Stablecoins, one of the busiest areas of crypto, have become a focal point for the large card networks and payments players.

The total stablecoin market cap is about $325 billion, according to CoinGecko data. The market is dominated by Tether’s USDT, at $115 billion.

Stripe acquired stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge in late 2024 for $1.1 billion. Mastercard, which acquired stablecoin firm BVNK earlier this year, said this week it plans to expand always-on stablecoin settlement.

In April, Visa announced it was expanding a stablecoin settlement pilot to nine blockchains, adding Base, Polygon, Canton Network, Arc and Tempo to existing support for Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Stellar.

The card networks have been building toward this for a while.

Stripe bought stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge in late 2024 for $1.1 billion. Mastercard acquired stablecoin firm BVNK earlier this year and said this week it plans to expand always-on stablecoin settlement.

Visa expanded a stablecoin settlement pilot to nine blockchains in April, adding Base, Polygon, Canton Network, Arc and Tempo to existing support for Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche and Stellar.

These were one-off rails and pilots. A shared platform points to something bigger.

The Coinbase angle is the one to track.

Coinbase splits USDC economics with Circle, so its presence inside a joint payments platform would put real distribution behind the stablecoin and deepen its reach into settlement.

Stripe, Visa and Coinbase all declined to comment, and Mastercard had not responded by CoinDesk’s publication time.

None of this is confirmed product yet, and the named companies are staying quiet.

But when the biggest card networks and Stripe converge on the same stablecoin infrastructure, the message is plain.

Stablecoins are graduating from crypto trading collateral into the plumbing of mainstream payments.

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