Visa
Visa operates a widely used card payment network. Merchants accepting Visa cards pay often high, non‑transparent fees that can erode small‑merchant margins. Mastercard competes with Visa, which launched a stablecoin platform in July Circle's Arc network -> ADOPTED_BY -> Visa Visa PARTNERS_WITH Bridge Mesh taps Visa to let users spend crypto without a separate card Visa PARTNERS_WITH Mesh Brale is working with Visa to improve stablecoin settlement Visa partnered with Mesh to enable crypto spending at 175 million merchant locations Shinhan Financial has an agreement (in August 2026) with Visa to explore stablecoin issuance, transfers and card settlement Fireblocks is in talks with Visa Fireblocks denies being in talks with Visa Visa is rumored to acquire Fireblocks for around $2.5 billion Fireblocks has rejected the rumor that Visa would acquire it Visa launched its own stablecoin platform in July and moved a stablecoin‑powered Visa Direct funding service into commercial production Open Secure AI Alliance has member Visa. Singapore's BLOOM initiative INVOLVES Visa Axios reported that Visa is in late‑stage talks to acquire Fireblocks for about $2.5 B Visa partnered with Zerohash in August 2026 to add stablecoin funding and payouts to Visa Direct Visa joined the coalition behind Open USD Visa is in talks to acquire Fireblocks for around $2.5 billion Visa MENTIONED_IN Crypto Payments Have a Hidden Cost Businesses Rarely Calculate Visa settlement includes USD Coin Visa settlement includes PayPal USD Visa settlement includes Global Dollar Visa settlement includes Circle's Euro-backed Euro Coin Visa settlement includes SBC Visa has the Open USD token Visa operates the Visa Stablecoin Platform Ryan McInerney speaks on behalf of Visa Visa MEMBER_OF BLOOM initiative· Entity summary generated by Graphiti
Relation timeline
BY VALID-FROM DATE- VisaMEMBER OFBLOOM
Visa MEMBER_OF BLOOM initiative
- VisaSETTLES INUSDG
Visa settlement includes Global Dollar
- VisaSETTLES INUSDC
Visa settlement includes USD Coin
- Ryan McInerneySPOKES FORVisa
Ryan McInerney speaks on behalf of Visa
- VisaSETTLES INEuro stablecoin
Visa settlement includes Circle's Euro-backed Euro Coin
- VisaSETTLES INSBC
Visa settlement includes SBC
- VisaSETTLES INPayPal USD
Visa settlement includes PayPal USD
- VisaHAS TOKENOpen USD
Visa has the Open USD token
- VisaHAS PLATFORMVisa's Stablecoin Platform
Visa operates the Visa Stablecoin Platform
- Open Secure AI AllianceHAS MEMBERVisa
Open Secure AI Alliance has member Visa.
- AxiosREPORTEDVisa
Axios reported that Visa is in late‑stage talks to acquire Fireblocks for about $2.5 B
- VisaJOINED COALITIONOpen USD
Visa joined the coalition behind Open USD
- FireblocksIS IN TALKS WITHVisa
Fireblocks is in talks with Visa
- FireblocksDENIES TALK WITHVisa
Fireblocks denies being in talks with Visa
- VisaIN TALKS TO ACQUIREFireblocks
Visa is in talks to acquire Fireblocks for around $2.5 billion
- FireblocksREJECTSVisa
Fireblocks has rejected the rumor that Visa would acquire it
- VisaRUMORED TO ACQUIREFireblocks
Visa is rumored to acquire Fireblocks for around $2.5 billion
- VisaPARTNERED WITHMesh
Visa partnered with Mesh to enable crypto spending at 175 million merchant locations
- BraleCOLLABORATES WITHVisa
Brale is working with Visa to improve stablecoin settlement
- VisaPARTNERS WITHMesh
Visa PARTNERS_WITH Mesh
- MeshPARTNERS WITHVisa
Mesh taps Visa to let users spend crypto without a separate card
- VisaPARTNERS WITHBridge
Visa PARTNERS_WITH Bridge
- Arc (blockchain)ADOPTED BYVisa
Circle's Arc network -> ADOPTED_BY -> Visa
- MastercardCOMPETES WITHVisa
Mastercard competes with Visa, which launched a stablecoin platform in July
- Shinhan BankHAS AGREEMENT WITHVisa
Shinhan Financial has an August agreement with Visa to explore stablecoin issuance, transfers and card settlement
- Shinhan FinancialAGREEMENT WITHVisa
Shinhan Financial has an agreement (in August 2026) with Visa to explore stablecoin issuance, transfers and card settlement
- VisaPARTNERED WITHZerohash
Visa partnered with Zerohash in August 2026 to add stablecoin funding and payouts to Visa Direct
- VisaLAUNCHEDVisa Direct
Visa launched its own stablecoin platform in July and moved a stablecoin‑powered Visa Direct funding service into commercial production
- VisaMENTIONED INCrypto Payments Have a Hidden Cost Businesses Rarely Calculate
Visa MENTIONED_IN Crypto Payments Have a Hidden Cost Businesses Rarely Calculate
- BLOOMINVOLVESVisa
Singapore's BLOOM initiative INVOLVES Visa
Relations are facts Graphiti extracted from reports, not verbatim quotes. An end date means later reporting showed the relation no longer holds.
Events 12
- Tampered Ledger reported in Singapore a month before news broke: Asia Express1 cited report · 2026-10-30
- Visa's Stablecoin Volume Grew 10x in a Year: Which Stablecoins Benefit?1 cited report · 2026-10-29
- Crypto Payments Have a Hidden Cost Businesses Rarely Calculate1 cited report · 2026-10-27
- Block Releases THE Bitcoin National Ad Campaign1 cited report · 2026-10-23
- Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand central banks expand cross-border stablecoin initiative involving Ripple, Visa and Mastercard1 cited report · 2026-10-23
- Fireblocks Denies $2.5 Billion Visa Buyout Claims5 cited reports · 2026-10-22
- Japanese visitors may be able to pay with yen stablecoins in South Korea under Shinhan-SBI pact1 cited report · 2026-10-21
- Stablecoin transfers quadruple to $891B as US banks expand adoption: Report1 cited report · 2026-10-21
- Visa, Mesh partner to enable crypto spending at 175M merchant locations1 cited report · 2026-10-20
- Mesh taps Visa to let users spend crypto without a separate card1 cited report · 2026-10-20
- Stablecoin cards are booming, but who makes money when you swipe?1 cited report · 2026-10-17
- Circle Plans Push Into 40 Emerging Markets as Stablecoins Go Mainstream, CEO Says1 cited report · 2026-10-17
Source reports 18
- Tampered Ledger reported in Singapore a month before news broke: Asia ExpressCointelegraph · 2026-10-30
- Visa's Stablecoin Volume Grew 10x in a Year: Which Stablecoins Benefit?BeInCrypto · 2026-10-29
- Crypto Payments Have a Hidden Cost Businesses Rarely CalculateBeInCrypto · 2026-10-27
- Block Releases THE Bitcoin National Ad CampaignBitcoin Magazine · 2026-10-23
- Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand central banks expand cross-border stablecoin initiative involving Ripple, Visa and MastercardThe Block · 2026-10-23
- Fireblocks Denies $2.5 Billion Visa Buyout ClaimsBeInCrypto · 2026-10-22
- Fireblocks disputes report of $2.5B Visa acquisition talksCointelegraph · 2026-10-22
- Fireblocks Denies Report of $2.5 Billion Visa Takeover TalksBitcoin Magazine · 2026-10-22
- Crypto custody specialist Fireblocks denies it's in talks to be acquired by VisaCoinDesk · 2026-10-22
- Fireblocks denies report of $2.5 billion acquisition talks with VisaThe Block · 2026-10-22
- Japanese visitors may be able to pay with yen stablecoins in South Korea under Shinhan-SBI pactCoinDesk · 2026-10-21
- Stablecoin transfers quadruple to $891B as US banks expand adoption: ReportCointelegraph · 2026-10-21
- Tx launches USTX stablecoin to pull RWA liquidity onto its chainCointelegraph · 2026-10-20
- Visa, Mesh partner to enable crypto spending at 175M merchant locationsCointelegraph · 2026-10-20
- Mesh taps Visa to let users spend crypto without a separate cardThe Block · 2026-10-20
- Stablecoin cards are booming, but who makes money when you swipe?CryptoSlate · 2026-10-17
- Circle Plans Push Into 40 Emerging Markets as Stablecoins Go Mainstream, CEO SaysDecrypt · 2026-10-17
- Mastercard brings stablecoin balances into traditional banking and card paymentsCointelegraph · 2026-10-15