Paystand has announced the launch of USDb, a stablecoin specifically designed for commercial-scale business finance such as accounts receivable, payables, payroll, and treasury operations, on the Bitcoin network.
Paystand is a Bitcoin-powered B2B payments network that processes accounts receivable and payable for over 1 million businesses in North America and Latin America. The company has processed more than $20 billion in payment volume and has built a full-stack CFO platform covering AR automation, spend management, LATAM compliance, and cross-border payroll through the acquisitions of Yaydoo, Teampay, and Bitwage. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, Paystand operates Paystand.org, a nonprofit organization that promotes financial inclusion through Bitcoin.
According to a press release shared with Bitcoin Magazine, USDb is backed 1:1 by USD reserves and is native to Blockstream’s two Liquid networks and Rootstock, both layers on top of Bitcoin. The company is pursuing a dual licensing strategy to support both U.S. and global growth. In the US, Paystand will launch in a coordinated manner with GENIUS and plans to achieve full compliance by the end of 2026. Overseas, the company “already maintains licenses that enable us to operate digital assets and wallets in relevant jurisdictions,” according to Meredith Petty, Paystand’s general manager. Both US and international services are intended to be fully backed by USD on a 1:1 basis, and any distinctions relate only to regulatory structure, distribution, and use cases, not to reserve backing.
The announcement was made on stage at Bitcoin Las Vegas. Paystand positions USDb as infrastructure for a roughly “$100 trillion B2B economy” rather than crypto trading or retail remittances. The integration with Rootstock and Liquid Network will see Ibex serve as USDb’s initial minting partner and liquidity provider, which should bring significant volume and market activity to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
“AI is cannibalizing labor. Bitcoin is cannibalizing capital. Stablecoins are cannibalizing financial services. USDb is where these three forces converge, and we are launching it with the largest real-world business use case on the planet. USDb provides businesses with a programmable digital dollar that works where they actually work. This is not infrastructure waiting for customers. Now is the moment for the B2B economy to go on-chain.”
USDb will begin implementing it immediately with Paystand’s acquisition of Bitwage in November 2025. Bitwage supports payroll and employee payments for more than 90,000 workers and 4,500 companies in nearly 200 countries, providing the first cross-border payment route.
Stablecoins are designed to integrate with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and existing business workflows. It is also designed to “support AI-driven machine-to-machine transactions for agent systems to handle more financial operations,” according to a press release.
Paystand will initially deploy USDb on its own network. Expansion to external partners, additional enterprise customers, and a broader range of Bitcoin infrastructure providers is planned during 2026.
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