Visa and Lightspark have announced a partnership to enable debit cards linked to stablecoins, Bitcoin (BTC), and fiat currencies, allowing payments to be made on Visa’s global network. The announcement, made on April 29, 2026, is part of an effort to integrate digital asset infrastructure with traditional payment systems.
This effort is supported by the Lightspark Grid platform. Designed to process and connect payment flows across various markets. Through this infrastructure, cards can be funded with stablecoins like USDC on networks like Solana and Base, Bitcoin via the Lightning Network and other payment layers, and fiat currencies like dollars and euros.
Search for operations It reduces the need to manually convert between digital assets and traditional money. Instead of transferring funds between systems, users can directly use their crypto or fiat balances to make payments on a network that accepts Visa, which has more than 175 million acceptance points worldwide.
Lightspark already operates real-time payment systems in over 65 countries. This development brought the card infrastructure into the service network. Visa will integrate these flows within its existing payments network and expand connectivity with digital assets.
Initial deployment is planned for the US and Europeand later expanded to Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. Lightspark will also participate as a core member of Visa in Europe within the framework of this integration. As of now, there is no specific date when the card will be available.
This move is part of a strategy the company has been developing since 2024. As reported by CriptoNoticias, Visa has since expanded its Global Stablecoin Payments Pilot Program to include networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Base, and Polygon, allowing its payments infrastructure to settle transactions using these assets.
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