2026-05-05 · partner
Visa announced an expansion of its stablecoin settlement pilot, adding five more blockchains and bringing total supported chains to nine. The announcement explicitly states existing support for Solana remains part of Visa’s settlement infrastructure. For the Solana ecosystem, this is a meaningful institutional signal: Solana continues to be included in a growing global payments pilot that Visa says has reached a $7B annualized settlement run rate.
Visa added Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo to its stablecoin settlement pilot. In the same release, Visa confirms that the program continues support for Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Stellar. Visa reports the pilot has reached a $7 billion annualized run rate, up 50% quarter over quarter.
Continued Solana inclusion in a major card-network settlement initiative reinforces Solana’s relevance in institutional payment infrastructure. Multi-chain support does increase competition among settlement networks, but explicit retention matters for credibility and integration momentum. This can support more enterprise-grade payment experiments where Solana is one of the approved rails.
Developers building payment or treasury products on Solana should track Visa partner integrations and settlement-pattern requirements. Teams can prioritize interoperability features and compliance-ready design if targeting enterprise flows. Holders should monitor whether pilot growth translates into production transaction demand tied to Solana-based stablecoin activity.
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