Stripe to expand stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by the end of the year

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What happened

The payments giant is planning a major global expansion for its stablecoin cards business, and is exploring tokenized deposits and DeFi use cases, new crypto head Henri Stern said.

Key facts

  • Reported by CoinDesk and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:46:31 UTC.

Why it matters

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  4. Stripe to expand stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by the end of the year

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