Overview
- Bridge-enabled cards are live in 18 countries, with a planned rollout to more than 100 across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East by year-end.
- The cards let customers spend balances from crypto wallets using stablecoins at Visa’s more than 175 million merchant locations.
- Bridge, acquired by Stripe in 2025, provides the infrastructure that lets businesses issue stablecoin-backed Visa cards.
- Wallet platforms including Phantom and MetaMask are using Bridge-enabled cards to enable everyday stablecoin spending.
- Visa’s settlement pilot includes participants such as Worldpay and Nuvei, and the company is evaluating potential support for Bridge-issued assets in future flows.