On May 14th, Solayer Pay introduced a Visa card that lets users spend their USDC at businesses and ATMs anywhere in the world.
Summary
- Solayer Pay launched a Visa card enabling USDC payments in-store, online and via contactless, with ATM withdrawals in supported regions.
- Existing Solayer Pay users can request the card for free, while new users pay a $20 annual activation fee.
- The card extends Solayer Pay’s Emerald Card platform, which launched in April 2025 and reached 40,000 users across 100 countries.
As a researcher following developments in blockchain technology, I’ve been tracking Solayer, the team behind the infiniSVM network. They recently announced, on May 14th through GlobeNewswire, the release of a new card linked directly to a user’s Solayer Pay account. This means users can spend their funds anywhere Visa is accepted worldwide.
According to Margie Feng, Marketing Lead at Solayer, cryptocurrency payments will only truly take off when they’re seamlessly integrated into our daily routines. Their physical card makes it easy to spend stablecoins in a way people are already comfortable with, all while still benefiting from the fast and efficient technology behind blockchain.
Physical card extends Solayer’s stablecoin payment push
You can order the card using the Solayer Pay app on your phone or computer. If you already have a Solayer Pay account, the card is free. New users need to sign up for an account and pay a $20 yearly fee to activate the card.
This launch expands on Solayer Pay’s existing work in digital payments. Originally launched in April 2025 as the Emerald Card – a virtual Visa card compatible with Apple Pay and Google Pay – the platform gained 40,000 users in over 100 countries before introducing a physical card.
The new Solayer card is launching as the use of stablecoins for payments is growing quickly. Visa and Stripe’s Bridge program, which allows payments with stablecoins, expanded to 18 countries in March 2026 and aims to be available in over 100 countries by the end of the year. Visa is also running a larger test program for stablecoin settlements, processing $7 billion across nine different blockchains, as more businesses are starting to use on-chain settlements as a standard practice.
USDC is the second-biggest stablecoin, currently worth around $78 billion. The entire stablecoin market has grown significantly, increasing from $243 billion in May 2025 to $322 billion a year later, as reported by DefiLlama. Solayer’s infiniSVM network powers the card’s system for recording transactions on the blockchain, processing around 330,000 transactions per second with confirmation times of about 400 milliseconds.
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2026-05-16 12:33