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Visa is reportedly launching an internal stablecoin platform that gives its clients access to Open Standard's OUSD, positioning the token as a direct challenger to Circle's USDC in the U.S. payments stack. A Visa-scale distribution channel could reroute stablecoin settlement flows toward OUSD, pressuring Circle's (CRCL) reserve-income model while deepening institutional adoption of tokenized dollars overall. Watch for official confirmation from Visa, launch timing, and whether major merchant or bank partners commit, since the report remains unverified.
As a Crypto signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around V, CRCL, COIN.
Original Source: The Block
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