The payments company expanded its stablecoin settlement network to include Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo, broadening the blockchain rails used for cross-border digital dollar transfers.
Visa has added five more blockchain networks to its global stablecoin settlement infrastructure: Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon, and Tempo. The update expands the payment company’s use of blockchain-based settlement rails for stablecoins, which are digital tokens designed to maintain a fixed value, typically to the U.S. dollar. Stablecoin settlement infrastructure allows institutions to move tokenized dollar value on blockchain networks with faster transfer times and continuous availability compared with some traditional payment systems. The announcement indicates that Visa is widening the number of supported chains rather than relying on a single network, a move that can improve interoperability, increase network choice, and support broader institutional use of blockchain-based payments.