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Visa reports hypergrowth in stablecoin-linked card programs
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Visa reports hypergrowth in stablecoin-linked card programs

Visa is experiencing rapid expansion in its stablecoin-linked card offerings, supporting over 160 programs globally. The company identifies significant adoption potential in markets outside of Europe where demand for dollar access and international payment infrastructure is high. This growth trajectory highlights a shift toward mainstream utility for stablecoins within traditional payment networks.

X, theblock public reporting

Price × Evidence /Market Movement
GHO depeg by December 31?
Price & Evidence Timeline
Analysis /Evidence Base
Visa says crypto stablecoin cards are seeing explosive growthX
Fact confidence: medium
Visa stablecoin settlement tops $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15x year over yeartheblock
Fact confidence: medium
Stablecoin card growth may be strongest outside EuropeX
Fact confidence: medium
INFERY / RESEARCH VERDICT
Rating

Buy YES

YES undervaluedSlight gapMedium confidence

GHO has held near par with the stability module buying it back, making a sustained breach of the depeg threshold unlikely; thin redemption reserves still leave the Yes tail cheaper than its odds.

“Yes”Fair price range1–14¢
  • GHO traded near $0.999 through September and early October, and Aave raised its core borrow rate to 5% as redemption reserves thinned.
  • The GHO Stability Module swaps GHO for USDC or USDT at 1:1 minus a small exit fee, letting traders buy below par and redeem at a dollar.
  • GHO spent its first six months below $1 after its 2023 launch, and its supply now sits near a record $700 million.
CURRENT MARKET

GHO depeg by December 31?

⚠Risk: The weak link is the stability module's thin USDC and USDT redemption buffers: if the higher borrow rate rebuilds those reserves and GHO holds at par with no sustained deviation below the threshold across the window, the low market odds prove justified and the underpricing gap closes, which would undercut the case for buying Yes.
Next watch: Aave's next GHO Stewards update on stability-module reserves and further borrow-rate changes.
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Research verdict is for reference only and does not constitute investment advice.