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Visa, Mastercard, And Over 140 Companies Launch Stablecoin Open USD
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Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and 140+ firms have launched Open USD (OUSD), a new yield-sharing stablecoin that aims to challenge Circle and reshape the economics of the $300 billion stablecoin market.
Key facts
- Circle’s USDC carries a market cap of roughly $73 billion; Tether’s USDT sits at around $145 billion
- A coalition of more than 140 companies, among them Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Coinbase, announced today the formation of Open Standard and the launch of Open USD (OUSD), a new
- Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and 140+ firms have launched Open USD (OUSD), a new yield-sharing stablecoin that aims to challenge Circle and reshape the economics of the $300 billion stablecoin
- Today, they announced Visa is joining Open Standard alongside Stripe, Coinbase, Mastercard, American Express, BlackRock, U.S. Bank, BBVA, Standard Chartered and 100-plus initial partners
Summary
A coalition of more than 140 companies, among them Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Coinbase, announced today the formation of Open Standard and the launch of Open USD (OUSD), a new dollar-pegged stablecoin built to redistribute the economics of the $300 billion stablecoin market. The project is led by Zach Abrams, co-founder of Bridge, the stablecoin infrastructure firm that Stripe acquired in 2024. “Existing stablecoins have great strengths,” Abrams said “But to use them at scale, businesses need something that’s open, low-cost, high-throughput, broadly accessible, and aligned to their interests.” The announcement sent Circle shares down as much as 15% Tuesday, a sign of how directly Open USD targets the USDC issuer’s business model.