Visa adds Monad to stablecoin settlement network and expands to weekends
Visa has integrated the Monad blockchain into its stablecoin settlement program and expanded network operations to allow settlements on weekends and holidays.
Visa has added Layer 1 blockchain Monad to its stablecoin settlement network and expanded the service to allow transactions on weekends and holidays, enabling around-the-clock settlements for participating financial institutions.[3][4][1][2][6]
The addition allows participating card issuers and acquirers to settle their obligations over Monad, according to an announcement from the Monad Foundation. Dan Roesbery, Visa's vice president of global onchain partnerships and go-to-market, said in the foundation's release that the integration expands partner options and marks another step toward multi-chain settlement infrastructure for stablecoin payments. Monad's official X account stated that the settlement option is already live, although Visa had not published its own separate announcement as of publication time.[3][4][5]
The expansion follows rapid growth in Visa's stablecoin settlement operations. Company figures cited by Unchained show Visa's annualized settlement run rate surpassed $25 billion as of September 2026 across more than 225 card programs, rising from $7 billion in April. Monad is EVM-compatible and claims transaction throughput of 10,000 transactions per second with 800-millisecond finality. The foundation noted that Monad's Private Settlement feature, designed to protect sensitive commercial payment details, will become available to Visa's partners in the coming months.[3][7]
Key facts
- Visa has added Monad as a stablecoin settlement network option for participating card issuers and acquirers, the Monad Foundation announced.
- Visa expanded its stablecoin settlement network to support transactions on weekends and holidays, enabling 24/7 settlement.
- Visa's annualized stablecoin settlement run rate grew from $7 billion in April to more than $25 billion as of September 2026.
- The Monad Foundation did not specify which stablecoins will settle on Monad or name participating issuers and acquirers.
- Monad is an EVM-compatible blockchain with reported capacity of 10,000 transactions per second and 800-millisecond finality.
- Monad's Private Settlement feature is not yet live and is scheduled to reach Visa's partners in the coming months.
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Visa expands stablecoin settlements to weekends and holidays Visa's expanded stablecoin settlements enhance liquidity and operational efficiency for financial institutions, enabling 24/7 transactions. The post Visa expands stablecoin settlements to weekends and holidays appeared first on Crypto Briefing .
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CoinGecko@coingeckoPost on X ·
JUST IN: Visa expands its stablecoin settlement program to Monad, letting participating issuers and acquirers settle on the network, including on weekends and holidays. https://t.co/CM1sgfN8Do
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Monad Is Now a Settlement Option in Visa’s Stablecoin Program Monad , a Layer 1 (base-layer) blockchain, is now one of the networks that banks and payment firms in Visa’s stablecoin settlement program can use to settle with Visa in stablecoins, the Monad Foundation announced on Tuesday in a release that quotes a Visa executive. Visa had not published its own announcement as of publication. Monad’s official X account (@monad) said that the option is live. The release does not say which stablecoins will settle on Monad, and it names no participating card issuers or acquirers. Acquirers are the banks and payment companies that process card payments for merchants. Get Unchained’s crypto news in your inbox with the free Unchained Daily newsletter . Where Monad Fits Visa’s own April 29 release put its pilot at nine blockchains : Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana and Stellar, plus Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon and Tempo, the five it added that day. By Oct. 27, CEO Ryan McInerney said on the company’s earnings call that Visa supports 10 blockchains in settlement, without naming them. Neither Visa nor the foundation said whether that count included Monad. On the same call, McInerney said Visa supports five stablecoins in settlement: USDC, USDG, EURC, PYUSD and SBC. Monad is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the software environment Ethereum apps run on, so card issuers and acquirers whose custody, wallet and compliance systems already work with Ethereum can usually connect them to Monad without building new ones, the foundation said. The foundation says the network handles 10,000 transactions per second, produces a block every 400 milliseconds and runs on more than 200 independently operated validators, the computers that check and record transactions. It says transactions reach finality, the point after which they can’t be reversed, in 800 milliseconds. Monad held its token sale on Coinbase in November 2025. In April, Visa put the pilot’s annualized settlement run rate at $7 billion and counted more than 130 stablecoin-linked card programs. The Monad release, citing Visa figures , says the run rate reached $25 billion as of September 2026, up roughly 10x from a year earlier, with more than 225 card programs live. McInerney gave the same figures on the Oct. 27 call, saying the run rate had “surpassed $25 billion in annualized volume, up 10x year over year.” By Unchained’s calculation, that is about 3.6 times the April figure in roughly five months. Dan Roesbery, Visa’s vice president of global onchain partnerships and go-to-market, said in the release that adding Monad “expands the options available to our partners and is another step toward building a multi-chain settlement infrastructure for stablecoin-enabled payments.” Privacy Comes Later The release says Monad’s Private Settlement , a feature meant to keep commercially sensitive payment details hidden from the public while still letting auditors and regulators see them, will reach Visa’s partners in the coming months. It is not live yet. In April, Visa pitched two of its new chains on privacy, describing Canton as “built with configurable privacy for regulated capital markets” and saying Tempo was focused on moving stablecoin liquidity privately. “The next phase will be defined by whether institutions can keep sensitive flows confidential without leaving open networks,” Keone Hon, co-founder and general manager of the Monad Foundation, said in the release. Related Listen: Why Ali Yahya Believes That the Chain That Protects Private State Will Win The post Monad Is Now a Settlement Option in Visa’s Stablecoin Program appeared first on Unchained .
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The BlockArticle ·
Visa adds Monad to stablecoin settlement network options Visa has added Monad as a stablecoin settlement option for participating issuers and acquirers, the Monad Foundation said.
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The Wolf Of All Streets@scottmelkerPost on X ·
VISA EXPANDS STABLECOIN SETTLEMENT TO MONAD $MON, LETTING PARTICIPATING ISSUERS AND ACQUIRERS SETTLE VISA OBLIGATIONS ON ITS BLOCKCHAIN https://t.co/50TcLqIJKf
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Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuruPost on X ·
JUST IN: Visa expands crypto stablecoin settlements network, allowing transactions on weekends and holidays.
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Laura Shin@laurashinPost on X ·
Visa's stablecoin settlement run rate has grown about 3.6-fold since April, from $7 billion to more than $25 billion, by Unchained's math on Visa's figures. Monad was added to the program on Tuesday. https://t.co/0Mv7J4C5Mf
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