Solayer Pay launched a Visa card allowing users to spend USDC at merchants and ATMs worldwide on May 14.
Summary
- Solayer Pay launched a Visa card enabling USDC payments in-store, online and via contactless, with ATM withdrawals in supported regions.
- Existing Solayer Pay users can request the card for free, while new users pay a $20 annual activation fee.
- The card extends Solayer Pay’s Emerald Card platform, which launched in April 2025 and reached 40,000 users across 100 countries.
Solayer, the layer-1 blockchain developer behind the infiniSVM network, announced the launch via GlobeNewswire on May 14. The card links directly to a user’s Solayer Pay balance and can be used at any Visa-accepting merchant globally.
“Crypto payments only become meaningful when they integrate naturally into everyday life,” said Margie Feng, Marketing Lead at Solayer. “The physical card brings stablecoin spending into familiar payment experiences while keeping users connected to the speed and efficiency of onchain infrastructure.”
Physical card extends Solayer’s stablecoin payment push
Users can order the card through the Solayer Pay app on mobile or web. Existing account holders receive the card at no cost. New users must first apply for a Solayer Pay account and pay a $20 annual activation fee.
The launch builds on Solayer Pay’s history in the space. The platform originally debuted in April 2025 as the Emerald Card, a virtual Visa card integrated with Apple Pay and Google Pay that reached 40,000 users across more than 100 countries before this physical expansion.
The Solayer card arrives as stablecoin payment infrastructure expands rapidly. Visa and Stripe’s Bridge expanded their stablecoin card program to 18 countries in March 2026, with plans to reach more than 100 countries by year end. Visa’s broader stablecoin settlement pilot grew to $7 billion across nine blockchains as institutional partners treat on-chain settlement as a primary option rather than a test.
USDC is the second-largest stablecoin by market cap at approximately $78 billion. The broader stablecoin market expanded from $243 billion in May 2025 to $322 billion a year later, according to DefiLlama. Solayer’s infiniSVM network delivers 330,000 transactions per second with approximately 400ms finality, providing the infrastructure behind the card’s on-chain settlement layer.
