%{{tag.tag}} {{articledata.title}} {{moment(articledata.cdate)}} @{{articledata.company.replace(" ","")}} comment Cryptoprowl / Visa (NYSE: $V ) said Wednesday it is adding Arc, Base, Canton, Polygon (CRYPTO: $POL ) and Tempo to its global stablecoin settlement pilot, expanding the program to nine supported blockchains as payment firms and financial institutions test more ways to settle with digital dollars. The pilot has reached a $7 billion annualized stablecoin settlement run rate, up 50% from last quarter, according to the company. The expansion puts Visa’s stablecoin strategy deeper into the infrastructure layer of payments. The company already supported Avalanche, Ethereum (CRYPTO: $ETH ), Solana (CRYPTO: $SOL ) and Stellar (CRYPTO: $XLM ), and the five new additions give issuers and acquirers more choice across networks built for different use cases, from regulated capital markets and privacy-focused settlement to low-cost payments and agentic commerce. Visa is also making a clearer multi-chain bet at a time when stablecoin activity is no longer concentrated on one network or one type of user. The company said its stablecoin work builds on live pilots and regional rollouts across Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as its recent expansion of USDC (CRYPTO: $USDC) settlement to U.S. banks and more than 130 stablecoin-linked card programs in over 50 countries. “Our partners are building in a multi-chain world, and they expect their options to reflect that reality,” said Rubail Birwadker, Visa’s global head of growth products and strategic partnerships. He said expanding the pilot allows partners to choose the networks that fit their needs while relying on Visa to provide a common settlement layer across them. Visa’s latest update shows how stablecoin settlement is moving from experimentation toward a more practical role in global payments. The company is not trying to replace every existing rail at once. It is building a network layer that lets institutions use stablecoins, where they make settlement faster, more flexible and easier to manage across different blockchain ecosystems. Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) stock is currently trading at $338.13 U.S. per share.