Solayer Pay rolls out physical Visa card for spending USDC worldwide
Solayer Pay has launched a physical Visa card that lets users spend USDC at merchants and ATMs around the globe. Announced via GlobeNewswire on May 14, the new card links directly to a user’s Solayer Pay balance and settles on-chain via Solayer’s infiniSVM network.
“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.”
How it works and how to get one
- The card can be ordered through the Solayer Pay app on mobile or web.
- Existing Solayer Pay account holders receive the physical card at no cost.
- New users must open a Solayer Pay account and pay a $20 annual activation fee.
This physical release expands on Solayer Pay’s earlier offering: in April 2025 the platform launched the Emerald Card, a virtual Visa card integrated with Apple Pay and Google Pay that reached roughly 40,000 users in more than 100 countries before the physical rollout.
Market context and tech specs
The card debuts amid rapid expansion of stablecoin payments. In March 2026, Visa and Stripe’s Bridge widened their stablecoin card program to 18 countries with plans to scale to over 100 by year-end. Visa’s broader stablecoin settlement pilot has grown to about $7 billion across nine blockchains, reflecting growing institutional adoption of on-chain settlement.
USDC remains the second-largest stablecoin with a market cap near $78 billion. The overall stablecoin market grew from $243 billion in May 2025 to $322 billion a year later, according to DefiLlama.
Solayer’s infiniSVM network—behind the card’s settlement layer—claims throughput of 330,000 transactions per second with roughly 400ms finality, providing the high-speed on-chain infrastructure for quick settlements.
Why it matters
By tying a physical Visa card to a stablecoin balance and fast layer-1 settlement, Solayer Pay is betting on mainstream payment integration as the next step for crypto utility. The move signals continued momentum in the stablecoin payments sector as major payments firms and blockchains build rails for on-chain value transfer that works in everyday commerce.
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