A crypto payments startup just struck a deal with Visa to roll out something interesting next month. Users in El Salvador will be able to spend USDT straight from their self-custody wallets through a new card. No intermediaries, no conversion hassles—just tap and pay with your stablecoins while keeping full control of your assets. This could mark a real shift in how people think about everyday crypto spending.
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GweiTooHigh
· 6h ago
Ngl, this is really interesting, directly swiping a card from a hosted wallet? This guy from El Salvador is ahead of the game.
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WhaleStalker
· 17h ago
This time it's finally interesting, directly using a hosted wallet to swipe and spend stablecoins? El Salvador is going to become a testbed again.
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ChainComedian
· 18h ago
Emma, is El Salvador playing new tricks again? Directly swipe USDT from a hosted wallet... this is how it should be!
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just_another_fish
· 18h ago
El Salvador is up to something new again, this time directly using a hosted wallet to swipe USDT, but I still want to see what the actual experience is like.
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StablecoinArbitrageur
· 18h ago
ngl, the visa integration itself is just the plumbing—what actually matters here is whether the settlement layer can handle volume without liquidity fragmentation. el salvador's already got btc adoption saturated, so let's see if usdt adoption curves differently. skeptical on the "no conversion hassles" claim tho, someone's eating those basis points somewhere.
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SerumDegen
· 18h ago
ngl this el salvador play feels like copium mixed with actual infrastructure... visa's move screams desperation + adoption theater but hey, self-custody USDT card? that's the alpha leak nobody saw coming. watching this cascade unfold will be chef's kiss for on-chain signals
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SignatureDenied
· 18h ago
Uh, this is another new way to raise money, right? I'm a bit scared that even Visa is getting involved.
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ForkMonger
· 18h ago
lmao visa playing catch-up to the inevitable... el salvador's basically the governance honeypot rn, watch how fast this infrastructure crumbles when they realize self-custody isn't a regulatory loophole
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IfIWereOnChain
· 18h ago
Wow, El Salvador directly using USDT for self-custody payments? This is true adoption, right?
A crypto payments startup just struck a deal with Visa to roll out something interesting next month. Users in El Salvador will be able to spend USDT straight from their self-custody wallets through a new card. No intermediaries, no conversion hassles—just tap and pay with your stablecoins while keeping full control of your assets. This could mark a real shift in how people think about everyday crypto spending.