- Visa integrates Monad to give issuers and acquirers more flexibility in settling stablecoin obligations.
- The chain also offers high throughput and deep liquidity, enabling fast, efficient transactions.
Visa, a leading payment services provider, continues its charge in stablecoin settlements. It follows the significant strides its rival, Mastercard, has made in the same space, as both are engaged in a tight competition to be at the forefront of blockchain-powered transactions.
Monad (MON), an institutional-grade, Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible Layer 1 (L1) chain, is a new addition to Visa’s growing list of blockchain infrastructure partners as it seeks to offer institutions more flexibility and convenience for stablecoins payments and operations. On Wednesday, the Monad foundation announced that participating Visa issuers and acquirers can settle Visa obligations in stablecoins on the Monad chain.
Key Capabilities Unlocked by Visa in the Monad Integration
Monad’s addition to the Visa ecosystem expands its scope to 10 blockchains. Besides Monad, the payments giant has also linked with Arc (ARC), Avalanche (AVAX), Base, Canton Network (CC), Ethereum (ETH), Polygon (POL), Solana (SOL), Stellar (XLM), and Tempo.
The Monad integration on Visa paves the way for near-instant settlement for market participants. As of July 2026, tests showed the high-performance L1 can deliver up to 10,000 transactions per second (tps).
Another major perk banks and payment providers could benefit from is access to deep onchain liquidity. Monad currently has over $956 million in total value locked (TVL) across decentralized finance, per DeFiLlama. This means participating issuers can route stablecoin transfers on its network to avoid high slippage or liquidity bottlenecks, especially during large-scale capital rebalancing or simultaneous high-volume settlements.
Moreover, the same feature enables low, predictable network fees and compatibility with existing EVM infrastructure.
“Our goal is to give our partners the flexibility to settle on the blockchain networks that best meet their needs,” Dan Roesbery, Visa’s vice president of global onchain partnerships and GTM, said in a statement to The Block. “Adding support for Monad expands the options available to our partners and is another step toward building a multi-chain settlement infrastructure for stablecoin-enabled payments.”
Complementing Monad Private Settlement
Furthermore, the partnership signals a potential long-term collaboration between one of the newest players in the crypto sector and an established, legacy institution. It comes ahead of the eventual launch of Monad Private Settlement, a confidential, sovereign execution framework that allows institutions to run private transactions and smart contracts without exposing sensitive financial details to the public, using a zero-knowledge proof design.
“Global payments are moving onchain. Monad is building the infrastructure to power them,” Monad noted.
