Stripe expands stablecoin cards to 100+ countries, taps Privy co-founder
Stripe plans to expand its stablecoin card program to more than 100 countries by year-end and is exploring tokenized deposits and DeFi use cases, new crypto head Henri Stern said. Stern, co-founder of wallet-infrastructure firm Privy (acquired by Stripe in 2025), now oversees stablecoins and crypto across the company.
- Stablecoin card spending reached about $1.2 billion last month, triple the year-ago level, per PaymentScan; current customers include Kraken, Ramp and Morse.
- Stripe says it intends to stay "completely stablecoin agnostic, completely blockchain agnostic," tying the card push to its Bridge, Tempo and Open USD work.
No specific rollout markets, spending limits or product structure were disclosed.
Sources
- @sndr_krisztian reports. https://t.co/mkthUb8Jad Replying to their earlier post: EXCLUSIVE: @Stripe expands its stablecoin card program to 100+ countries by year-end, and appoints @Privy_io co-founder Henri Stern to lead its stablecoin and crypto business. https://t.co/X876kZaOywx.com ↗
- EXCLUSIVE: @Stripe expands its stablecoin card program to 100+ countries by year-end, and appoints @Privy_io co-founder Henri Stern to lead its stablecoin and crypto business. https://t.co/X876kZaOywx.com ↗
- Stripe to expand stablecoin cards to over 100 countries by the end of the yearcoindesk.com ↗
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