AUTHOR: WIEHANN OLIVIER AND DINESH GURLAL
Global cryptocurrency payment acceptance surges past Visa and Mastercard
THE CRYPTO payment landscape has crossed the chasm, surging past early adoption into the mainstream of global commerce as US dollar-backed stablecoins outperformed Visa and Mastercard in all four quarters of last year, and continued their dominance in Q1 2025.
No longer a niche, crypto payments have demonstrably cleared a critical mass, with stablecoin adoption and usage outpacing traditional payment services in many regions.
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