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SoFi tie-up shows stablecoins can provide alternative blockchain settlement rail

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SoFi is migrating its entire card program to blockchain settlement using its SoFiUSD stablecoin, expecting over $25 billion in annualized volume, in partnership with Mastercard to provide an alternative settlement rail while retaining existing intermediaries.

Status
Decaying
Confirmation
Confirmed
Event type
PARTNERSHIP_ADOPTION
Market scope
SECTOR
Direction
1
Impact / urgency
3 / 2
Impact category
MATERIAL
Risk stance
RISK ON
Promotion
PROMOTED · 59/100
Promotion reason
Highlights a novel, large‑scale stablecoin settlement rail partnership between SoFi and Mastercard, processing over $25 billion annually, signalling expanding institutional adoption of blockchain‑based payments while preserving existing intermediaries.
Duration class
INTRADAY
Assets
SoFiUSD
Sectors
Banking, FinTech, Payments
First detected
Impact started
Scheduled for
Not published
Occurred at

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SoFi tie-up shows stablecoins can provide alternative blockchain settlement rail

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