zerohash powers Visa Direct stablecoin prefunding and payouts for eligible clients

Visa Direct has added stablecoin prefunding and payout capabilities through zerohash for eligible clients, bringing stablecoins into core network infrastructure rather than keeping them in pilot mode. For high-risk merchants and PSPs, the useful part is simple: cross-border liquidity and payouts can now move through one of the world’s largest payment networks, with 18 billion endpoints across 195+ countries.

1. zerohash is now powering stablecoin prefunding and payout capabilities for eligible Visa Direct clients. The setup lets businesses prefund accounts and disburse payouts in stablecoins through Visa Direct, which matters if your operating model depends on faster cross-border movement of funds and tighter treasury control.
2. Visa Direct reaches 18 billion endpoints across 195+ countries. That scale is the point here: stablecoins are not sitting at the edge of the network anymore, but being plugged into a distribution layer that already handles global payouts.
3. The source explicitly says this is not a pilot or sandbox experiment. In practical terms, that makes the announcement more relevant to PSPs and acquirers deciding whether stablecoin rails are becoming part of production payment stack design rather than a side project for innovation teams.
4. The broader pattern described in the source is that major payments players are moving from “exploring” stablecoins to shipping them. For providers in high-risk verticals, that usually means the conversation shifts from whether stablecoin support is imaginable to which corridors, clients, and controls can be supported inside existing infrastructure.