Visa (NYSE: V) and onchain infrastructure provider zerohash said on 08/06/2026 that stablecoin prefunding and payout capabilities will become available to eligible Visa Direct clients. Visa Direct reaches more than 18 billion endpoints across cards, accounts, and digital wallets in more than 195 countries and territories. Visa launched its Visa Stablecoin Platform in July, and Visa Direct now adds the payout layer on top of it. Visa and zerohash confirmed that Visa Direct’s stablecoin merchant prefunding and payout capabilities will open to eligible Visa Direct clients. Visa Direct is that rail, and zerohash supplies the market-by-market licensing Visa would otherwise have to assemble itself.