Stripe Expands Stablecoin-Backed Cards to Five Currencies, Plasma Signs On

Stripe is expanding its stablecoin card infrastructure to support more fiat currencies and more stablecoins, and has named Plasma as design partner for a new multi-currency card, Stripe said in an article posted Thursday on its official Stripe Crypto account on X (source 1). Plasma confirmed the partnership in a post on its own official account a few minutes later (source 2).

Stripe says the expanded capabilities will support five fiat currencies, "USD, BRL, EUR, MXN, and COP," which are the U.S. dollar, Brazilian real, euro, Mexican peso and Colombian peso (source 1). On the stablecoin side, it lists "USDC, OUSD and eligible GENIUS-compliant stablecoins" (source 1). Stripe says the product is "available in 30+ countries today, with plans to expand to 100+ countries in 2027" (source 1). It does not name the countries.

Stripe frames the goal as everyday spending. It says the aim is to "use the currencies people and businesses already hold, reduce unnecessary conversions, FX costs, and make spending abroad feel as straightforward as spending at home" (source 1).

Plasma's role

Stripe describes Plasma as "building the financial account for people whose lives span countries, assets and businesses, starting with everyday spending" (source 1). It says Plasma today supports moving money in and out of accounts in several currencies, "including USD, EUR, GBP, BRL, and more" (source 1). The British pound appears in that description of Plasma's accounts but not in Stripe's list of card currencies.

As design partner, Stripe says, Plasma will work with Stripe "to make the balances customers hold in their accounts spendable through multi-currency cards" (source 1). Plasma's CEO says the company is "moving to Stripe's stablecoin card infrastructure" to do so (source 1). Neither company says what card infrastructure Plasma used before, or when the move will be complete.

Plasma's own post calls the work a starting point. "Plasma and @Stripe are partnering to bring a new generation of products to market. Our co-development of multi-currency cards is the first step in realizing this vision," it says (source 2).

Plasma is also among the networks that BVNK named this morning in its global money platform announcement with Mastercard (source 5), which Le Coin covered here.

How it is meant to work

Stripe gives one example. "Someone holding euros will be able to spend directly in euros without converting through dollars first," it says (source 1). It adds that businesses operating across markets "can issue cards denominated in currencies that match their spending needs, helping reduce unnecessary FX costs" (source 1).

Stripe calls this "the first step toward a broader multi-currency experience" (source 1). It says it is "working toward enabling cardholders to spend across multiple balances, with the appropriate currency selected automatically at the point of purchase" (source 1). Stripe gives no date for that automatic selection.

Stripe's Issuing page, which the article links to, describes the existing product: "With Stripe and Bridge you can launch localized card programs that spend from stablecoin balances," and says businesses can "fund cards across markets through a single integration and balance type, using stablecoins" (source 3). Stripe completed its acquisition of Bridge in February 2025, according to Stripe's newsroom (source 4).

What they said

"We're building Plasma for people whose lives and finances span countries. We're moving to Stripe's stablecoin card infrastructure to partner on developing multi-currency cards around how those people actually live and spend, with a simple ambition: spend like a local, anywhere," said Paul Faecks, CEO of Plasma (source 1).

"Stablecoins make it possible to hold and move money globally. We're working with Plasma to bring that same flexibility to spending, giving businesses the infrastructure to offer cards across currencies and markets without having to build it themselves," said Henri Stern, head of crypto and stablecoins at Stripe and co-founder and CEO of Privy (source 1).

What was not disclosed

Neither company gives fees, transaction volumes, the issuing bank, the card network, or a date when Plasma customers can use the new cards. Stripe does not define which stablecoins count as "eligible GENIUS-compliant," and it does not list the 30+ countries. No release on Stripe's newsroom or Plasma's website had appeared as of 9:56 a.m. ET.

What it means

In Le Coin's view, the meaningful change is the move away from the dollar as the default. Letting a euro holder spend in euros, as Stripe describes, would remove the step of converting through dollars first, though the cost saving depends on fees Stripe has not published.

In Le Coin's view, the "eligible GENIUS-compliant" wording ties the product's stablecoin list to the U.S. stablecoin law, which suggests Stripe expects that list to grow as issuers qualify. The next things to watch are the named country list, the issuing and network partners, and a date for automatic currency selection.

Sources

1. Stripe, "Stripe and Plasma co-develop a new multi-currency card experience," article on Stripe's official @StripeCrypto X account, Oct. 15, 2026, accessed 2026-10-15, 9:56 a.m. ET.
2. Plasma, partnership post on Plasma's official @Plasma X account, Oct. 15, 2026, accessed 2026-10-15, 9:56 a.m. ET.
3. Stripe, Issuing product page, stripe.com/issuing, accessed 2026-10-15, 9:56 a.m. ET.
4. Stripe, "Stripe completes Bridge acquisition," Stripe newsroom, Feb. 4, 2025, accessed 2026-10-15, 9:59 a.m. ET.
5. BVNK, "Introducing the Mastercard Global Money Platform," BVNK blog, Oct. 15, 2026, accessed 2026-10-15, 9:59 a.m. ET.

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