NEW YORK — August 5, 2026 — zerohash and Visa announced that Visa Direct’s stablecoin merchant prefunding and payout capabilities will become available for eligible Visa Direct clients. Clients can prefund accounts and disburse payouts in stablecoins, powered by zerohash.

Visa Direct reaches more than 18 billion endpoints across eligible cards, accounts, and digital wallets in more than 195 countries and territories. zerohash provides regulatory and technical infrastructure across dozens of blockchains and stablecoins.

Mark Nelsen, Global Head of Product at Visa: “Stablecoins are creating new opportunities to make money movement faster and more flexible, particularly for cross-border use cases.”

Edward Woodford, zerohash CEO: “This partnership helps extend access to onchain money into Visa Direct.”