The popularity of stablecoin payment cards has recently taken a significant leap.

Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi recently shared a viewpoint: stablecoin-driven payment cards are rapidly gaining popularity and are likely to become one of the core themes of the crypto industry by 2026. His logic is straightforward—these cards retain the user experience of traditional payments but introduce the fast settlement and low-cost advantages of blockchain, allowing crypto technology to integrate into the global payment system in a more practical way.

This judgment is not unfounded. Stablecoin payment startup Rain has just completed a $250 million funding round, with a valuation close to $2 billion. The data is even astonishing: active card numbers are projected to grow 30-fold by 2025, with annual payment volume expanding nearly 40 times. Based on growth rate, Rain has already become one of the fastest-growing fintech companies. On the product side, it supports mainstream stablecoins like USDT and USDC, covering multiple blockchain networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Tron, and Stellar, making its ecosystem quite comprehensive.

Institutions and markets are betting on this track. Bloomberg Intelligence's prediction is even bolder: by 2030, the scale of stablecoin payments will grow to $56.6 trillion at a compound annual growth rate of about 81%. If this growth rate materializes, it will be no surprise that stablecoin payments evolve from a niche concept into a part of financial infrastructure.