Open USD Stablecoin Goes Live as Stripe, Visa and Mastercard Open It to Businesses

# Open USD Stablecoin Goes Live as Stripe, Visa and Mastercard Open It to Businesses

> Evidence tier: B2
> Evidence type: Trade-media report; operating claims attributed to companies
> Source: [Unchained](https://unchainedcrypto.com/open-usd-stablecoin-goes-live-as-stripe-visa-and-mastercard-open-it-to-businesses)
> Published: 2026-09-30
> Captured: 2026-10-05T05:18:10.890Z

## Source summary

Unchained reports that Open Standard launched OUSD on September 30 on Ethereum, Solana, Base and Tempo, issued by Stripe-owned Bridge. Mastercard, Stripe and Visa offer business integration paths; Coinbase access was scheduled from October 1. The operator says minting/redemption at par carries no conversion fee, but transaction fees remain.

## Why it matters

The event affects payment operations or infrastructure. Planned availability, company-reported results and network transfer totals must not be mistaken for general deployment or independently verified payment outcomes.

## Key numbers

No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: Open Standard / Bridge / Stripe / Visa / Mastercard
- Web3 payments
- Cross-border payments

## Evidence and credibility note

Reviewed against the readable linked article; company claims remain attributed.

Date evidence: Automatically verified from article:published_time: 2026-09-30T16:49:57+00:00

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original Unchained report](https://unchainedcrypto.com/open-usd-stablecoin-goes-live-as-stripe-visa-and-mastercard-open-it-to-businesses)

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