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Hyundai Card closes first stablecoin pilot on Avalanche as Visa and Circle line up for round two

7/9/2026

Stablecoin adoption across Asia-Pacific card networks has picked up pace this year, and the latest signal comes from South Korea.

Hyundai Card has completed its first real-world stablecoin proof-of-concept, conducted on the Avalanche blockchain with Tether as the stablecoin counterpart.

Visa and Circle are set to join the second proof-of-concept, which is scheduled to begin later this month.

A Korean card issuer steps onto public blockchain rails The completed pilot marks Hyundai Card's first move from internal exploration to live stablecoin settlement.

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