Tech giant Meta starts paying some creators in stablecoin with Stripe’s support
The tech giant is first offering the feature to select creators in Colombia and the Philippines.
What to know:
- Meta has begun rolling out stablecoin payouts to select creators, allowing them to receive earnings in USDC on the Solana or Polygon blockchains.
- The program, supported by payments firm Stripe, lets eligible users link a crypto wallet and generates tax documents from both Meta and Stripe, tied to creators’ earnings and digital asset transactions.
- The initiative marks Meta’s renewed push into stablecoin payments after its earlier Libra, later Diem, project was shut down amid regulatory scrutiny.
The service is supported by payments firm Stripe, which will provide crypto-related reporting for users. Creators may receive tax documents from both Meta and Stripe tied to their earnings and digital asset transactions. A Stripe spokesperson confirmed the company’s involvement.
The news comes after Meta sought the help of third-party vendors to administer stablecoin payments on its platforms, with Stripe among the leading contenders for the integration, CoinDesk reported in February.
The move puts Meta, with over 3 billion users across its social media platforms globally, among the largest tech firms experimenting with stablecoins for real-world payments, using blockchain rails to move money globally to users without relying on traditional banking systems. Stablecoins — cryptocurrencies whose prices are tied to fiat currencies — are increasingly viewed as a faster and cheaper payment method. Visa, for example, reported that it’s stablecoin settlement network hit $7 billion in annualized transaction volume, growing 50% in a quarter.
