Visa reports over $1 billion in crypto spending in H1 2021
Global payments giant Visa will continue to support the development and adoption of the cryptocurrency industry as part of its business, the company said in its latest crypto update. In an official statement on Wednesday, Visa announced that its crypto-enabled cards processed more than $1 billion in total spending in the first half of 2021. The company noted that Visa is partnering with 50 major companies in the crypto industry as well as crypto card programs enabling users to convert and spend digital currency at 70 million merchants worldwide. Given the size of spending on Visa crypto-linked cards, the company said that “it’s clear that the crypto community sees value in linking digital currencies to Visa’s global network.”
Visa emphasized that its digital currency support does not require global merchants to accept cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) directly though. As previously reported, Visa has been working with major crypto players like cryptocurrency exchange platform Crypto.com to enable a crypto settlement system for fiat transactions. The company has also been closely working with other major crypto companies like FTX exchange, Coinbase, CoinZoom, and others.
The firm also stated that stablecoins — cryptocurrencies pegged to the value of other assets or fiat currencies like the United States dollar — are “starting to live up the promise of digital fiat,” outlining its developer-friendly features combined with the reliability of fiat-backed reserves.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 79.6% | 31 | $43 820.10 | 1.39% | 13.14% | $857 334 806 631 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 76.8% | 36 | $2 361.38 | 0.41% | 12.42% | $283 880 573 853 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 92.4% | 1 | $1.000299 | 0.02% | -0.02% | $90 362 643 646 |  |
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| 4 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 82.4% | 28 | $0.681118 | 5.93% | 10.95% | $36 751 390 365 |  |
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| 5 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 86.8% | 18 | $240.90 | 3.09% | 5.40% | $36 543 180 385 |  |
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| 6 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 78.8% | 39 | $75.73 | 6.81% | 22.25% | $32 258 285 071 |  |
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| 7 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 93.6% | 1 | $1.000125 | 0% | 0.01% | $24 502 884 471 |  |
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| 8 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 82% | 37 | $0.617471 | 27.74% | 59.37% | $21 808 674 474 |  |
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| 9 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 75.2% | 53 | $0.101944 | 5.02% | 21.08% | $14 492 322 552 |  |
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| 10 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 72.4% | 50 | $32.71 | 20.35% | 48.38% | $11 963 701 556 |  |
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| 11 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 92.4% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 12 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 92% | 7 | $0.107625 | 1.58% | 4.25% | $9 521 831 874 |  |
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| 13 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 94% | 7 | $0.107531 | 1.92% | 4.08% | $9 513 557 659 |  |
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| 14 |  LINK |
Chainlink predictions | 77.6% | 38 | $16.84 | 5.42% | 6.77% | $9 377 894 789 |  |
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| 15 |  DOT |
Polkadot predictions | 76% | 38 | $7.44 | 19.08% | 34.95% | $9 335 385 230 |  |
