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 | 78.4% | 33 | $62 454.95 | -1.43% | -1.93% | $1 234 400 470 283 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 78.8% | 43 | $2 427.77 | -2.24% | -7.93% | $292 253 244 251 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 91.6% | 1 | $0.999722 | -0.01% | 0.01% | $119 823 961 775 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 78% | 35 | $564.29 | -1.59% | -2.62% | $82 348 610 201 |  |
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| 5 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 74.4% | 45 | $143.43 | -3.63% | -7.68% | $67 308 122 110 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 94% | 1 | $0.999957 | 0% | 0% | $35 319 753 958 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 75.6% | 43 | $0.529988 | -1.90% | -14.69% | $29 978 288 460 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 79.6% | 32 | $0.107825 | -5.11% | -8.48% | $15 772 295 954 |  |
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| 9 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 95.2% | 1 | $0.155916 | 1.20% | -0.39% | $13 498 686 374 |  |
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| 10 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 84.4% | 31 | $5.17 | -3.07% | -10.67% | $13 111 256 672 |  |
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| 11 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 77.6% | 38 | $0.351628 | -3.17% | -7.87% | $12 293 301 283 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 68% | 60 | $26.52 | -2.92% | -6.51% | $10 780 122 601 |  |
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| 13 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 95.2% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 14 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.116354 | -0.46% | 0.23% | $10 171 995 609 |  |
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| 15 |  SHIB |
SHIBA INU predictions | 55.6% | 94 | $0.000017 | -6.05% | -6.13% | $10 168 882 764 |  |
