Visa-Mesh Tie-Up Opens 175M Merchants to Bitcoin Spending

Visa has partnered with Mesh to connect crypto and stablecoin wallets directly to its payment network, enabling spending at 175 million merchant locations worldwide without requiring a separate card. The integration marks one of the largest expansions of real-world crypto payment utility to date.

This development arrives alongside Revolut securing a Gibraltar crypto license to support its international expansion, signaling growing infrastructure buildout across payments and licensing fronts simultaneously.

For Bitcoin specifically, expanded merchant-level payment rails add a long-term utility narrative beyond store-of-value positioning, potentially supporting adoption-driven demand as wallet interoperability with traditional payment networks matures.