Big Techs negotiate stablecoin integration with cryptocurrency companies

• Apple and Google study payments with stablecoins
• X Money may adopt stablecoins with Visa support
• Google Cloud now accepts payments with PYUSD

Tech giants such as Apple, Google, Airbnb and Platform X (formerly Twitter) are in talks with crypto companies to explore integrating stablecoins into their payment systems. The information was disclosed by Fortune based on sources close to the negotiations.

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Google Cloud has started accepting payments in PYUSD, PayPal’s stablecoin, as part of a broader digital asset testing initiative. According to Rich Widmann, the company’s head of Web3 strategy, “it’s pretty clear that this is probably one of the biggest upgrades in payments since SWIFT.”

In Apple’s case, discussions with Circle executives like Matt Cavin have been ongoing since the beginning of the year. The company is considering ways to incorporate stablecoins into its payments infrastructure, although it has yet to make any public moves official.

X Platform, in turn, is in talks with Stripe to implement stablecoins in the X Money project, created by Elon Musk in partnership with Visa. The proposal is to connect digital wallets to debit cards and enable peer-to-peer payments. Software engineer Payam Abedi is currently leading this development.

Airbnb is also participating in these initiatives. Since early 2025, the company has been looking into using stablecoins as a payment method in partnership with processor Worldpay, which recently integrated crypto functionality with BNVK.

Stripe, in addition to negotiating with X, is discussing with financial institutions the introduction of stablecoins into its services, especially after the acquisition of Bridge, a company specialized in crypto payment infrastructure.

Another company that is resuming plans involving stablecoins is Meta. Mark Zuckerberg's company has once again explored international payment solutions via crypto, with a focus on paying content creators on Instagram.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi also revealed during the Bloomberg Tech Summit that the company is exploring the use of stablecoins. Although in its early stages, this move reinforces the industry’s growing interest in blockchain-based digital payments solutions.

The intensification of these negotiations follows the advancement of a more open stance by the US government towards crypto regulation, as shown by the processing of the GENIUS Act, aimed at defining clear guidelines for stablecoins.