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# Blockchain as plumbing tech
- URL: https://www.karls.io/blockchain-as-plumbing-tech/
- Published: 2026-10-27T06:35:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T06:35:43.000Z
- Author: Karl Scerbiakas

Blockchain tech is getting adopted and most likely it will be used as plumbing tech, not blockchain for everything like it was in 2017 or NFT/meme coin hype during pandemic.   

- Visa Direct has moved USDC-powered cross-border payment funding from pilot testing into commercial deployment.
- Mastercard $MA launches new risk intelligence tool to make crypto stablecoin payments safer.
- Tokenized stocks are also getting traction. (xStocks on Kraken, bStocks on Binance etc.)

Finally!