Meta teams up with Stripe to roll out stablecoin payouts for creators, enabling faster global payments using USDC across its platforms.
Meta Platforms has officially partnered with Stripe to introduce stablecoin payouts for creators, marking a major step into blockchain-powered payments.
The new feature allows creators across Meta’s platforms including Facebook and Instagram to receive earnings in USDC, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin. The payments are powered by Stripe’s infrastructure and run on fast, low-cost blockchain networks like Solana and Polygon.
What This Means for Creators:
This rollout is designed to solve one of the biggest problems in the creator economy: slow and expensive cross-border payments.
With stablecoins:
Payments can be received instantly
Transaction fees are significantly reduced
Creators globally can access earnings without traditional banking delays
Meta confirmed that creators will receive payouts in digital tokens, which can then be converted into local currency through crypto exchanges.
The feature is currently being rolled out in select markets, including:
Colombia
Philippines
More countries are expected to follow as Meta expands the system globally.
This move represents a strategic shift from Meta’s earlier failed crypto project, Libra (later Diem), which faced intense regulatory.
What Meta did instead:
Uses existing stablecoins like USDC
Partners with infrastructure providers like Stripe
Avoids regulatory risks tied to issuing a private currency
This partnership model allows Meta to focus on distribution while Stripe handles compliance, settlement, and payment infrastructure.
With billions of users across its apps, Meta’s entry into stablecoin payouts could reshape the creator economy by:
Making global monetization easier
Enabling micro-payments and cross-border earnings
Accelerating adoption of digital currencies in everyday transactions
Stablecoins have already proven useful for global payouts due to their speed and price stability, processing trillions in transaction volume in recent years.
What’s Next?
Meta is expected to expand this feature across more regions and potentially integrate stablecoin payments deeper into its ecosystem, including WhatsApp and other services.
If successful, this could position Meta as a major player in the future of on-chain creator monetization.