{"id":90484,"date":"2026-05-07T15:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=90484"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:46:32","slug":"who-benefits-as-meta-tests-stablecoin-payments-for-creators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=90484","title":{"rendered":"Who Benefits As Meta Tests Stablecoin Payments For Creators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Last week, Meta <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"META\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/META\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/META\">META<\/a>) began paying its content creators in USDC, a dollar-backed Stablecoin, through crypto wallets on the Solana <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"SOL\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SOL-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/sol\/usd\">SOL<\/a>) and Polygon <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"POL\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/POL-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">POL<\/a>) blockchains. This is one of the most consequential moves in the history of digital payments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The program is currently available to a limited group of creators in Colombia and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>But Meta is not stopping there. The Stablecoin payout program is expected to expand to more than 160 countries by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Before you miss this quiet but powerful update, let me explain why it could reshape the global financial landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Lesson Meta Learned From Its $182 Million Crypto Failure\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To understand why this is a big deal, you need to understand where Meta came from.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Meta, then called Facebook, announced Libra, a stablecoin backed by assets, big companies, and accessible to billions of Facebook users worldwide. Due to several reasons, this project eventually shut down in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, this re-entry isn&#8217;t new, and a lot of investors might be tempted to dismiss it. However, by taking a closer look at history, you would spot a huge difference between the move in 2019 and this current pivot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Libra, Meta tried to be the bank, issuing its currency, controlling the rails, and sitting at the center of global finance. That wasn&#8217;t successful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But this &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/26\/05\/52375275\/who-benefits-as-meta-tests-stablecoin-payments-for-creators?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Who\" benefits as meta tests stablecoin payments for creators>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Meta (NASDAQ:META) began paying its content creators in USDC, a dollar-backed Stablecoin, through crypto wallets on the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) and Polygon (CRYPTO: POL) blockchains. This is one of the most consequential moves in the history of digital payments.\u00a0 The program is currently available to a limited group of creators in Colombia and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-90484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}