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New stablecoin Open USD goes live as Coinbase, Mastercard, Stripe and Visa commit $1 billion to liquidity
On Wednesday, Open Standard launched OUSD stablecoin across Ethereum, Solana, Base, and Tempo blockchains, with five founding partners—Coinbase, Mastercard, Shopify, Stripe, and Visa—committing more than $1 billion in liquidity.
Open Standard differentiates its model by distributing equity and rewards to partners based on OUSD supply and usage, rather than concentrating ownership with a single issuer.
Businesses can mint and burn OUSD at a 1:1 rate against the dollar with no fees. Privy co-founder Henri Stern said "OUSD offers businesses better economics than any other stablecoin."
Entering a market worth more than $300 billion, OUSD competes with established stablecoins Tether and Circle, while its partner network has grown to more than 200 businesses.
CEO Zach Abrams expects the founding group to expand to roughly 10 to 12 companies, aiming for OUSD rails to handle "hundreds of trillions of dollars a year" as stablecoins become core infrastructure.