Velocity Secures $10M Series A Extension from Visa and Ripple to Scale Stablecoin Infrastructure

Velocity has secured a $10 million Series A extension from a heavyweight roster of investors including Visa Ventures, Ripple, and Circle Ventures. This capital injection, bringing its total Series A to $48 million, signals a critical shift as major financial institutions move to integrate stablecoin infrastructure directly into traditional treasury and global settlement workflows.

What was announced

Velocity, a platform specializing in stablecoin payments and treasury management, announced the $10 million extension following an initial $38 million Series A round closed last month. The new funding round includes participation from Visa Ventures, Circle Ventures, Ripple, Haun Ventures, Translink Capital, and Mirana Ventures. The platform is specifically designed for global CFOs and treasurers, providing infrastructure that allows institutions to utilize stablecoins for settlement, liquidity, and treasury operations without the need to overhaul their existing financial systems.

By bridging regulated stablecoins with traditional banking rails, Velocity aims to enable continuous global settlement, reducing the industry's heavy reliance on prefunding and extending transaction capabilities beyond the restrictive hours of traditional banking. The company intends to use the capital to support its work with a broad spectrum of market participants, including issuers, acquirers, financial institutions, and merchants. Geographically, the inclusion of Translink Capital provides a strategic link to corporate and institutional partners across the Asian market. The overarching goal is to make the movement of money behind payments more fluid and transparent, helping finance teams unlock trapped capital and mitigate friction associated with foreign exchange and liquidity management.

"Stablecoins are playing an increasingly important role in reshaping how value moves across the Visa ecosystem, and companies like Velocity are helping accelerate adoption and unlock new opportunities for our customers and partners. We’re excited to invest in Eric and the Velocity team as they build the infrastructure needed to bring stablecoin-powered money movement to every business."

Rubail Birwadker, Global Head of Growth Products and Strategic Partnerships at Visa.

The companies involved

Velocity operates as a specialized fintech provider at the intersection of digital assets and corporate finance, focusing on real-time fund movement and cash flow visibility. The company’s investor list includes some of the most established names in the digital asset and payments sectors. Ripple, which has a long history in enterprise blockchain solutions, has previously focused on cross-border liquidity and treasury management through its own suite of products. Circle Ventures is the investment arm of Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, which has been increasingly active in scaling digital asset settlements globally.

Haun Ventures, led by partners like Chris Ahn, maintains a portfolio focused on the evolution of financial infrastructure, having previously backed companies such as Bridge and BVNK. Visa’s involvement through its venture arm underscores the payment giant’s interest in how stablecoins can augment its existing global network. Translink Capital and Mirana Ventures further round out the group, providing connections to broader institutional networks and the Asian financial markets, where stablecoin adoption for trade and settlement is seeing significant interest.

What FF News has reported before

FF News has closely followed the convergence of stablecoin infrastructure and institutional finance. We recently reported on how Ripple Treasury Expands GSmart AI to Bridge Governance Gap in Enterprise Financial Management, highlighting the growing demand for sophisticated treasury tools in the digital asset space. Additionally, Circle’s influence in the sector was noted when Flutterwave Secures Circle Ventures Investment to Scale USDC Settlements Across Africa, demonstrating the push for USDC-based settlements in emerging markets. We also covered the intersection of compliance and digital assets in Elliptic and Circle Partner to Pioneer AI-Driven Agentic Compliance for Digital Assets, which underscores the regulatory rigor required for the institutional adoption Velocity is targeting.

What this means

This funding round marks a definitive end to the era where stablecoins were viewed merely as speculative trading instruments. By attracting both Visa and the two most prominent "crypto-native" settlement giants—Ripple and Circle—Velocity is positioning itself at the center of a new institutional consensus. The industry is moving toward a "bring-your-own-infrastructure" model where stablecoins are the backend, not the product. This puts traditional correspondent banking under immense pressure; if treasurers can achieve 24/7 settlement and liquidity without prefunding, the legacy T+2 model becomes an expensive liability. The question now is how quickly legacy core banking systems can adapt to these "always-on" rails.