According to @CoinMarketCap, crypto is showing relative strength despite rising global tension, highlighting resilience in market benchmarks for traders to monitor (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026). @CoinMarketCap reports that Monero XMR is driving a resurgence in privacy coins, putting the privacy segment on traders’ momentum screens (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026). @CoinMarketCap notes regulatory divergence with South Korea opening up and Dubai tightening, guiding attention to regional policy impacts on market participation (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026). @CoinMarketCap adds that stablecoin rails continue to scale, with Visa Direct plus BVNK cited as another step, underscoring expanding fiat-to-stablecoin settlement pathways (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026).

According to the source, Visa has partnered with BVNK to enable stablecoin payouts on Visa Direct, indicating new support for sending funds in stablecoins via Visa’s payout network (source: provided post). Traders should monitor stablecoin transfer volumes and market share after this announcement using DefiLlama’s stablecoin dashboard and CoinMarketCap data to assess adoption effects (sources: DefiLlama, CoinMarketCap). Watch for official rollout details from Visa and BVNK to identify supported regions, assets, and timelines that could influence flow dynamics (sources: Visa official channels; BVNK newsroom). Track V stock for sentiment and any spillover to payment-focused crypto assets, using Yahoo Finance for equity pricing and on-chain explorers for flow activity (sources: Yahoo Finance; Etherscan; Solana Explorer).

According to @MilkRoadDaily, Visa is piloting stablecoins for cross-border payments by allowing businesses to pre-fund Visa Direct with stablecoins, which reduces idle fiat balances parked in foreign banks and enables faster, cheaper movement of trapped liquidity globally. Source: @MilkRoadDaily on X, Sep 30, 2025. For traders, monitor stablecoin transfer volumes and USDC-related flows if Visa confirms supported assets, building on Visa’s earlier USDC settlement pilots on Ethereum and Solana. Source: Visa Newsroom and Visa Crypto blog, 2023.