OUSD launches with $1 billion in liquidity pledged by five partners
OUSD is issued by Stripe-owned Bridge, with reserves held at BlackRock, Lead Bank and BNY. Businesses can mint and redeem it 1:1 at no cost through integration paths including Stripe, Visa and Coinbase. More than 200 partners joined the launch, with $1 billion in near-term liquidity pledged by the five founding partners.
Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase and Shopify joined Open Standard as founding partners and pledged launch liquidity for OUSD.
Open Standard launched OUSD on Ethereum, Solana, Base and Tempo.

One detail does not reconcile: the announcement says Coinbase support is scheduled for October 1, yet the same-day timeline describes OUSD as live with Coinbase. That distinction matters because an “integration path” may mean an announced route, not usable minting and redemption.

One detail does not reconcile: the announcement says Coinbase support is scheduled for October 1, yet the same-day timeline describes OUSD as live with Coinbase. That distinction matters because an “integration path” may mean an announced route, not usable minting and redemption.






