Meta has begun paying creators in Colombia and the Philippines using USDC

Meta has quietly begun a pilot to pay a small group of Facebook creators in Colombia and the Philippines using USD Coin (USDC), routed over Solana and Polygon to speed cross‑border payouts and cut fees. The program, run with Stripe for tax reporting, requires creators to link crypto wallets and convert USDC to local currency via exchanges. While the move is modest in scale, it signals Meta’s renewed, low‑profile engagement with crypto payments — leveraging existing stablecoins instead of issuing its own token — and could accelerate stablecoin adoption for remittances and creator payouts if expanded. Polygon Labs’ CEO suggested the program might scale to 160+ countries by end‑2026, a development that could pressure payment rails and incumbents offering cross‑border services.