Meta, in a rather quiet move, has rolled out stablecoin payouts for the creators generating content on its family of apps. In a partnership with Jack Dorsey’s payments platform Stripe, Meta will now let creators get paid in USDC — the Circle-issued stablecoin pegged in 1:1 ratio with the U.S. dollar.
Meta has been incurring massive transaction costs releasing payouts to hundreds of thousands of monetized creators on an everyday basis using traditional payment methods. By making digital dollar payouts via USDC, the company will be able to release these payouts without having to pay currency conversion and transfer costs.
For now, creator wallets supported on Solana and Polygon blockchains will be able to recieve these USDC payouts from Meta. Phantom, MetaMask,Trust Wallet, Coinbase Wallet, and OKX Web3 are some of the popular crypto wallets that are compatible with Meta’s new creator payout roadmap.
“Stablecoin payouts are currently available to select creators in Colombia and Philippines. To receive these payouts, you must use a wallet that accepts USDC on one of these networks,” Meta said in its official blog.
The company said that in the event of technical difficulties, it reserves the right to release the creator payouts using other methods.
“Make sure that you understand all risks before choosing stablecoin as your payout method. Transactions cannot be reversed, refunded or cancelled,” the blog noted.
Polygon also posted the update on X claiming that stablecoin payout feature for the creators will soon be coming to over 160 markets.
“In 2025, Meta paid creators ~$3 billion across monetization programs. Huge props to Meta for taking the lead, allowing more people to get paid however they want,” the blockchain network noted.
Meta had been working to enable this stablecoin payout functionality for a while. In September 2025, sources familiar with the developments had spoken to the media naming Ginger Baker who was hired as a VP of product by Meta to lead the initiative.
The company, as of now, does not offer exclusive off-ramps to let creators cash out their USDC payouts. To do so, creators will have to transfer funds to third party exchanges and trade their USDC for their fiat currencies and withdraw to their bank accounts. In this case, the creators will have to pay the exchange fees.
Stripe will be tackling crypto-specific tax reporting for these payouts alongside Meta’s standard forms.
With this development, it seems, that Meta is reigniting its interest in exploring the stablecoin space. As per reports, Mark Zuckerberg is looking to debut a crypto wallet service between June and December this year. Stripe is reportedly being considered as a potential partner for this service.
Back in 2019, Meta had initiated a stablecoin project named Libra, that was later renamed to Diem. Owing to the lack of enough regulations at the time, however, Meta had abandoned the project.
Now that stablecoins have been regulated in big markets like the U.S. and the E.U., their ecosystems have witnessed massive growths and adoption.
As of Wednesday, the overall valuation of the stablecoin market stands at $315 billion, as per CoinGecko.Tether (USDT) and USDC are the top two stablecoins by market cap respectively.