Paystand has officially unveiled USDb, a new stablecoin purpose-built for enterprise financial operations, during the Bitcoin Las Vegas event.
Unlike existing stablecoins—which currently dominate 90 per cent of the market and primarily target crypto trading or retail transfers—USDb is engineered as a commercial-grade settlement layer for the $100trillion B2B economy. Backed 1:1 by USD reserves, the stablecoin is designed to deliver price stability while unlocking the efficiency of blockchain-based payments directly within the workflows managed by Chief Financial Officers.
According to Artemis Analytics, stablecoin transaction volumes soared to $33 trillion in 2025, representing a 72 per cent year-over-year increase. Despite the market exceeding $300 billion in circulation, enterprise adoption is only just beginning, a gap that Paystand intends to close with USDb.
Jeremy Almond, CEO of Paystand, highlighted the convergence of major technological trends driving the launch.
“AI is eating labor. Bitcoin is eating capital. Stablecoins are eating financial services. USDb is where those three forces converge, and we’re launching it with the largest real-world business use case on the planet,” Almond stated. “USDb gives businesses a programmable digital dollar that works where they actually work. This isn’t infrastructure waiting for customers. This is the moment the B2B economy goes on-chain.”
The “Three Bs” of USDb
Paystand has built USDb around three converging forces, referred to as the “Three Bs”:
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Business: The stablecoin is engineered for commercial-scale operations, including cross-border payroll and treasury management, featuring native mapping to existing ERP ledgers.
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Bots (Agentic AI): As machine-to-machine transactions become standard, USDb provides a programmable, always-on settlement rail for AI systems taking over financial decision-making.
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Bitcoin: USDb is natively anchored on Rootstock, extending Bitcoin’s proof-of-work security into programmable enterprise finance.
Infrastructure and day-one utility
To support the launch, Paystand has integrated with leading Bitcoin infrastructure providers. This includes a partnership with Blockstream to support issuance and interoperability across the Liquid Network, and Ibex, which joins as USDb’s first minting partner and liquidity provider. Furthermore, USDb is designed to be compatible with the Lightning Network and Taproot Assets.
Unlike many digital asset projects that launch without an established user base, USDb is plugging directly into Paystand’s existing network, which has already processed over $20 billion in payment volume for more than one million businesses across the Americas.
The stablecoin’s first commercial application is cross-border payments through Bitwage, a blockchain-powered payroll platform that Paystand acquired in November 2025. This integration immediately provides USDb with a live global payment corridor, as Bitwage reaches over 90,000 workers and 4,500 businesses in nearly 200 countries.
USDb is rolling out initially to Paystand’s proprietary network. Over the course of 2026, the company plans to expand the stablecoin’s availability to external partners, additional enterprise customers, and a growing ecosystem of Bitcoin infrastructure providers.
