Lightspark, a Bitcoin (BTC) crowdfunding provider led by former PayPal President David Marcus, has announced Grid Global Accounts. Its goal is to facilitate international remittances in Bitcoin, stablecoins, and dollars with the help of AI.
In partnership with Visa, the API-based API will enable instant payments for 175 million merchants in 14,000+ banks and 65+ countries. Additional features include popular Visa debit cards, native Bitcoin and stablecoin support (for sending, receiving, and converting), and integration of an AI assistant.
Bitcoin Transfer through Grid Global Accounts
In particular, agent support allows users to share their activities while managing their wallets. Instead, users can create AI guidelines of their choice, including spending limits, authorized payers, and withdrawal authorizations. For example, the user must personally agree to take action beyond its limits.
The latter prevents AI activities from being malicious and illegal transfers. Today, the AI assistant is said to have cleared the entire startup database within 9 seconds of trying to complete the task.
Speaking at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas today, Marcus said the API will soon be available to iOS developers this week. He gave an example of using WhatsApp to communicate and do things at the same time.
When users send money, Lightspark work behind ensuring compliance, preventing fraud, supporting the release of stablecoins, and supporting stable stability.
The push for 2026 “De Minimis”.
Another company that is making waves promoting Bitcoin is Jack Dorsey Block (formerly Square). Unlike the API-based Grid Global Accounts, Block focuses on payments for transactions being made.
Speaking at the same meeting today, Block Digital Asset Policy Director Janessa Lopez said:
“Anytime someone uses bitcoin as a currency, it should be treated as such.”
Dorsey supported this statement, adding his opposition to taxing only stablecoin payments.
Dorsey, along with the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), has been helping lead the “Bitcoin is Everyday Money” campaign. “De Minimis” push. Current IRS regulations consider even $5 Bitcoin payment as a “taxable event” – burdening traders and intermediaries of crypto and paper for small transactions.
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