Key Takeaways:
Lightspark CEO David Marcus launched Grid Global Accounts at Bitcoin 2025 Las Vegas, connecting users to 175 million Visa merchants. Grid reaches 65 countries in real time, with Marcus targeting 75 countries and 100 Visa markets before year-end 2026. Lightspark’s agent delegation feature lets AI spend, send, and schedule payments on users’ behalf inside apps like Bread. Lightspark Joins Visa NetworkMarcus opened his talk with a pointed comparison. “Every day, 400 billion emails are sent, and we have Gmail for that,” he said. “Ten billion payments are sent, about $5.5 trillion. And for that, nothing.” His argument: the infrastructure for money movement has not kept pace with the infrastructure for communication.
