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A UK-based payment orchestration platform that processes $12 billion in annualized volume across stablecoins, traditional currencies, and 80 plus currencies via a single API is moving to Miami, and the timing is not coincidental.
Orbital, which has operated for more than eight years as institutional-grade infrastructure spanning digital assets, stablecoins, and traditional payment rails, announced on June 15, 2026 its plans to establish a US presence in Miami, Florida, citing two converging forces: international clients requiring deeper US connectivity and onshore USD settlement infrastructure, and the GENIUS Act's establishment of a federal framework for US payment stablecoins that has accelerated institutional stablecoin infrastructure buildout across the entire category.
As covered in our GENIUS Act final rules analysis, the July 18 federal rulemaking deadline is creating a wave of institutional infrastructure investment that platforms like Orbital are positioning to capture from day one of the new regulatory framework.
Key Takeaways
- Orbital processes approximately $12 billion in annualized volume across stablecoins, traditional currencies, and 80 plus currencies via a single platform and has operated for more than eight years.
- Miami was selected as the US base for its role as a hub for cross-border payment flows, digital asset businesses, and Latin America connectivity, a region Orbital already covers through its international network.
- Orbital will pursue US money transmission licenses and relevant regulatory approvals over a 12 to 18 month timeline, targeting B2B payment providers, PSPs, remittance businesses, and crypto companies requiring regulated multi-currency infrastructure.
What Orbital Is and Why the US Expansion Matters
Orbital is a payment orchestration platform that sits at the intersection of stablecoin rails and traditional payment infrastructure, processing transactions across digital assets, stablecoins, and fiat currencies through a single platform for institutional clients.
Its compliance credentials include SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001:2022, CSA Trusted Cloud Provider status, and Cyber Essentials Plus certification across both traditional and stablecoin payment rails, reflecting the institutional-grade compliance posture that enterprise and regulated financial institution clients require.
The $12 billion in annualized volume is the most important number in today's announcement. At that scale, Orbital is not a startup entering the US market to prove a product thesis.
It is an established institutional payment infrastructure provider entering the most commercially significant stablecoin regulatory market in the world at precisely the moment when the GENIUS Act framework is creating the clearest institutional demand signal the category has generated.
As covered in our 11 best Bridge alternatives guide, the enterprise cross-border payment corridor is the most actively contested segment of the stablecoin infrastructure category in 2026, and Orbital's multi-currency orchestration model competes directly with the platforms in that guide for institutional client mandates.
Why Miami and Why Now
The Miami location choice reflects Orbital's dual strategic rationale for the US expansion with precision.
Miami is simultaneously the US hub for Latin American cross-border payment flows and the US city with the highest concentration of digital asset businesses, making it the single location where Orbital's existing LatAm payment coverage and its institutional stablecoin infrastructure capabilities have the largest addressable market overlap.
Orbital's international clients are the primary driver of the timing. As institutions building stablecoin infrastructure require deeper US connectivity, including access to onshore USD settlement infrastructure, a platform that handles 80 plus currencies but lacks a US regulatory presence faces a structural limitation in serving that demand.
The GENIUS Act's passage eliminates the regulatory ambiguity that previously made US stablecoin infrastructure investment more cautious, creating the clearest institutional demand environment the category has seen.
CEO Chris Mason framed the decision precisely: financial institutions and payment businesses are actively building stablecoin infrastructure and require a partner with global payment coverage to deploy it at scale, describing the US as the natural next step following more than eight years of institutional platform development.
The 12 to 18 month timeline for establishing key US foundations reflects the regulatory reality of money transmission licensing across US jurisdictions, a process that platforms like Zero Hash with its 50 plus US state licenses have demonstrated requires sustained investment to complete at national scale.
The Institutional Stablecoin Infrastructure Wave Orbital Is Riding
Orbital's Miami announcement is the third significant institutional stablecoin infrastructure expansion announced this week.
MassPay and Coinbase announced their enterprise payout partnership covering 180 countries on June 11. The GENIUS Act final rules sprint with six agencies working toward the July 18 deadline is accelerating infrastructure investment decisions across the entire category.
And Yellow Card, which today also announced a partnership with Turnkey for stablecoin payment wallets, represents the Africa-side of the same institutional infrastructure wave that Orbital is targeting from the US side.
The B2B payment providers, PSPs, cross-border payment and remittance businesses, and crypto and digital asset companies that Orbital has identified as its initial US target segments are precisely the institutional client segments experiencing the most acute demand for regulated multi-currency stablecoin infrastructure post-GENIUS Act.
As covered in our stablecoin jobs and compensation report, every stablecoin infrastructure platform building US operations is simultaneously competing for the same narrow pool of GENIUS Act-literate compliance, product, and business development talent, making the 12 to 18 month timeline for Orbital's US foundation equally a talent acquisition and regulatory licensing challenge.
Conclusion
Orbital's Miami expansion is the most commercially grounded institutional stablecoin infrastructure market entry announcement of June 2026, combining eight years of platform development, $12 billion in annualized processing volume, institutional-grade compliance credentials, and existing LatAm corridor coverage into a US expansion thesis that is directly aligned with the GENIUS Act demand wave rather than anticipating it.
The 12 to 18 month timeline for US foundations is realistic given money transmission licensing complexity, and the Miami location maximizes the overlap between Orbital's existing strengths and the US market's highest-concentration institutional stablecoin and LatAm payment demand.
As covered in our Yellow Card review, the global institutional stablecoin infrastructure market is being built simultaneously from multiple geographic directions in 2026, and Orbital's US entry is the most significant European platform commitment to the US institutional stablecoin market announced this year.
FAQ:
1. What did Orbital announce on June 15, 2026?
Orbital announced plans to establish a US presence in Miami, Florida to serve institutions building stablecoin and multi-currency cross-border payment infrastructure following the GENIUS Act, with plans to pursue US money transmission licenses and relevant regulatory approvals over a 12 to 18 month timeline.
2. What is Orbital and what does it do?
Orbital is a UK-based payment orchestration platform that has operated for more than eight years processing approximately $12 billion in annualized volume across stablecoins, traditional currencies, and 80 plus currencies via a single platform, with compliance credentials including SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001:2022, and CSA Trusted Cloud Provider status across both traditional and stablecoin payment rails.
3. Why did Orbital choose Miami for its US expansion?
Orbital chose Miami for its US expansion because it serves as the primary US hub for Latin American cross-border payment flows and digital asset businesses, directly overlapping with Orbital's existing LatAm payment coverage and its institutional stablecoin infrastructure capabilities, making it the single US location with the largest addressable market for Orbital's combined product offering.
4. What is the difference between Orbital and other stablecoin payment infrastructure platforms entering the US market?
The difference between Orbital and other stablecoin payment infrastructure platforms entering the US market is that Orbital brings eight years of established institutional platform development, $12 billion in annualized processing volume, and existing multi-currency coverage across 80 plus currencies as an established European platform entering the US, while most US market entrants are either crypto-native platforms building compliance infrastructure from scratch or US-first platforms expanding internationally rather than the reverse.
5. What does the GENIUS Act have to do with Orbital's US expansion timing?
The GENIUS Act's establishment of a federal framework for US payment stablecoins directly accelerated Orbital's US expansion timing by creating the clearest institutional demand signal the stablecoin infrastructure category has generated, as financial institutions and payment businesses now have regulatory clarity to commit to stablecoin infrastructure buildouts that require a regulated multi-currency platform partner with global payment coverage to deploy at scale.
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