Mastercard and MoonPay Drop a Crypto Bombshell: Stablecoin Payments Go Mainstream

Traditional finance just got a blockchain-powered uppercut. Mastercard—yes, the plastic-in-your-wallet relic—is teaming up with crypto gateway MoonPay to launch a stablecoin-linked payment card. Because nothing says ’adoption’ like Visa’s arch-rival embracing the very tech it once eyed with suspicion.

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Details are scarce, but insiders hint at direct fiat-to-stablecoin swaps at point-of-sale. Imagine: buying coffee with USDC while legacy settlement systems chug along at 1970s speeds. The irony? This partnership likely only happened after Mastercard’s lawyers confirmed stablecoins won’t vaporize their compliance department.

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Wall Street’s playbook remains unchanged: fight crypto until you can profit from it. Now watch as the same banks that called stablecoins ’dangerous’ rush to white-label MoonPay’s tech—with a 300% markup, naturally.