Another big week for stablecoins, as Mastercard integrates them for 150M merchants together with MoonPay.
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Mastercard and MoonPay are teaming up to let people spend stablecoins like USDC at over 150M stores worldwide. The card auto-converts crypto to fiat at checkout. No app switching, no friction. Fintechs can now issue Mastercard cards backed by crypto wallets. Wallets = real-world bank accounts. The insight: This isn’t just about payments. It’s about turning stablecoins into everyday money: for payouts, global commerce, and 1-click usability. Mastercard processes $8T a year. Now it’s plugging crypto into the same pipes. Stripe’s already in. Visa’s next. The rails of money are going onchain, fast. RELEASE
JPMorgan used its Kinexys network (formerly JPM Coin) to settle a trade on a public blockchain for the first time, swapping cash for tokenized Treasuries from Ondo Finance. Chainlink’s new middleware made it work: syncing both sides and enforcing the rules in one atomic transaction. No wires. No stablecoins. Fully programmable. The insight: This is JPMorgan turning real bank deposits into onchain cash, opening tokenized assets to thousands of its clients, including 90% of the Fortune 500. For the first time, public blockchains are being wired directly into the heart of global finance. SOURCE
