Mastercard launches Stablecoin Security with Borderless.xyz and Keyrails, starting in North America. Global availability is expected in 2027.
Mastercard and BVNK launch stablecoin accounts, cards and bank payouts. Nuvei and Marqeta are early integrators; wider currency coverage is planned for 2027.
SoFiUSD settlement is live on Mastercard as SoFi migrates its $25B card program. The annual volume target differs from completed blockchain payments.
Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines brings stablecoins into AI agent payments, with Coinbase, Stripe, Polygon, Solana, Ripple and OKX among early supporters.
Mastercard will support regulated stablecoin settlement with USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP, RLUSD and SoFiUSD across major blockchain networks.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe over debanking as bitcoin slipped toward $65K and payment rails from stablecoin cards kept expanding.
MetaMask and Mastercard say the MetaMask Card is now generally available across the U.S., letting users spend self-custodied crypto via Apple Pay and Google Pay.