Breaking: Mastercard Says Expanding Crypto Card Program

Crypto Market News: Payments processing giant Mastercard is set to grow its foray in the crypto assets industry with new partnerships going forward. According to latest reports, the company’s officials revealed plans to seek more tie ups with crypto businesses, in further expansion of its cryptocurrency payment methods card initiative. This expansion is part of a broader trend as the best crypto cards from providers like Binance, Gemini, and Nexo continue to gain mainstream adoption. Another payments processing company, Visa, is also actively engaged with crypto firms, as the digital assets market expands to mainstream businesses.

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Mastercard Crypto Program Expanding

According to a Reuters report, the financial services company is set to expand its crypto payment card programme with more partnerships with crypto companies. This is a welcome move for the crypto market, as such big partnerships come at a crucial time when regulators in the United States enforce actions against crypto businesses. The report quoted Mastercard’s head of crypto and blockchain Raj Dhamodharan as saying,

We have dozens of partners around the world who offer crypto card programmes and they continue to expand. Mastercard is “really quite enthusiastic” about the underlying blockchain technology that powers cryptocurrencies.

Dhamodharan said ensuring safety in crypto transactions is integral to the company’s push for the card program. The payments processing company had already issued crypto payments cards in partnership with crypto exchanges like Binance, Gemini and Nexo. Further to this, the company looks to expand the number of partnerships, which also works in favor of the crypto market’s validation.

Most of these existing partnerships operate as custodial crypto card solutions, meaning the partner exchanges manage fund custody and compliance. As Mastercard expands its program, understanding the difference between custodial and non-custodial models becomes increasingly important for users choosing between providers.

Recently, Tron founder Justin Sun announced the launch of Huobi Visa Card.

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