This is the next big step in making stablecoins mainstream:

  • 💳 Mastercard is launching cards that let users spend stablecoins

  • 🔁 Instant conversion to fiat at checkout

  • 🌍 Accepted at 150 million+ merchant locations globally

  • Let users spend USDC like cash, without switching apps

  • Fintechs can launch Mastercard cards backed by crypto wallets

  • Wallets become bank-like accounts with real-world utility

Earlier this year, Moonpay bought Iron, an stablecoin platform.

  • stablecoin payouts to contractors, creators, gig workers

  • cross-border payouts that are instant, cheap and global

The numbers behind it are huge: