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March 11, 2026

    

Mastercard launches new Crypto Partner Program

Global initiative brings together more than 85 industry leaders, ensuring that what’s next works with what already does.

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Raj Dhamodharan

Executive Vice President, Digital Asset Blockchain Products & Partnerships, Mastercard

    

Sherri Haymond

Executive Vice President, Digital Commercialization,

Mastercard

Digital assets are entering a new phase.

What once ran in parallel to existing financial systems is increasingly being applied to solve practical, real-world needs — often behind the scenes – from cross-border remittances to B2B money transfers. Enterprise and institutional use cases such as payouts, settlement, and cross‑border money movement are beginning to take hold, creating new opportunities to add value to how money moves globally.

That’s why we’re introducing the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program - a new global initiative that brings together more than 85 crypto‑native companies, payments providers, and financial institutions to create a forum for meaningful dialogue and collaboration as this space continues to mature.

Recognizing how much there is to learn from the innovators building on chain every day, the program will allow expertise and insights to flow both ways as we shape the future together.

 

Built for innovators, designed for deployment

The Mastercard Crypto Partner Program reflects a core belief that the next phase of on-chain payments will be built through collaboration.

Through the program, participants will engage with Mastercard teams on the design and direction of future products and services, including solutions that aim to bring the speed and programmability that digital assets offer together with established card rails and global commerce flows.

By creating a shared framework for collaboration, the program helps align innovation across the ecosystem while supporting consistent standards and responsible growth.

The focus is practical execution: translating technical innovation into scalable, compliant use cases that can operate across markets and integrate seamlessly into everyday commerce.

 

Building together

The program builds on Mastercard’s longstanding partnership approach to digital assets. For years, Mastercard has brought the ecosystem together through initiatives like its Start Path track focused on blockchain and digital assets, as well as its Engage platform, which includes a dedicated Crypto Card program, creating opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and growth.

As digital asset technologies mature, Mastercard will continue focusing on what we do best: enabling trust, setting standards and connecting systems at scale. By bridging on-chain innovation with the framework that powers everyday payments, we’re helping ensure that what’s next works with what already does.

 

Who’s joining the Crypto Partner Program