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Digital currencies hold the promise to transform commerce, financial services and more. We are inventing and collaborating right now to make this future possible.

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The power of payments (and pizza)

“Can I really pay with crypto at a small business?”

We went to a neighbourhood pizza spot to find out and answer the questions people actually ask:

• What is a crypto card?
• How do crypto cards work at checkout?
• Do retailers accept crypto — or does it convert behind the scenes?

The short answer: The experience still feels like tap to pay. The crypto happens behind the scenes. Crypto wallets, meet real life.

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In bringing the power of 24/7 operations, programmability and immutability to all aspects of the economy, blockchain capabilities and tokenisation can reach their full potential, delivering true transformation.

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SoFiUSD settlement

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Wall Street Journal

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Stablecoins are taking centre stage. Here’s what comes next

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Stablecoin launch pad: Inside a MoonPay and Mastercard brainstorming session

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Mastercard partners with Fiserv to accelerate mainstream stablecoin adoption

Mastercard and Moonpay team up to mainstream stablecoin payments

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Inside the making of a self-custody Web3 card for a Web2 world

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