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The Mastercard International Payment System has announced the launch of stable cryptocurrencies in partnership with Circle (USDC), Paxos and Nuvei. This allows more than 150 million retail outlets around the world to accept payment in stabelcoins — regardless of what the client pays.

at the same time Mastercard and OKX crypto -rope issued a joint debit card, with which you can pay for purchases directly with cryptocurrency. The conversion occurs automatically — the user simply pays as usual.

Mastercard products director Yorn Lambert noted:

« stabilcoins — this is a way to make payments easier, faster and more accessible. We strive to expand the choice for both business and customers «.

according to Artemis and Dune, over the past year, the total capitalization of stablecoins has increased by $ 230 billion. The number of active paches increased by 50%.

taking into account this trend, Mastercard is not only adapts to new realities, but also forms an infrastructure in which cryptocurrency is not an exotic, but part of the everyday economy.