Mastercard Just Picked Its Crypto Partners

85+ firms. Every layer of the stack.

This is a payments takeover.

• Blockchains → Solana, Polygon, Aptos, Cosmos, Ripple
• Exchanges → Binance, Gemini, Bybit, OKX, SwissBorg
• Stablecoins → Circle, Paxos, StraitsX, 1Money, Crossmint
• Custody → Fireblocks, BitGo, Anchorage Digital, Taurus
• Compliance → Elliptic, TRM, Blockaid, Chainalysis, Sardine
• Banking → Cross River, WebBank, Lead Bank, CBW Bank

Cross-border transfers.
B2B payments.
Global settlement.
Built on crypto rails.
Backed by Mastercard's 200-country network.

While CT argued about prices,

u/Mastercard

was quietly signing 85+ companies.
The next phase of payments is already being built.
Mastercard just chose who builds it with them.