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You want to know what makes me furious?
Watching the same scam play out over and over.
A company like SpaceX could go public any day now… in what Bloomberg is touting as "the biggest IPO of ALL TIME."
The hedge fund guys. The Goldman partners. The private equity sharks. The same people who've already won the game ten times over.
They gobble up shares at pre-IPO prices… where around 95% of the gains are made.
Then they open the gates to everyone else — after they've already locked in their fortunes.
Regular investors get the leftovers. The scraps.
I've been fortunate…
Early in my career, I made the right connections. CIA directors. I’ve met four US presidents. Wall Street power players. The types of people who can get you in Pre-IPO.
I've had a seat at the table my whole life. And it's made me wealthy.
But I'm 77 years old now.
I'm tired of watching good people get shut out of opportunities that could change their lives.
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For once, the door is open. And I'm holding it for you.
Yours for peace, prosperity, and liberty, AEIOU,
Dr. Mark Skousen
Macroeconomic Strategist, The Oxford Club
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The era of crypto working with credit cards is just beginning. While most of the financial world spent the last decade debating whether Bitcoin was a bubble or a breakthrough, Mastercard was busy rewriting its DNA.
They've built a high-speed bridge connecting the trillions of dollars in the traditional banking system to the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain.
If you still think Mastercard is just about plastic cards and credit limits, you’re missing the biggest shift in global commerce. From settling multi-million dollar transactions with stablecoins to letting you spend Ethereum directly from a self-custodial wallet, they are quietly installing the pipeline for a new financial internet.
Here’s the breakdown of how they’re doing it and the specific tokens fueling this initiative.
1. The New Mastercard Crypto Partner Program
Just recently, Mastercard launched a massive initiative called the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program. Think of it as a preferred-vendor list on steroids, designed to connect established financial giants with the most robust crypto firms.
The goal?
Making things like instant global payments and verifiable crypto transfers actually work.
They aren't messing around with small fry. This ecosystem includes 85+ companies, spanning exchanges, wallet providers, security specialists, and major blockchain networks.
2. Settling Bills with Stablecoins, Not Just Fiat
This is one of the most significant shifts. Instead of just letting consumers spend crypto, Mastercard is starting to use stablecoins on the back end for settlement. This bypasses slow traditional banking rails, enabling faster, cheaper, and always-on financial settlement.
Circle and USD Coin (USDC). Mastercard has deeply integrated with Circle (CRCL), the issuer of USDC. This allows acquirers (the institutions that process merchant transactions) in regions like Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to settle with Mastercard using USDC. They are also utilizing EURC, Circle’s Euro-pegged stablecoin.
SoFi and SoFiUSD. Partnering with SoFi, Mastercard enables SoFi Bank to use SoFiUSD (a regulated US stablecoin) for backend settlement. This means your SoFi card can settle transactions with Mastercard near-instantly, leveraging the efficiency of a public blockchain.
3. Crypto Spending in the Real World
While the backend infrastructure is exciting, you’re probably more curious about how this affects you. Mastercard is powering some innovative consumer-facing products.
Self-Custodial Spending with MetaMask. In a game-changing move, Mastercard powered the launch of the MetaMask Card. This is a debit card that links directly to your self-custodial MetaMask wallet. Your funds (like ETH, USDC, and USDT) remain in your wallet until the precise moment you tap the card. Your crypto is never locked up. It’s just made spendable at millions of merchants worldwide.
Simplified, Verifiable Payments with Bybit. Imagine sending crypto as easily as sending an email. Through an integration with Bybit, Mastercard is enabling its Crypto Credential standard. This allows users on exchanges like Bybit to send funds to each other using simple, verified aliases (ex. [email protected]), eliminating the risk of sending crypto to the wrong complex wallet address.
4. The Foundation - The Multi-Token Network (MTN)
Think of the MTN as Mastercard's private application ecosystem for digital assets. It’s where they test and build the core functionality that powers everything we've discussed. Currently, the MTN is used to:
Connect traditional bank deposits to digital asset platforms.
Support tokenized real-world assets (RWA), like treasury bills tokenized by Ondo Finance (ONDO).
Bridge traditional fiat, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits for use by large institutions.
The Cryptocurrencies Mastercard is Touching
If you're watching Mastercard, you have to watch the assets that make their ecosystem work. Here are the main cryptocurrencies actively involved in the partnerships:
Mastercard isn’t just adding a logo to a crypto exchange's press release. They are integrating digital assets into the plumbing of global commerce.
They’ve gone from observation to full-scale infrastructure development, and in doing so, they are validating the very future of these technologies.
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