According to an X post from Chainlink dated June 24, 2025, it has partnered with Mastercard to enable billions of cardholders to directly purchase cryptocurrencies on-chain.
We’re excited to announce that Chainlink and @Mastercard have partnered to enable billions of cardholders to purchase crypto directly onchain.https://t.co/1pKz03jQ7t Chainlink verifies and synchronizes key… pic.twitter.com/5jfLAAYn4D
— Chainlink (@chainlink) June 24, 2025
It is worth noting that the service leverages Chainlink interoperability infrastructure and Mastercard’s global payment network with support from Zerohash, Shift4 Payments, and XSwap while leveraging Uniswap protocol.
Following this alliance, Co-Founder of Chainlink, Sergey Nazarovo, said, “This is the type of traditional finance and decentralized finance convergence that Chainlink was built to make possible. I’m excited about Chainlink’s ability to enable this critical connection between the traditional payments world and the over three billion cardholders in the Mastercard user base, directly into the next generation trading environments of on-chain decentralized exchanges.”
He added, “ It has been great collaborating closely with the Mastercard team on this innovative implementation, as well as the teams at Swapper Finance, XSwap, Shift4, and zerohash. This was a complex and multilayered collaboration, which I was thrilled to see the Chainlink community help make possible.”
On the other hand, Raj Dhamodharan, the executive vice president, Blockchain and Digital Asset at Mastercard, said, “ There’s no doubt about it – people want to be able to easily connect to the digital assets ecosystem, and vice versa. That’s why we continue to leverage our proven expertise and global payments network to bridge the gap between on-chain commerce and off-chain transactions,” adding, “ In coming together with Chainlink, we’re unlocking a secure and innovative way to revolutionize on-chain commerce and drive the broader adoption of crypto assets.”
Alliance with Mastercard to help Chainlink reach broader masses
As per experts, with this partnership, Chainlink will be able to offer crypto-related services to the users of Mastercard, the card provider has more than 2.5 billion global users.
As of writing, a slight bullishness of 2.23% reached $13.35, and in a week, it is up by 2.75%; yet in intraday, its market capitalization grew by 2.71% reaching $9.05 billion.
In the past 24 hours, Chainlink traded highest at $13.72 and lowest at $13.04; however, in a month, it traded highest at $16.18 and lowest at $11.01.
If Chainlink continues to expand its operations, there are higher chances of its token crossing $20 in the coming sessions and probably surpassing its all-time high by the end of this year.
The partnership demonstrates the ability of Chainlink to connect traditional finance with blockchain, increasing its visibility and adoption.
Other than this alliance, Chainlink has also partnered with Google Cloud, Accenture, Swift, and Vodafone (via DABCO), including several others.
Its alliance with DTCC, CACEIS, Sygnum, Fidelity International, Taurus, OpenEden, and backers highlights a growing trend towards tokenizing real-world assets and bringing traditional financial products on-chain.
