#MastercardStablecoinCards Mastercard's push into stablecoin cards, partnering with firms like MoonPay, OKX, and Nuvei, is a bold move to bridge crypto and everyday payments. It lets users spend stablecoins like USDC at over 150 million merchants globally, with seamless fiat conversion for merchants. This builds on their earlier crypto integrations with exchanges like Binance and Kraken, showing a clear bet on stablecoins for faster, cheaper transactions, especially cross-border. Jorn Lambert, their Chief Product Officer, emphasizes streamlining commerce, and the market’s responding—stablecoin supply’s ballooned to over $200 billion in 2025.But here’s the rub: while stablecoins promise decentralization, Mastercard’s gatekeeping—which wallets, coins, or countries make the cut—raises questions about control. Critics compare it to CBDCs, where private players could track or limit transactions. Plus, stablecoin issuers like Circle are raking in billions from Treasury yields, which smells like the old financial system in new clothes. It’s practical, sure, but is it the crypto revolution we were sold?