Crypto Card News and Trends Research

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Emerald Card launched by Solayer has recently partnered with Nubit, becoming the first crypto Visa card to integrate with Bitcoin Thunderbolt. Meanwhile, the Emerald Points Partner Program is set to launch soon.It is reported that Emerald Points can be redeemed for airdrops from partner agreements, world-class rewards for travel and hotels, discounts on everyday applications (such as food and transportation), and points can be earned through spending.

ChainCatcher message, the human verification crypto project World launches in the United States, allowing users to obtain WLD tokens by verifying their identity and establishing a World ID. The project will kick off in six cities: Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco.At the same time, World plans to launch a Visa card, allowing users to make payments using WLD tokens and other digital assets. Additionally, World is collaborating with Match Group to launch a pilot among Tinder users in Japan, aimed at helping users verify their real identities.World will also provide access to the prediction market Kalshi through its app. The project plans to rapidly scale to 1 billion users with a small Orb device and collaborate with Razer to offer human verification services in gaming.World is developed by Tools For Humanity, co-founded by Altman and Alex Blania.

ChainCatcher news, according to TheBlock, Visa has partnered with Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure company recently acquired by Stripe, to launch Visa cards supporting stablecoin payments in the Latin American region. Bridge will handle backend operations, including stablecoin balance withdrawals and fiat currency exchanges.The product will first be launched in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Chile, where merchants will receive payments in local currency.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Baanx has partnered with Visa to launch a stablecoin payment card linked to self-custody wallets, initially supporting USDC issued by Circle. The card "allows cardholders to spend USDC directly from their crypto wallets," transferring the USDC balance in real-time to Baanx via smart contracts upon authorization, which is then exchanged for fiat currency to complete the payment. Baanx is also collaborating with Mastercard to develop a wallet card linked to MetaMask. Baanx stated, "We are empowering people to hold and spend dollar stablecoins in a self-custody, real-time manner—this is the future of finance."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, payment giant Mastercard has announced the launch of a "comprehensive" stablecoin payment solution, supporting its global 150 million merchants to accept stablecoin payments.Mastercard will collaborate with payment processor Nuvei and stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos to create a seamless payment ecosystem. Mastercard's Chief Product Officer Jorn Lambert stated that the company believes in the potential of stablecoins to simplify payments and commerce.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Mastercard is further deepening its layout in the digital asset economy, announcing on Monday the launch of new global features to support stablecoin payments within its vast merchant network.The payment giant is collaborating with the cryptocurrency exchange platform OKX to launch the "OKX Card," aimed at connecting crypto transactions and Web3 activities with everyday spending. Meanwhile, through partnerships with Nuvei and Circle, merchants will soon be able to settle transactions directly using stablecoins, including USDC issued by Circle. Paxos will also assist in expanding this feature to other supported stablecoins, such as USDP.