Mastercard has launched a new crypto partner programme, bringing together 85 companies including PayPal, Ripple, and SoFi. The initiative also includes firms such as Binance, BitGo, Circle, Crypto.com, Marqeta, MoonPay, Paxos, and WorldPay.
The programme aims to create a forum where crypto-native companies, payment providers, and financial institutions can collaborate and discuss the evolving role of digital assets within the financial system.
Participants will work with Mastercard on developing future products and services that combine the speed and programmability of digital assets with traditional card payment networks and global commerce infrastructure.
The program builds on Mastercard’s longstanding partnership approach to digital assets. For years, Mastercard has brought the ecosystem together through initiatives like its Start Path track focused on blockchain and digital assets, as well as its Engage platform, which includes a dedicated Crypto Card program, creating opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and growth.
As digital asset technologies mature, Mastercard will continue focusing on what we do best: enabling trust, setting standards and connecting systems at scale. By bridging on-chain innovation with the framework that powers everyday payments, we’re helping ensure that what’s next works with what already does.
The Mastercard Crypto Partner Program reflects a core belief that the next phase of on-chain payments will be built through collaboration.
Through the program, participants will engage with Mastercard teams on the design and direction of future products and services, including solutions that aim to bring the speed and programmability that digital assets offer together with established card rails and global commerce flows.
By creating a shared framework for collaboration, the program helps align innovation across the ecosystem while supporting consistent standards and responsible growth.
The focus is practical execution: translating technical innovation into scalable, compliant use cases that can operate across markets and integrate seamlessly into everyday commerce.
