Kraken and OKX announce partnerships with Mastercard to integrate their platforms, enabling cardholders to buy crypto on-chain and supporting stablecoin use for merchants.

The entities involved

• Mastercard →

  American multinational financial services corporation

  • Commonwealth Bank adjusts its payment processing programs following changes in Reserve Bank of Australia's policy, affecting card network fees.Sun 19:22
  • PayPal is a San Jose-based company, and its peer-to-peer service Venmo is linked to a Mastercard debit card.Sun 15:49
• Kraken →

  russian darknet market

  • Financial firms like BlackRock, Kraken, and Robinhood are expanding into tokenized assets and digital money market strategies across Europe.Thu 15:03
  • Developments on July 4, 2025, included reports of Trump's tariff policy causing Bitcoin price drops, Cathie Wood's advocacy for BTC, and specific corporate holdings/partnerships involving Circle, Coinbase, and Kraken.Wed 19:52
• OKX →

  cryptocurrency exchange and web3 platform

  Nothing else this week.

Related events

• Visa Inc., Mastercard, Circle, Ripple, Robinhood, and Bitget Wallet have formed a partnership to integrate card spending into their financial ecosystem.Aug 20
• Visa is expanding capabilities to integrate various crypto networks (Ethereum, Stellar, Solana, Avalanche) to facilitate crypto-to-fiat on-ramps, challenging traditional payment rails.Jun 7
• Mastercard partnered with Al Etihad Payments to launch a co-badged credit card and supporting infrastructure within the UAE market.Jul 21
• Visa Inc. and Mastercard are testing live AI agent-initiated payments, leveraging partnerships with companies like Klook and AWS to drive card usage in Southeast Asia.Thu 23:21
• Payward is integrating with SoFi's network and listing SoFiUSD on Kraken's multi-asset trading platform.Sep 4