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Mastercard and Chainlink (LINK) are partnering to enable Mastercard cardholders to purchase cryptocurrency directly on-chain. The two companies shared the announcement on Tuesday morning, signaling a “major step forward in the mainstream adoption of Web3.” JUST IN: Mastercard partners with Chainlink to "enable billions of cardholders to purchase crypto directly onchain." pic.twitter.com/KXbkQKE694 — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) June 24, 2025 “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 onchain decentralized exchanges,” said Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink. “It has been great collaborating closely with the Mastercard team on...

Tether USDT integration with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network represents a major step for faster crypto transactions and cryptocurrency adoption. The world’s largest stablecoin issuer announced this development at the Plan B conference in El Salvador. USDT will now work directly on Bitcoin’s system, and this is making all transactions quicker and cheaper at the same time. Source: Tether.io Also Read: Top 3 Cryptocurrencies To Watch This Weekend How the Tether USDT Integration with Bitcoin Lightning Improves Crypto Transactions Source: Watcher Guru The Technical Framework Source: Lightning.network The Tether USDT integration uses Taproot Assets, which was created by the Lightning Labs company. This system allows USDT to work perfectly on both Bitcoin’s main network and the Lightning Network. Some experts say this mix of Bitcoin’s safety and Lightning’s speed makes transactions much better. Impact on Global Payments USDT handled over $10 trillion in transact...