⚡MasterCard & Bitcoin: From Adaptation to Non-Custodial Adoption⚡

🔴🟠 Mastercard has partnered with #Mercury , a #Bitcoin cryptocurrency and payment provider, to launch a 🇪🇺 euro-denominated debit card that allows users to spend Bitcoin and other digital assets directly from non-custodial wallets.

🏧 The card allows European Bitcoin users to make payments from wallets hosted at any of the more than 100 million merchants in the Mastercard network around the world, without the need for users to store their funds with an intermediary.

🌐 #Mastercard , one of the leading companies in the payments sector, currently serves nearly one billion customers in more than 210 countries. This initiative reflects the company's broader strategy to integrate Bitcoin into its existing payments infrastructure.

✍🏻 “We offer consumers who want to spend their digital assets an easy, reliable and secure way to do so anywhere Mastercard is accepted,” said Christian Rau, Senior Vice President of Mastercard’s Digital Assets Unit.

💱 The card allows users to link their wallets in a non-custodial manner, allowing them to spend #Bitcoin and other digital assets directly, without needing to sell their assets on an exchange beforehand.

💳 It has associated fees, including a €1.6 issuance fee, a €1 monthly maintenance fee, and a 0.95% transaction fee. This development responds to those who prefer to transact from wallets hosted on their own server rather than centralized exchanges.

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