The financial services company and Metamask platform have come together and launched the beta version of a card that allows those digital assets to be instantly converted into cryptocurrencies, in order to make payments in physical stores or online.
Mastercard, Metamask (a cryptocurrency platform developed by Consensys) and Baanx (a card technology company that powers the CL platform) have come together to launch a pilot version of the Metamask debit card.
The card will allow users of the cryptocurrency platform to use the assets in their wallet to make payments in fiat currency (e.g., euros or pounds) anywhere in the world where Mastercard is accepted. However, the launch will be limited to “a few thousand” copies and will be available to users in the European Union and the United Kingdom.
The information was provided by the companies in a statement explaining that card users should keep their cryptocurrencies. On the chain On the Linea network, which is based on the Ethereum cryptocurrency.
The card aims to enhance the connection between the web2 and web3 ecosystems and allows consumers to make purchases in physical stores or online using the MetaMask wallet. To do this, cryptocurrency is instantly converted into fiat currency.
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