Mastercard’s collab with OKX

What we’ll cover today:

🪙 Mastercard’s OKX Card could make crypto-spending boringly normal

🧠 Intuit acquires Deserve’s tech to give small biz a smarter credit future

📊 Why stablecoins are suddenly getting TradFi approval

Mastercard, OKX & Nuvei Join Forces for Stablecoin Payments 💳

Mastercard (the card king), OKX (a top crypto exchange), and Nuvei (payment tech wizards) are teaming up to make spending digital dollars (like USDC) as easy as tapping your card at Starbucks.

🚨 Breaking News:
They're launching the OKX Card so users can spend crypto directly, while merchants can now accept stablecoins like USDC via Mastercard's network.

⚡Wire Simplified:

• Mastercard’s global network is now open to stablecoin payments.

• OKX’s new card lets users spend crypto like regular cash.

• Nuvei and Circle are in on it too—making USDC smoother to use.

• The goal: frictionless cross-border payments using blockchain.

• Basically, crypto is entering its “main character” era.

✔️Straight to the Point:
Mastercard just gave stablecoins a VIP pass into the global payment system—this could be crypto’s real glow-up moment.

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Intuit Acquires Deserve's Tech to Boost Financial Offerings 💼

Intuit (yup, the brains behind TurboTax and QuickBooks) is snapping up tech and team members from Deserve, a credit card startup. The goal? Make financial tools way smarter.

🚨 Breaking News:
The deal will power up Intuit’s cash flow features for businesses using Deserve’s sleek, API-first credit card tech.

⚡Wire Simplified:

• Intuit is acquiring Deserve’s tech and select team members.

• Deserve’s platform is cloud-native and built for the mobile world.

• Intuit wants to offer real-time cash flow insights to businesses.

• Deserve was backed by big names like Visa, Mastercard, and Goldman.

• The deal amount? Still a mystery.

✔️Straight to the Point:
Intuit is levelling up its financial suite with Deserve’s tech—expect slicker tools for small biz cash flow and credit.

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