Key Takeaways Mastercard’s new platform connects stablecoin balances to hundreds of millions of merchant locations. BVNK and Mastercard combine fiat accounts, stablecoin conversion and global payouts through one API. Mastercard Move reaches over 17 billion endpoints, with expanded currency coverage planned for 2027. Mastercard Opens Hundreds of Millions of Merchants to Stablecoin Spending A stablecoin balance sitting in a digital account can now become spending money across Mastercard’s enormous merchant network, without requiring customers to manually exchange their holdings first. On Thursday, Oct. 15, Mastercard and BVNK unveiled the Global Money Platform, connecting conventional banking and blockchain-based payments through a …