BIG NEWS! MASTERCARD'S HUGE STABLECOIN ADOPTION & IS CARDANO DEAD?
June 4, 2026
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5 min readMasterCard announced it will expand its settlement network to support regulated stablecoins across multiple blockchains, marking one of the clearest signals yet that traditional payments infrastructure is integrating crypto rails at scale. The news dominated this episode of the Thinking Crypto Podcast, which also covered a grim assessment of Cardano's trajectory, a wave of bank and fintech crypto moves, and a new political action committee defending DeFi developers.
MasterCard's Multi-Chain Stablecoin Settlement
MasterCard is opening up settlement options to include regulated stablecoins — specifically Circle's USDC, Ripple's RLUSD, PayPal's PYUSD, and SoFi's stablecoin — across Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, the XRP Ledger, Canton Network, and Tempo. The move gives partners the ability to settle transactions in fiat or regulated stablecoins, including on weekends and holidays, which improves liquidity management for time-sensitive cross-border flows.
The host emphasized that MasterCard's choice of supported blockchains is itself a signal: Cardano is absent from the list. "Do you see Cardano on that list? Nope," he said. "That's not good." He framed the announcement as evidence of a multi-chain future, pushing back against the idea that any single blockchain will dominate. "If anyone's telling you that, they're lying to you."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:10) **Bitcoin Price & Market Sentiment** - Bitcoin trades near $62k with extremely oversold RSI on the daily chart; sentiment in extreme fear.
- 2 (02:19) **Charles Hoskinson's Bearish Cardano Comments** - Hoskinson warns many Cardano DeFi projects will die, reacting to the TapTools shutdown; appears defeated.
- 3 (06:03) **MasterCard Expands Stablecoin Settlement** - MasterCard will support regulated stablecoins (USDC, RLUSD, PYUSD) across Ethereum, Solana, Base, Arbitrum, and XRP Ledger.
- 4 (09:20) **Kraken Parent Offers Tokenized IPO Access** - Payward plans to let retail investors buy US IPOs at institutional offering prices via tokenized shares.
- 5 (13:55) **Zodia Custody Acquisition by Standard Chartered** - Standard Chartered to fully acquire Zodia Custody, folding it into the bank and retiring the brand.
- 6 (15:47) **Revolut Plans Stablecoins Alongside FDIC-Insured Accounts** - Revolut's US bank (launching next year) will offer stablecoins, multi-currency deposits, stock trading, and crypto services.
- 7 (16:58) **Charles Schwab Launches Crypto Futures** - The $12.6 trillion firm launches futures products for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP.
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⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
00:00 Intro
00:23 Bitcoin analysis
01:32 Charles Hoskinson Cardano
04:01 Capital B $122 Billion Bitcoin
05:15 Mastercard Stablecoin expansion
08:33 Kraken Tokenized IPO assets
12:06 Bank Crypto Custody
13:59 Revolut Bank Stablecoin
15:10 Charles Schwab Crypto futures
15:48 DeFi PAC
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