Mastercard launches Crypto Card Programme in Asia-Pacific

The first three cryptocurrency companies in the Asia-Pacific region to join Mastercard’s global Crypto Card Programme, Bitkub, CoinJar, and Amber Group, have announced they will be launching their own crypto Mastercard payment cards that will enable users to easily convert their crypto into fiat currency. Mastercard announced their Crypto Card Programme in July 2021, via a press release that outlined the nature of their offering:  “Today not all crypto companies have the foundational infrastructure to convert cryptocurrency to traditional fiat currency, and we’re making it easier.