The offering comes as traditional financial services and blockchain-based digital assets are getting increasingly intertwined. The MetaMask Card is first available in a pilot phase to a few thousand users in the EU and UK, with a wider release expected later this year. Users will be able to make purchases directly with their USDC, USDT and wETH assets held on the layer-2 network Linea.
"We saw a significant opportunity to make purchases for self-custody wallet users easier, more secure, and interoperable," said Raj Dhamodharan, executive vice president of blockchain and digital assets at Mastercard.