Chainlink Crypto Jumps Close to 20% After Mastercard Collaboration Revelation: Is LINK Set to Soar Soon?
Chainlink’s crypto asset experienced a jump of +10% overnight after announcement of a partnership with Mastercard emerged, facilitating the ability for over 3 billion cardholders to buy crypto directly on-chain.
On Tuesday, the official Chainlink X account revealed a strategic alliance with financial giant Mastercard aimed at providing cardholders across the globe with a safe and simple way to buy crypto assets directly on-chain through secure fiat-to-crypto transactions.
We’re thrilled to share that Chainlink and @Mastercard are teaming up to empower billions of cardholders to purchase crypto directly on-chain.https://t.co/1pKz03jQ7t
Chainlink authenticates and harmonizes crucial… pic.twitter.com/5jfLAAYn4D
— Chainlink (@chainlink) June 24, 2025
Chainlink Crypto Rose 10% Following Major Mastercard Partnership News – Is A Larger Shift Imminent?
The announcement led to a +10% boost in Chainlink’s price, enhancing crypto holder confidence in LINK, which climbed nearly 5% on that day. This strategic alliance grants 3 billion cardholders access to the Chainlink platform.
The main goal of this partnership is to connect traditional finance (TradFi) with decentralized finance (DeFi), facilitating secure and almost instant fiat-to-crypto conversions for Mastercard users.
Chainlink and Mastercard will jointly base level the new Swapper Finance protocol. ZeroHashX will token supply the on-chain infrastructure and liquidity necessary for the conversion of fiat into crypto, enabled by seamless self-executing contract execution, in conjunction with Shift4 and Chainlink’s X-Swap. The platform’s liquidity will be drawn from leading decentralized exchanges (DEX) and automated trading market makers (AMM), particularly Uniswap.
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Prior to this update, on June 23, Mastercard revealed its intention to join the Paxos Global Dollar Network to bolster stablecoin integration and adoption, thereby making USDG, USDC, PYUSD, and FIUSD available across its protocol, while introducing new functionalities through Mastercard Move and the Mastercard Multi-Token Protocol.
This series of stablecoin-focused announcements follows the approval of the GENIUS Act in the United States, commonly referred to as the stablecoin bill, which was passed by the US Senate last week. If approved there, the bill is now set to move to the House of Representatives and will be presented to President Trump for ultimate endorsement.
Chainlink CEO, Sergey Nazarov, commented on the partnership with Mastercard;
“Mastercard, dedicated to real value. Access tokens for your on-chain digital wallet, directly through a Mastercard transaction. Whether it’s market fluidity for buying a tokenized asset via a stablecoin or from an existing payment mechanism, it still represents liquidity and demand for that tokenized asset. The real-world assets/Web3 community, alongside digital asset and banking communities, are all eager for that liquidity to seamlessly acquire their tokenized assets.
The challenge lies in consolidating the liquidity of both on-chain and off-chain buyers into a unified global available volume layer that can enable access to smart contracts seamlessly. Chainlink aims to connect all the world’s stablecoin liquidity and TradFi market fluidity into smart contracts through a robust, verifiably secure, and easily integratable on-chain global standard.”
Mastercard SVP Izzy Iliev-Wolitzer on combining @Mastercard’s network with Chainlink’s infrastructure:
"When you combine these two things together, you get a very, very powerful system, where everybody feels safe.”
Watch today’s talk with @SergeyNazarov at @Permissionless ↓ pic.twitter.com/SzuFofbrVU
— Chainlink (@chainlink) June 25, 2025
Chainlink Price Outlook: LINK Poised for a Breakthrough
Even though the Chainlink cryptocurrency price did not respond as dramatically as anticipated following such a significant update, it did rise nearly 20%, moving from $11.20 to its current value of $13.30. Currently, LINK remains just below the 50-day EMA and the downward trendline.
If LINK continues its upward trajectory after this groundbreaking update, it might breach the 50-day EMA at $14 and close above the descending trendline. If it accomplishes this, it could propel the rally towards its subsequent barrier level point at about $16.2.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the daily chart shows LINK at 50, indicating a neutral position. To maintain bullish momentum, the RSI needs to stay above this neutral mark.
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Conversely, LINK boasts robust price floor in the $12.8-$12.9 range, and any declines should result in a rebound from this level. All indicators suggest a favorable outlook from both technical analysis (TA) and fundamental analysis (FA) perspectives, setting the stage for Chainlink to experience a significant upward movement in the near term.
LINK remains 74% short of its all-time peak of $52, achieved in May 2021. Given the substantial progress in real-world adoption and revenue generation through its various protocols, it’s plausible that Chainlink could revisit those heights during this current cycle as it pursues the ambitious $100 target.
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