Chainlink Crypto Surges Nearly 20% Following Mastercard Partnership Announcement: LINK To Explode Soon?

Chainlink crypto spiked +10% overnight following the announcement of a partnership with Mastercard that will enable over 3 billion cardholders to purchase crypto directly on-chain.

On Tuesday, the official Chainlink X account announced a partnership with TradFi behemoth Mastercard to securely enable cardholders worldwide to easily purchase crypto assets directly on-chain via a secure fiat-to-crypto conversion.

We’re excited to announce that Chainlink and @Mastercard have partnered to enable billions of cardholders to purchase crypto directly onchain.https://t.co/1pKz03jQ7t

Chainlink verifies and synchronizes key… pic.twitter.com/5jfLAAYn4D

— Chainlink (@chainlink) June 24, 2025

Chainlink Crypto Only Pumped 10% On News Of A Game-Changing Mastercard Collaboration – Is A Bigger Move Coming?

The announcement caused a +10% spike in the price of Chainlink crypto, boosting investors’ confidence in LINK, which rose nearly 5% that day. The partnership allows 3 billion cardholders to access the Chainlink platform.

The partnership’s primary objective is to bridge the gap between TradFi and DeFi, enabling secure and near-instant fiat-to-crypto conversions for Mastercard cardholders.

Chainlink and Mastercard will power the new Swapper Finance platform. ZeroHashX will provide the on-chain service and access to liquidity needed to convert fiat into crypto with seamless smart contract execution, alongside Shift4 and Chainlink’s X-Swap. Liquidity for the platform will be sourced from leading on-chain AMM and DEX Uniswap.

EXPLORE: 10 Best AI Crypto Coins to Invest in 2025

Before this announcement, on June 23, Mastercard announced that it will join the Paxos Global Dollar Network to expand stablecoin integration and adoption, enabling USDG, USDC, PYUSD, and FIUSD across its network, and launch new capabilities through Mastercard Move and the Mastercard Multi-Token Network.

This slew of stablecoin-related announcements follows the approval of the GENIUS Act in the United States. Also known as the stablecoin bill, it was passed by the US Senate last week. If approved there, the bill is now headed to the House of Representatives and will be put before President Trump for final approval.

Chainlink CEO, Sergey Nazarov, had this to say on the collaboration with Mastercard;

“Mastercard, live for real value. Access tokens for your on-chain wallet, directly with a mastercard purchase. Liquidity to buy a tokenized asset from a stablecoin or liquidity to buy a tokenized asset from an existing payments system, is still just liquidity/purchasing power and demand for that tokenized asset. The RWA/Web3 community and digital asset/banking community all want that liquidity to easily access their tokenized assets.

The challenge is getting all the liquidity of both on-chain and off-chain purchasers into one globally unified liquidity layer that can allow all of that purchasing power to access smart contracts easily. Chainlink is on track to get all the world’s stablecoin liquidity and all the world’s TradFi liquidity connected into smart contracts through a highly reliable, provably secure and easy to integrate ,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 Forecast: LINK on the Verge of a Breakout

Although the Chainlink crypto price did not react quite as one would imagine following such a colossal announcement, it spiked nearly 20%, from $11.20 to its current price of $13.30. Its current level sees LINK hovering below the 50-day EMA and the descending trendline.

If LINK continues its upward trend after a game-changing announcement, it could break the 50-day EMA at $14 and close above the descending trendline. If it completes this move, it could extend the rally toward its next resistance level at around $16.2.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the daily chart shows LINK 50, which is neutral. For the bullish momentum to be sustained, the RSI should continue to move above its neutral level.

Chainlink crypto continues to outshine all crypto projects from a real-world adoption perspective with the latest Mastercard partnership.

(SOURCE)

On the other hand, LINK has strong support between the $12.8-$12.9 range, and any dip should see a bounce from this level. Everything is lining up on a TA (technical analysis) and FA (fundamental analysis) perspective to enable Chainlink crypto to make a parabolic move in the near future.

LINK is still 74% away from its all-time high of $52, which it hit in May 2021. With the sheer amount of real-world adoption and revenue generation via its multitude of protocols, it is feasible that Chainlink crypto revisits those highs during this current cycle as it guns for that coveted $100 target.