Mastercard Chose XRP & Solana (I'm Going All IN)

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The world's second largest payment processor on the planet just made it very clear they are changing the way money moves forever, and they've actually chosen Solana and a short list of very surprising crypto projects to make this happen. With bear markets being the time to buy from me and my spot portfolio to make those nasty gains when the bear market is done, and we start to move to the upside, this is the ultimate buy signal for me. And I'm gonna go over some key levels that I'm looking out for on Solana. A couple projects that might actually surprise you are found on this Mastercard preferred list. Now keep in mind, Mastercard moves just about $4 trillion in transactions a year, and they have made it very, very clear. This is an official release from the Mastercard website that they are expanding their settlement capabilities to include stable coins, intraday, holiday and weekend options. Now this is a very clear sign for us in crypto that stable coins are really what Main Street and the existing financial sector wants out of crypto. Companies like Mastercard and Visa want instantaneous settlement across the globe for transactions, and the best way to do it is what's been developed out of crypto in the stable coin sector. Now there's a short list of all coins that have very strong stable coin infrastructure that are on the chosen list for this next movement. The proof is in the pudding from their official source. The proof is in the pudding that crypto is here to stay on this official release. Mastercard announced these plans supporting both fiat currencies and on-chain card settlement. The proof can be found within the details of this release. So let's have a look. Supporting both fiat currencies and on-chain card settlement using regulated stable coins. The stable coins are going to be allowed to come through the door of what we know is money movement currently. In my opinion, they're releasing this expecting a full approval of the Clarity Act in a short order. These enhancements introduce greater flexibility in how partners manage settlement timing and liquidity while continuing to operate alongside the existing process. They are particularly relevant for the use case where timing and transparency are key, including cross-border payments, treasury and payouts. A streamlined transition from what we know is how money moves to a crypto-based instant settlement process. Shoppers pay, issue transfers, Mastercard stable coin settlements happen in between, and then send it to the acquirer and the merchant gets paid instantly. Mastercard will support a settlement using regulated stable coins, including Circles USDC, obviously the Goldman Sachs in-crowd. They've already supported early on-chain settlement flows in select markets, as well as Paxos issued stable coins like PYUSDC, USDG and USDP. But here's the surprise for us crypto degens.
Ripple's stable coin RLUSD and SoFi's SoFiUSD. These stable coins will be enabled across a range of supportive blockchain networks. This also includes a lot of layer 2s on Ethereum like Arbitrum, the base network, which I have a very particular project on the base network that's probably going to do really well over the next few years from base being integrated. Canton, I already hold a bag of Canton, so this is great to see it on the list, but I'm going to be mapping out my buy spots for a lot of these different things included. Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, Tempo and XRPL. Now, the whole question is why would they choose some of these stable coin rails to make this movement happen? Are they just trying to be nice to the crypto people or is there actual utility here? Well, let's have a listen what the Vice President of the Blockchain and Digital Assets at Mastercard has to say. He says, the next phase of stable coin adoption is about real world utility, especially in settlement where timing and liquidity matter most. By introducing intraday and weekend settlement options across the global network, we're expanding how partners manage liquidity and operate in an always on digital economy where maintaining trust, resilience and safeguards is still there, the things that people expect from Mastercard. So this is pretty damn big news. It's happening during the bear market, so it might be flying over people's heads. But now I'm going to map out some of the bigger portions of the chosen crypto projects behind this release to talk about my expected buy levels for Solana, XRP and a slight surprise for some that are just kind of new to what I've been watching over the past few years in crypto. But Bitcoin is definitely in a bear market. Bear markets are where I buy crypto to make the good upside. And recently we've seen the red dot on money flow give us the likelihood of a downturn on Bitcoin, which is definitely playing out. Now the chop zone in Bitcoin's money flow is usually where I like to layer in to altcoins. We might be getting that development over the next few weeks and watching the money flow of Bitcoin if it can defend itself in the slight red zone or if it goes into a deep red zone, we have a much bigger correction ahead. But signals like this are telling me that we're near the bottom. More than half of all Bitcoin in circulation is now held at an unrealized loss, a signal that has coincided with every single bear market bottom in Bitcoin history. So my greasy buying fingers are getting frisky. And I'm going to go check out Solana's price chart first and foremost. Let's do it. Solana on a long term timeframe has shown some very interesting support and resistance levels right here at the $55 to $60 region.