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Marqeta and Coinbase Collaborate to Enable Stablecoin-Backed Card Payments

WHAT HAPPENED

Marqeta announced an expanded collaboration with Coinbase for stablecoin-backed card programmes. Coinbase is to provide custody and conversion into fiat, Base the on-chain settlement infrastructure, and Marqeta card issuing, processing and bank and network relationships.

KEY FIGURES

The original report did not disclose material figures that change this decision brief.

WHAT TO WATCH NEXT

Watch whether follow-up sources disclose named launch markets, supported currencies, live customers, and transaction volume. Also confirm the regulatory setup for the stablecoin, custody, and fiat on/off ramps.

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Published
October 16, 2026
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Oct 16, 09:31 PM
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# Marqeta and Coinbase Collaborate to Enable Stablecoin-Backed Card Payments

> Evidence tier: B2
> Evidence type: Marqeta issuer announcement on its investor site, discovered via Glenbrook
> Source: [Glenbrook Payments News](https://investors.marqeta.com/news-releases/news-release-details/marqeta-and-coinbase-collaborate-enable-stablecoin-backed-card)
> Published: 2026-10-16
> Captured: 2026-10-17T01:31:14.200Z

## Source summary

Marqeta announced an expanded collaboration with Coinbase for stablecoin-backed card programmes. Coinbase is to provide custody and conversion into fiat, Base the on-chain settlement infrastructure, and Marqeta card issuing, processing and bank and network relationships.

## Why it matters

The planned offering would let enterprises fund programmes around the clock and users spend stablecoin balances through card acceptance. It is not confirmation of universal availability, direct merchant stablecoin acceptance or measured cost savings.

## Key numbers

No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: Marqeta / Coinbase
- Web3 payments

## Evidence and credibility note

Use as a curated discovery layer; link to the underlying source whenever available. Automatically extracted metadata and material claims should be checked against the linked original before investment use.

Date evidence: Automatically verified from JSON-LD datePublished: 2026-10-16T08:00:51-0400

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original Glenbrook Payments News report](https://investors.marqeta.com/news-releases/news-release-details/marqeta-and-coinbase-collaborate-enable-stablecoin-backed-card)

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