# Mastercard and Base Partner to Expand Everyday Crypto Payments By John Kim Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/48762 Published: 2026-11-04T20:01:46.000Z Updated: 2026-11-04T20:01:46.000Z Section: Business > Base framed the partnership around wider crypto payment options and making digital assets more useful in everyday transactions. Base posted that it had partnered with Mastercard to expand crypto payment options, with the stated aim of making digital assets more useful in everyday transactions. Base had previously described Mastercard’s use of x402 for agent payments settled on Base, as covered in [an earlier account of the payment method](). ## Links in this article - [an earlier account of the payment method](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/40024)