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Visa Moves to Close Meme Coin Credit Card Rewards Loophole
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Visa is updating its merchant classification rules to prevent meme cryptocurrency purchases from being categorized as digital media. This change ensures that users can no longer earn standard credit card reward points on speculative digital asset transactions, following lobbying efforts by traditional financial institutions.
WHY IT MATTERS
This policy shift closes a financial loophole that allowed crypto traders to effectively subsidize meme coin purchases through standard credit card rewards programs.
After banks lost their push for tighter stablecoin rules in the failed Clarity Act, JP Morgan scored a narrower win as Visa moves to stop meme coin purchases from being coded as ordinary "digital media" and earning card rewards.
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