NiftyNoon: Can MasterCard Bring the Future of Payments Onchain? 💳⛓️📈
In recent months, there has been significant interest from large traditional players such as MasterCard in utilizing stablecoins for payment and remittance (April 2, 2025)
Nifty Thought:
In recent months, there has been significant interest from large traditional players such as MasterCard in utilizing stablecoins for payment and remittance. Discussions have circulated regarding MasterCard’s ambitions to build a blockchain based payments network that facilitates transactions for fiat to crypto. This follows the payment company’s consistent support and exploration of blockchain technology including with more traditional payments products like the MetaMask MasterCard. As one of the top 20 largest companies in the world by market cap, MasterCard’s support of the blockchain has the potential to meaningfully drive real user adoption for use-cases beyond financial speculation.
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💳 Mastercard's executive vice president of blockchain and digital assets as interest in using stablecoins heats up:
https://x.com/MastercardNews/status/1907158903374119203
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