Mastercard
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The project secured the needed pilot CBDC on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s platform and minted matching ‘wrapped’ tokens on Ethereum.
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Mastercard is focused on “delivering choice” in how people pay with its new CBDC program
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The credit card giant is expected to release the beta version of the product this summer
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The payments giant is teaming up with Aptos Labs, Ava Labs, Polygon and the Solana Foundation to reach application developers
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Despite all the drama, payments giants Mastercard and Visa are still signing new debit card deals with crypto startups around the world
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Visa will continue to focus on its strategy to serve as a bridge between traditional finance and crypto, a company spokesperson told Blockworks
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Web3 startup Immersve is preparing a new Mastercard-powered product for Ethereum users across Australia and New Zealand
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The payments giant will partner with Paxos to offer a new suite of products, including crypto trading, custody, and security management for institutions
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TradFi veteran brings real-time payments background at Mastercard to crypto custody firm
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Mastercard is using data from CipherTrace to allow card issuers to assess risk profiles of over 2,400 virtual asset service providers
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Mint price values dropped dramatically in June, underscoring the potential benefits of fiat currency for NFT marketplaces
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Latin American consumers are looking for more crypto- and digital payments-related services, according to a new survey from Mastercard
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Mastercard partners with NFT marketplaces to make purchasing digital assets more accessible
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In a new report, cryptocurrency investment firm NYDIG found the Bitcoin network surpassed $3 trillion in transactions last year
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The partnership will allow future customers to buy blockchain-based digital collectibles on Coinbase’s NFT marketplace with Mastercard
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Banks and exchanges expected to buy tech, market share through acquisitions after deal-filled 2021
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New offering for permissioned blockchain applications focused on providing scalability and privacy capabilities
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Recent CipherTrace acquisition by Mastercard to drive compliance and AML checks into crypto transactions.
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