Mastercard frantically doubles down on crypto to avoid becoming irrelevant and losing control

Mastercard’s crypto partner push is really a plan to keep stablecoins inside its network Mastercard is trying to make sure the stablecoin era still needs its card services. On Wednesday, the company launched a program with more than 85 crypto-native firms, payments providers, banks, compliance vendors, custody companies, exchanges, and infrastructure groups. On its face, The post Mastercard frantically doubles down on crypto to avoid becoming irrelevant and losing control appeared first on CryptoSlate.