Mastercard’s Entry Into the BSSC Gives Blockchain Security a More Institutional Shape
Mastercard has joined the Blockchain Security Standards Council as a charter-level member, bringing one of the world’s largest payments networks into a consortium that is trying to create common security baselines for blockchain systems and digital assets. The move matters because it links traditional payments-grade risk controls with an industry effort to make crypto infrastructure […]
Mastercard Pushes Card Settlement Onto Blockchain Without Changing Checkout
Mastercard has shifted the backend of its payments infrastructure onto a permissioned Multi-Token Network, or MTN, in a move that leaves the consumer checkout experience intact while transforming how value is cleared and settled behind the scenes. At the core of the change is a new settlement architecture that routes card obligations through on-chain stablecoin […]