The second half of stablecoins no longer belongs to the crypto circle
【Plain language guide】In March 2026, Mastercard acquired stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for a maximum of $1.8 billion——four months earlier, Coinbase's $2 billion bid had fallen through.
This "9-discount bargain" deal marks the stablecoin competition expanding from the crypto circle into the heart of traditional finance. What Mastercard was eyeing was not the technology, but BVNK's multi-country licenses, global payment pipelines, and annual processing volume of $30 billion. It completed the public chain bridge for MT
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