Mastercard is considering investing in Zerohash

BlockBeats News, January 21 — According to CoinDesk, after the acquisition negotiations with crypto company Zerohash concluded, Mastercard is considering investing in Zerohash.

BlockBeats previously reported that on October 30, 2025, Mastercard was in talks to acquire the crypto infrastructure startup Zerohash for $1.5 billion to $2 billion. If the deal is completed, it will become one of its largest moves in the stablecoin sector.

Zerohash was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago. Its business covers stablecoin and crypto trading infrastructure, and it provides technical services including asset tokenization APIs for institutional clients.

In September this year, Zerohash announced a $1.04 billion Series D funding round at a valuation of $10 billion. The round was led by Interactive Brokers, with participation from Morgan Stanley, SoFi, Apollo, and others.