Payments Giant Mastercard Buys CipherTrace To “Enhance Crypto Capabilities”
Mastercard continues to increase its presence in the crypto space. Via a press release, the payment company announced the acquisition of crypto intelligence company CipherTrace. The objective is to improve Mastercard’s crypto capabilities, according to the release. CipherTrace allegedly has “insight into more than 900 cryptocurrencies”. The crypto company provides its clients with a service […]
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Mastercard, the American multinational financial services corporation, announced the company is dipping further into the digital asset ecosystem by acquiring the blockchain intelligence firm Ciphertrace. The partnership announcement says the firm will help bolster Ciphertrace’s and Mastercard’s cyber security solutions.
Mastercard Purchased Ciphertrace for Undisclosed Sum
On Thursday, the financial payments giant Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has revealed the company has acquired the blockchain surveillance firm Ciphertrace. The blockchain company is a Menlo Park,....
The global payments giant plans to incorporate the crypto intelligence project into its digital currency expansion plans. Mastercard’s focus on crypto and digital currencies appears to have taken a greater dimension given the company’s recent move.According to a release on Thursday, the global payments giant has reached an agreement to acquire CipherTrace, a blockchain intelligence firm with crypto forensics capabilities for over 900 cryptocurrencies.As part of the acquisition, Mastercard says it plans to integrate CipherTrace’s operations into its own cyber security solutions for digital....
Mercadolibre, one of the biggest “e-tailers” in Latam, has partnered with credit giant Mastercard to make use of its tech to secure the cryptocurrency ecosystem of the company. Through this partnership, Mercadolibre will be able to use Mastercard’s Ciphertrace technology, to allow the company to enhance the control and security of the crypto transactions in its trading ecosystem.
Mercadolibre to Strengthen Crypto Vigilance
Mercadolibre, a leading e-tailer of Latam, has partnered with Mastercard, the credit tech company, to improve its due diligence when....
Mastercard’s upcoming acquisition of CipherTrace demonstrates the need for payments giants to partner with crypto firms to enable digital asset innovation. Institutional interest for digital assets continues to grow rapidly, demonstrating that cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and nonfungible tokens (NFT) are here to stay. At the same time, traditional financial institutions are beginning to understand the dire need to properly support digital assets. For example, although payments giants such as Mastercard and Visa currently offer crypto-enabled credit and debit cards, these companies are....