Mastercard has completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK.

The deal was originally valued at up to $1.8 billion. BVNK connects fiat and onchain payment systems, supporting use cases including cross-border payments, payouts, settlement and treasury flows.

Why it matters: Mastercard is acquiring the infrastructure behind stablecoin adoption rather than launching a new token.

Key risk: no priority stablecoins, networks or product-launch timeline have been disclosed.

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