Global payments and credit company Mastercard is in talks to acquire Zerohash, a company specializing in the development of stablecoin and virtual currency management infrastructure.
The operation is worth between $1.5 billion and $2 billion. Highlights that traditional financial companies are increasingly interested in integrating crypto networks In payment and payment services.
Once completed, the acquisition will be one of Mastercard’s most relevant investments in the stablecoin space. Zerohash not only provides solutions for stablecoin issuance and management, but also tools for creating trading platforms and APIs to tokenize real-world assets (RWA).
This move is in line with Mastercard’s continued strategy in the digital asset space. The company has been actively addressing this issue over the last year.focuses on the utility of stablecoins as a means of payment.
One example is the collaboration with MoonPay to launch a card linked to a stablecoin, reported by CriptoNoticias in May. Then in June, the company announced that it would incorporate stablecoins issued by companies such as PayPal, Paxos, Fiserv, and Circle into its global network, with the aim of expanding usage among the more than 150 million businesses that accept Mastercard.
“Having been at the intersection of financial regulation and digital assets for years, we have long warned that stablecoins will one day supplement payment systems,” digital asset lawyer Cristina Carrascosa said in a statement.
With this potential acquisition, Mastercard is seeking to secure a leadership position in the infrastructure needed to process these new payment flows.integrating stable digital assets as a secure and regulated alternative within the traditional financial system.