Mastercard has agreed to purchase stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK for 1.8 billion USD, more than double the company's 750 million USD valuation from just over a year ago. The credit card giant could have built the technology itself for far less, but the premium price signals the urgency with which traditional finance is moving into stablecoin rails across 130 jurisdictions. https://www.coindesk.com/opinion/2026/03/27/why-mastercard-paid-double-for-stablecoin-infrastructure-it-could-have-built #Blockchain #Crypto #Institutional #Mastercard