Name: Why Mastercard is acquiring a stablecoin company for $1.8B
Uploaded: 2026-03-17T18:58:14.000Z
Duration: 2 min 29 s
Description: Mastercard is making a $1.8 billion bet on stablecoins, Phantom secures a "first-of-its-kind" green light from the CFTC, and Sam Altman’s World is teaming up with Coinbase to verify human identity behind AI transactions. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.”

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Why Mastercard is acquiring a stablecoin company for $1.8B | CoinDesk Videos

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CoinDesk 20$2,109.312.27%Bitcoin$75,770.891.73%Ethereum$2,353.362.76%XRP$1.442.61%Solana$86.282.87%

Why Mastercard is acquiring a stablecoin company for $1.8B | CoinDesk Videos