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.”

CD20$1,993.450.41%BTC$73,369.970.20%ETH$2,010.960.19%XRP$1.320.54%SOL$81.880.14%

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

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CD20$1,993.450.41%BTC$73,369.970.20%ETH$2,010.960.19%XRP$1.320.54%SOL$81.880.14%

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