Mastercard’s crypto strategy has shifted from flashy announcements to practical integrations like Swapper Finance, enabling direct crypto purchases on DEXs. Yet, real-world traction for earlier initiatives like MTN or Crypto Credential remains limited, highlighting challenges of legacy adoption

In this issue: Europe Accelerates Digital Euro, China's e-CNY in the State Financial Guidelines, and other CBDC news from around the world. In the tokenization segment, ONDO and Mastercard partnership, and a new token standard from Taurus

More than 180 million digital yuan wallets have now been created — but over in the UK, campaigners fear "Britcoin" could plunge privacy and freedom of expression into peril.

Ghana collaborates with the Monetary Authority of Singapore in moneytech. Digital yuan expands to Hong Kong while workers in the mainland convert their e-CNY salaries into cash. Also several bullish developments in the race to tokenize real-world assets.

Pakistan believes a central bank digital currency could support victims of family abuse — and Mastercard's reaping rewards after embracing tokenization.

Binance is likely to leave Georgia soon due to registration issues. This adds to a series of setbacks, including the end of its partnership with Mastercard and Visa.

The payment processor has brought together a group of leading blockchain technology and payment service providers, including Ripple, Consensys and Fireblocks, to drive innovation and efficiencies in the CBDC space.

Mastercard recently debuted a free Music Pass NFT Drop during the annual NFT NYC convention, providing benefits for collectors who hold the token.