Stablecoins are moving from crypto’s fringe to the core of global payments as Mastercard has recently agreed to buy BVNK for $1.8bn. This underscores a strategic pivot toward blockchain-based settlement infrastructure. The deal highlights how payment networks are repositioning to control cross-border money flows, blending faster tokenised settlement with trusted card rails to secure relevance and revenue in an evolving digital finance ecosystem, according to GlobalData, publishers of EPI.BVNK is a London-b ...