In another step towards cryptocurrency adoption, Mastercard now plans to acquire CipherTrace– a crypto and blockchain intelligence company aimed at providing anti-money laundering and fraud protection solutions to the digital asset space.
How CipherTrace Helps Mastercard
The acquisition will help Mastercard provide transparency to their clients regarding payment and investment across the cryptocurrency industry. This not only helps customers to understand their risks when investing in different assets but will also help ensure Mastercard’s regulatory obligations.
Ajay Bhalla, president of Cyber Intelligence at Mastercard, says that Ciphertrace will build on Mastercard’s existing capabilities to ensure the security of the ecosystem and to protect the blooming industry from being exploited by nefarious actors.
“Digital assets have the potential to reimagine commerce, from everyday acts like paying and getting paid to transforming economies, making them more inclusive and efficien
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