A MasterCard executive slammed Bitcoin in 2014 for being unreliable. Several months after, this multinational financial services giant appears to have found its answer to the Bitcoin protocol through its centralized ‘P2P’ payment system.
MasterCard plays role in promoting Bitcoin usageDespite its launch of MasterCard Send, this company has been active lately in lending its services that empower the presence of Bitcoin on the commercial scene.
The most notable are the MasterCard-powered Bitcoin cards like the CoinCard and the NanoCard. However, these two function differently from each other, with the NanoCard possessing key features that make it the true cryptocurrency debit card on the market today.
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