{"id":605451,"date":"2026-05-27T18:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/mastercard-secures-new-york-bitlicense-for-crypto-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:53:35","slug":"mastercard-secures-new-york-bitlicense-for-crypto-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/mastercard-secures-new-york-bitlicense-for-crypto-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastercard secures New York BitLicense for crypto operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mastercard<\/p>\n

The payments giant can now legally conduct digital asset business activity in New York as it deepens its focus on blockchain-based settlement systems.\n<\/p>\n

Mastercard\u2019s US transaction services unit has received a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), allowing the payments giant to conduct regulated digital asset business activity in the state.<\/p>\n

The company announced the license approval on Wednesday, but did not unveil any new consumer-facing crypto products. Instead, Mastercard said it plans to continue developing payment and settlement infrastructure tied to digital assets, focusing specifically on stablecoins and tokenized deposits.<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s BitLicense is widely regarded as one of the strictest state-level crypto regulatory frameworks in the United States. Companies offering certain crypto-related financial services to New York residents are generally required to obtain the license.<\/p>\n

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The payments giant can now legally conduct digital asset business activity in New York as it deepens its focus on blockchain-based settlement systems. Mastercard\u2019s US transaction services unit has received a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), allowing the payments giant to conduct regulated digital asset business activity in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":605452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-605451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}