Mastercard has announced strategic alliances with the ADI Foundation - an Abu Dhabi based organization dedicated to empowering governments and institutions through blockchain infrastructure - marking a significant step towards advancing blockchain-based asset tokenization and stablecoin-enabled payment innovation in the Middle East.
This alliance supports the UAE's ambition to be a global hub for digital assets and blockchain technology, while delivering benefits to financial institutions, fintech companies, merchants, and consumers through faster, more transparent, and resilient payment solutions.
Initial areas of collaboration include stablecoin-based settlement for domestic and cross-border transactions, stablecoin-linked payment cards and tokenized real-world assets use cases, and support for remittance and B2B trade flows using digital assets. These efforts are designed to advance interoperability, strengthen regulatory compliance, scale innovative decentralized blockchain infrastructure, and promote secure, transparent, and scalable use of blockchain technology across financial ecosystems.
