Monad, an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain project focused on high-throughput, low-latency execution, has announced that it has joined Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program, stating that it will bring its onchain infrastructure into Mastercard’s trusted global payments network. Mastercard’s own materials list Monad among the program’s partners, alongside major exchanges, infrastructure providers, and other Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks. Mastercard launched the Crypto Partner Program in early 2026 as a formal collaboration forum for more than 80–100 crypto‑native firms, payment providers, and financial institutions. The program is designed to connect blockchain and digital asset innovation with Mastercard’s global payments and compliance infrastructure, enabling participants to co‑design and test products that link on‑chain payments with established card rails and cross‑border services. Use cases Mastercard highlights include cross‑border transfers, business‑to‑business payments, global payouts, and blockchain-based settlement, with the aim of shortening settlement times, reducing costs, and making treasury operations more efficient using digital asset rails and stablecoins. Monad’s inclusion places it among a curated group of networks such as Aptos, Optimism, Polygon, Solana, Stellar, Tron, and infrastructure and compliance providers like Circle, Fireblocks, Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Anchorage Digital, Paxos, and Ripple, which are collectively working with Mastercard on standards, interoperability, and potential production-grade integrations. For Monad, participation offers a route to explore real-world payment and settlement applications for its high-performance EVM-compatible chain within a regulated, global network; for Mastercard, it broadens the range of programmable, onchain execution environments available as it experiments with digital asset–based payment flows.

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