[Mastercard Expands On-Chain Settlement, Betting on Stablecoins and 24/7 Finance] According to a report by CoinDesk on June 3, Mastercard is expanding its settlement network to support regulated stablecoins, planning to offer stablecoin settlement, intraday settlement, and weekend and holiday settlement services to meet the demand for real-time capital flows. The new framework will operate in parallel with the existing fiat currency settlement process, aiming to provide financial institutions with more flexible liquidity management. Mastercard will initially support Circle's USDC, Paxos-issued PYUSD, USDG, and USDP, Ripple's RLUSD, and SoFiUSD, covering blockchain networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, and XRPL. Financial institutions like Cross River, Lead Bank, CBW Bank, ARQ, and Nuvei will be the first participants.