Mastercard Joins XRP Ledger AI Payment Hackathon
- —The XRPL Commons hackathon runs October 24–25 in Midtown Manhattan
- —The event offers more than $40,000 in prizes
- —Partners include Mastercard, Ripple, AWS, Ledger and Quicknode
- —Tracks cover AI payments, lending and protocol innovation
Why it matters: Mastercard's involvement boosts interest in agentic payments on XRPL, but real impact will depend on public code and pilots after the event.
Source: Coindoo