Mastercard Praises Ripple's RLUSD Stablecoin at XRPL Hackathon
- —Mastercard is a partner and judge at the XRPL Commons hackathon on Oct. 24–25 in New York
- —The hackathon offers over $40,000 in prizes across four tracks, including agentic finance
- —In November 2025, Ripple, Mastercard, WebBank and Gemini explored RLUSD settlement for card transactions
- —Mastercard also supports USDC, PYUSD, USDG, USDP and SoFiUSD
Why it matters: Mastercard's endorsement strengthens RLUSD's case as a settlement stablecoin for mainstream payments.
Source: U.Today