Mastercard obtains two cryptocurrency transaction patents that can predict money laundering risks before transfers and protect transaction privacy.
Original headline万事达卡获得两项加密货币交易专利，可在转账前预测洗钱风险并保护交易隐私
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Mastercard has secured two U.S. patents covering cryptocurrency transaction preprocessing and privacy-preserving transaction processing. The first patent analyzes both parties' historical on-chain records to simulate post-transfer risk changes, letting users assess money-laundering and terrorist-financing exposure before a transfer executes. The second allows transactions within an authorized private group, with a central approval system verifying balances and approving transfers to protect privacy while preventing double-spending. The patents build on Mastercard's Stablecoin Security service launched October 19, though the company has not confirmed whether the new technology will be integrated into it. What to watch next is whether Mastercard moves these patents from filing to product, extending its compliance and privacy infrastructure into stablecoin and broader crypto settlement flows.
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