Mastercard sponsors XRP Ledger hackathon in New York

Mastercard will sponsor a 36-hour XRP Ledger hackathon scheduled for Oct. 24–25 in New York, XRPL Commons announced on Aug. 26. Summary Mastercard sponsors 36-hour XRP Ledger hackathon in New York on October 24–25, XRPL Commons confirmed. Four event tracks cover protocol development, agentic finance, lending and projects adding XRPL functionality directly. Mastercard separately plans regulated stablecoin settlement supporting RLUSD across XRPL and seven additional blockchain networks. Ripple, Mastercard, WebBank and Gemini are exploring RLUSD settlement for Gemini credit card transactions together. Sponsorship confirms event participation, not a new Mastercard product or commercial deployment on XRPL itself. The event will bring developers together to build and launch applications before Ripple’s Swell conference. Mastercard’s sponsorship confirms its involvement in the developer event but does not represent a new payment product or XRPL deployment. Mastercard joins four-track XRP Ledger event The XRP Ledger Hackathon will cover four tracks: protocol innovation, agentic finance, lending and borrowing, and an open category for other projects. The protocol track will focus on core ne...