{"id":180459,"date":"2025-11-18T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=180459"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:47:22","slug":"mastercard-brings-real-identity-to-web3-polygon-chosen-as-first-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/mastercard-brings-real-identity-to-web3-polygon-chosen-as-first-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastercard Brings Real Identity to Web3 – Polygon Chosen as First Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

The company has officially<\/a><\/strong> tapped Polygon to launch its first blockchain-powered system for human-readable wallet identities, a feature that replaces long, error-prone wallet addresses with simple, verified usernames.<\/p>\n

Instead of copying and pasting long strings of characters, users will soon be able to send crypto to a confirmed alias. These aliases are issued by payment infrastructure firm Mercuryo, which will handle identity checks and attach each username to a wallet through standard KYC verification.<\/p>\n

Once verified, users can request a soulbound token on Polygon \u2013 a permanent on-chain marker showing that the wallet belongs to a legitimate owner. This allows transfers to be validated without exposing personal data.<\/p>\n

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Mastercard\u2019s choice of Polygon wasn\u2019t accidental. The network\u2019s speed, low fees, and proven reliability made it the company\u2019s preferred starting point for a system that must process identity signals and payment requests without delay. The plan is to expand this credential layer across multiple chains, but Polygon will serve as the first proving ground.<\/p>\n

The initiative fits into Mastercard\u2019s broader effort to merge traditional financial standards with self-custody tools in Web3. By giving users simple, verified identities and reducing the friction of wallet-to-wallet transactions, Mastercard hopes to make decentralized payments feel familiar, safe, and accessible to mainstream users \u2013 and Polygon is the chain helping bring that vision to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mastercard has taken a major step toward making crypto payments feel as effortless as sending money through traditional apps – and it chose Polygon as the foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[424],"coin_category":[],"class_list":["post-180459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fintech","tag-crypto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMastercard Brings Real Identity to Web3 - Polygon Chosen as First Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mastercard has taken a major step toward making crypto payments feel as effortless as sending money through traditional apps ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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