Mastercard and Sei say institutional blockchain adoption has moved past core technical bottlenecks

Mastercard and Sei say institutional blockchain adoption has moved past core technical bottlenecks

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2026-08-26 16:19:12
Mastercard and the Sei Development Foundation have released a joint report, The foundations of institutional blockchain, arguing that institutional blockchain adoption has moved beyond earlier technical constraints. Based on more than 40 expert interviews, the report says network performance has improved by 100x since 2019, shifting the focus for production deployments toward settlement finality and governance compliance rather than raw technical feasibility alone. The report also points to growing on-chain asset tokenization. It says more than $27 billion in assets have already been tokenized on-chain, and notes that BlackRock’s tokenized Treasury fund surpassed $2.5 billion in assets under management in May. In addition, the report says institutions typically go through five stages when evaluating blockchain adoption. Priorities vary by use case: real-time payments place more weight on throughput, while treasury workflows focus more heavily on governance and compliance requirements.

Mastercard and the Sei Development Foundation have published a joint report, The foundations of institutional blockchain, saying institutional blockchain adoption has moved past core technical bottlenecks.

According to the report, which draws on more than 40 expert interviews, network performance has improved by 100x since 2019. It says settlement finality and governance compliance are now the key issues for production deployment.

The report adds that more than $27 billion in assets have already been tokenized on-chain. It also says BlackRock’s tokenized Treasury fund surpassed $2.5 billion in assets under management in May.

Mastercard and Sei said institutions typically pass through five stages when evaluating blockchain adoption. The report notes that priorities differ by use case: real-time payments focus on throughput, while treasury workflows put more weight on governance and compliance.

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