Episode 27 – Christian Rau on digital assets, stablecoins, and the future of payments

In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Christian Rau, Senior Vice President of Digital Assets at Mastercard. Christian shares how blockchain and digital assets are being integrated into traditional payment systems, improving settlement efficiency and expanding how users interact with financial products. The conversation explores the role of stablecoins, the importance of security and regulatory alignment, and how bridging digital assets with fiat systems is key to mainstream adoption. They also discuss why mass adoption will come when the technology becomes invisible to the end user. This episode is for builders, investors, and financial operators focused on payments infrastructure and the evolution of digital assets.