Mastercard Alternatives: 8 Companies Compared company
Why these alternatives
Mastercard is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 53 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0522. The 8 companies below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Mastercard — the chains, companies, auditors, investors and events that connect them — ranked by shared neighbors, then by their own graph centrality (PageRank).
Comparison table
| # | Alternative | Type | Category | Graph connections | Shared with Mastercard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visa | company | — | 51 | 10 |
| 2 | Circle | company | — | 100 | 8 |
| 3 | Coinbase | company | exchange | 88 | 8 |
| 4 | BlackRock | company | — | 101 | 6 |
| 5 | Stripe | company | — | 30 | 6 |
| 6 | JPMorgan | company | — | 58 | 5 |
| 7 | BNY Mellon | company | — | 42 | 5 |
| 8 | Ondo Finance | company | — | 37 | 5 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Visa
Visa is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 51 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0544. It shares 10 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including United States, USD Coin and Circle. The graph also records a direct “competes with” relation between Visa and Mastercard. Also known as Visa Inc.
2. Circle
Circle is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 100 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.1134. It shares 8 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including USD Coin, Fireblocks and Visa. The graph also records a direct “partnered with” relation between Circle and Mastercard. Also known as Circle Internet, Circle Internet Financial.
3. Coinbase
Coinbase is an exchange company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 88 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0880. It shares 8 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including United States, USD Coin and Circle. Also known as Coinbase Global, COIN.
4. BlackRock
BlackRock is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 101 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0977. It shares 6 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including United States, Circle and Anchorage Digital. Also known as BlackRock Inc.
5. Stripe
Stripe is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 30 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0350. It shares 6 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including USD Coin, Circle and Fireblocks. Also known as Stripe Inc.
6. JPMorgan
JPMorgan is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 58 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0477. It shares 5 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including United States, Chainlink Labs and Ondo Finance. The graph also records a direct “partnered with” relation between JPMorgan and Mastercard. Also known as JP Morgan, JPMorgan Chase.
7. BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 42 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0418. It shares 5 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including United States, USD Coin and Fireblocks.
8. Ondo Finance
Ondo Finance is a company tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 37 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0313. It shares 5 graph neighbors with Mastercard, including United States, JPMorgan and Chainlink Labs. The graph also records a direct “partnered with” relation between Ondo Finance and Mastercard.
How this list is built
DeFi Intel maps 11,787 entities and 25,338 relationships extracted from source-cited crypto news and research. An alternative to Mastercard is defined here as another tracked company ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Mastercard, with ties broken by PageRank (graph centrality). Only entities with their own DeFi Intel profile page are listed. This page is generated from the graph data alone and contains no editorial ranking or opinion.
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