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Mastercard may be looking to integrate blockchain into its payments infrastructure. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a  new application  from the financial giant this week that outlines a solution for a "uniform settlement system" – one that would help ease some of the friction involved with business-to-business payments. Specific issues cited in the application include growing data storage demands and the overall volume of transactions. Notably, Mastercard suggests in the text that such a system could include a blockchain-based ledger of transactions. As the application explains: "In some embodiments, the ledger may be a blockchain configured to store the associated data. ... In the system, the data values may include the purchase orders, invoices, transaction data, and other data stored in the ledger as discussed herein." Mastercard clarified that the blockchain would be able to automatically note all changes made to the

There's a new party interested in initial coin offerings (ICOs): global governments. This time, though, they aren’t just out to warn citizens or regulate the new mechanism. Instead, at least one progressive government is considering whether it can take advantage of the technology.  The Baltic nation of Estonia made a splash last month proposing a government-supported token – the "estcoin" – as an extension of its e-Residency program. As detailed in a blog post that quickly vent viral, the proceeds would be used to create a type of public-private sovereign wealth fund that would invest in Estonian digital infrastructure projects and technology startups.  ADVERTISEMENT The idea won equal praise and derision, getting lambasted by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi. During his regular press conference, Draghi commented on Estonia's bid: " No member state can introduce its own currency; the currency of the euro zone is the euro.