Japan's regulator greenlights EJPY stablecoin under a trust-based model, exempting it from the 1 million yen per-transaction limit. EJPY will launch on Japan Open Chain by March 2027, with SBI and others following similar paths.

SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation are partnering on a new Japan venture focused on yen stablecoins and tokenized assets, with Solana taking a stake in SBI R3 Japan and the unit set to be renamed SBI Solana Global.

A sponsored article argues that Web3 adoption has been held back by broken trust, weak consumer onboarding, and poor compliance. It points to Startale, Soneium, Sony, and SBI as an example of how institutional credibility may help blockchain products reach mainstream users.

SBI VC Trade will open applications for JPYSC Lending on July 16 and begin lending on July 23, offering an initial 3% annual yield. The service is the first trust-type yen stablecoin lending product in Japan, but it does not carry deposit insurance.

Nonagon Capital and Startale Group have teamed up to support JPYSC, Japan's first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin, targeting a Q2 2026 launch with focus on AI agent payment use cases and a new 'Know Your Agent' identity system.

Circle and Nomura plan to launch an instant FX settlement service by 2027, letting Japanese firms use USDC for cross-border payments. Japan's stablecoin regulation is advancing, while tax and ETF reforms are on the table.

Japan’s three megabanks jointly launched Project Pax, aiming for ¥1 trillion stablecoin issuance by 2028. B2B settlement costs drop from 2-7% to under 0.5%, and JPYC became the world’s first fully regulated yen stablecoin.

SBI Holdings and Startale plan to launch JPYSC in Q2, a trust-backed yen stablecoin issued through SBI Shinsei Trust Bank, with use cases in cross-border settlement, RWA, and AI-driven automated payments.