stablecoin
The inaugural episode of "The FoRC: The Future of Regulatory Compliance," a new series from Solidus Labs, features Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle. Chen Arad, the host, introduces Disparte not just as a policy expert but as the "Hamilton of
payments
The European Central Bank's Legal Conference was held on September 1 & 2, titled "Building Europe's Autonomy: Law, Institutions, Cooperation." It included a panel on "Resilience, autonomy and cooperation in payments and clearing systems," with the following brief: Enhancing payment and clearing
stablecoin
Prior to the start of the Stripe Tour Tokyo main event, Stripe hosted a policy-themed breakfast discussion to explore the transformative potential of stablecoins, bringing together representatives from finance, technology, and regulatory bodies. The session provided a deep dive into the past, present, and future of this emerging financial technology,
DeFi
At the beginning of August, S&P Global Ratings assigned its 'B-' issuer credit rating to Sky Protocol. The outlook is stable. Subsequently, S&P Global Ratings hosted webinar titled "Understanding Our Credit Approach to Sky," which detailed the methodology and rationale for assigning
web3
A focused finance session in Osaka followed by two main conference days in Tokyo—this was my firsthand experience at WebX 2025. I have combined on-site observations, in-depth conversations, trend insights, and policy interpretations to offer those who could not attend a more vivid and complete sense of being there—
stablecoin
Densan System has concluded a basic agreement on joint study with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Ava Labs with the aim of creating new services related to future stablecoin payment, distribution, and management. Overview of the Agreement SMBC, Densan System, and Ava Labs will study approaches to the sound distribution
venture capital
Tazapay, a leading global cross-border payments infrastructure platform, has successfully closed its Series B funding round with investment from Peak XV Partners, Ripple, Circle Ventures, Norinchukin Capital, and GMO VenturePartners. Existing investor Peak XV Partners led the round and 2 other existing investors January Capital and ARC180 joined the round.
stablecoin
Simplex and Ava Labs have conducted a proof of concept combining Simplex's stablecoin issuance and redemption system "Simplex Stablecoin" with Ava Labs' blockchain infrastructure service "AvaCloud" to achieve financial services-grade availability and low latency. Currently, many financial institutions and companies domestically and internationally
tokenization
What a day in Osaka on Friday! In a series of coordinated announcements SBI Holdings unveiled a multi-faceted strategy to build and dominate the next generation of digital finance. Through landmark partnerships with global crypto leaders Startale Group, Ripple, and Circle, as well as Japanese financial titan Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
venture capital
Mesh, the leading crypto payments network, today announced additional investments from PayPal Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Uphold, Mirana Ventures (venture partner for ByBit), SBI Investment, Overlook Ventures, Kingsway Capital, Moderne Ventures and CE-Ventures, bringing total capital funding to more than $130 million. This support positions the company to accelerate its impact
corporate venture capital
Hokkoku Financial Holdings (Hokkoku FHD) Group's Hokkoku Bank and Soft Space have commenced the development of a SoftPOS solution that enables touch payments from international payment networks including Visa, and for the first time in the world, payments using deposit-type stablecoins. At the same time, QR Investment, a
stablecoin
Simplex has launched its stablecoin issuance and redemption system "Simplex Stablecoin." Stablecoins are payment instruments that possess the characteristics of cryptocurrencies—enabling instant and low-cost transfers—while maintaining stability by pegging their value to fiat currencies. With the amendment of the Payment Services Act in June 2023, which