Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is preparing to approve the issuance of yen-denominated stablecoins as early as this fall, marking the first time the country will allow a domestic fiat-pegged digital currency.
Tokyo-based fintech firm JPYC will register as a money transfer business within the month and will lead the rollout, Japanese news outlet The Nihon Keizai Shimbun data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/company/us/C/news/?DisplayType=1&ng=DGXZQOUB146U8014082025000000″ title=”null”>reported on Sunday.
JPYC is designed to maintain a fixed value of 1 JPY = 1 yen, backed by highly liquid assets such as bank deposits and Japanese government bonds. After…

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