stablecoin
Stablecoins can ease Vietnam cross-border settlement, but domestic payments stay on local rails: Circle
Vietnam ranks fourth globally in grassroots crypto adoption and 17-21 million of its 101.6 million people hold digital assets, said Vidit Agrawal, Vice President, Partnerships & Business Development, APAC, at Circle.
Japan’s SBI, Singapore’s Startale join Open Standard to explore yen-dollar stablecoin link with JPYSC, OUSD
SBI Holdings, the Japanese financial services group, and Startale Group, a Singapore-registered Web3 infrastructure developer, have joined Open Standard, an alliance backing the U.S. dollar stablecoin Open USD (OUSD).
Half of Asia-Pacific consumers open to stablecoins within 5 years: Visa
Nearly half of consumers in the Asia-Pacific region say they are likely to use stablecoins within five years, according to Consumer 360 study, a survey conducted by payments company Visa.
US-based Circle to buy Singapore’s Tazapay for $400M to expand USDC cross-border payments
The United States-based Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, will acquire Singapore's Tazapay, a cross-border business-payments company, in an all-stock deal to expand its global payments network.
Stablecoin card spending passes $10.9B as sector matures: RedotPay
Consumers have spent more than $10.9 billion using payment cards linked to stablecoins, Hong Kong-based card company RedotPay quoted data from Paymentscan as saying.
Visa joins Singapore’s stablecoin project, to pilot 7-day settlement with Nium
The United States-based payment network Visa has joined BLOOM, an initiative led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to enable interoperability between traditional payment systems and stablecoin-based payment rails.
Digital business service TP, Singapore’s dtcpay to jointly boost stablecoin payment across APAC
TP, a global digital business services company, and Singapore-based regulated digital payments provider dtcpay will jointly deliver 24/7 customer engagement operations, supporting dtcpay's customers and merchants in English and Mandarin across digital and voice channels.
Visa unveils AI, stablecoin capabilities to power next generation of commerce
Visa has announced a suite of new artificial intelligence (AI), stablecoin, and token capabilities at its Payments Forum 2026 in San Francisco.
Fasset raises $51M to expand stablecoin banking services in Asia, Americas, Africa
Fasset, a banking and investment platform headquartered in the United States, has raised $51 million in a Series B funding round as it expands its stablecoin-powered banking and financial infrastructure services across Asia, including Southeast Asia, and other emerging markets.
AWARP secures investment Animoca Brands for ASEAN financial infrastructure expansion
AWARP, a financial infrastructure project focused on emerging markets, has secured a strategic investment from Animoca Brands to support the development of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and cross-border payment networks.
