Why South Korea and Japan are bidding to make 2026 the year of the stablecoin [Yahoo! Finance]
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But next year will see stablecoin issuance properly take flight in Japan, with adoption following suit, say industry insiders. “The issuance of approved and licensed yen-denominated stablecoins will increase fivefold by the end of 2026,” Kyle Ellicott, executive director at the blockchain firm Stacks Asia Foundation, told DL News . “The market's volumes will surpass $50 million, driven by the first Japanese yen stablecoin's early 2025 traction.” While Japanese regulators have already approved yen-backed tokens, South Korea's president Lee Jae-myung is determined not to lag behind, placing won stablecoin adoption at the center of his economic plans. With both countries hoping to make 2026 a stablecoin-powered success, what do experts think of their chances? Stablecoin issuers are set to become major buyers of Japanese government bonds and influence the Bank of Japan's control over monetary policy, said the head of JPYC, two weeks after issuing an eponymous stablecoin. The la
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