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China has spoken out against the creation and usage of artificial intelligence chatbots that encourage suicide and gambling amongst its population. Regulators in China are planning a clampdown on AI-powered chatbots that are pushing people into suicidal emotions, self-harm activities, and gambling.

The development comes as two leading chatbot companies in China recently filed for IPOs in Hong Kong. According to reports, the newly proposed measures that were announced on Saturday will apply to AI products or services that are offered to the public in China that simulate human personality and engage users emotionally via texts, images, audio, or video.

China wants to protect minors from self-harm

According to the draft rules that were released on Saturday by the Cyberspace Administration, these are targeted at what it has termed “human-like interactive AI services,” as per CNBC’s translation of the Chinese-language document. The draft rules have several proposals. For example, AI chatbots cannot generate content that encourages self-harm or suicide, engage in verbal violence, or engage in emotional manipulation that can damage users’ mental health.

In addition, AI chatbots are not supposed to create obscene or violent, or gambling-related content. According to the draft rules, if a user proposes suicide, the AI company is supposed to have a human who takes over the conversation and immediately contacts the user’s guardian or a designated individual. The draft rules also propose that minors have guardian consent for emotional companionship use, with time limits on usage.

Under the new rules, AI platforms are expected to decide if a user is an adult or a minor even if they do not disclose their age. In the event of doubts, platforms must apply settings for minors, while allowing for appeals. Once finalized, these rules would mark the world’s first attempt to regulate AI with human or anthropomorphic characteristics, according to NYU School of Law professor Winston Ma.

These developments come as businesses have rapidly developed AI companions and digital celebrities. When comparing this with China’s 2023 generative AI regulation, Ma opined that this version “highlights a leap from content safety to emotional.” The proposals come as two Chinese AI chatbot startups, Z.ai and Minimax, have this month filed for initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong.

Minimax is best known for its Talkie AI app that lets users chat with virtual characters. According to CNBC, the app and its domestic Chinese version, known as Xingye, accounted for more than a third of the firm’s revenue in the first three quarters of the year, with an average of over 20 million monthly active users during that time.

As for Z.ai, which is also known as Zhipu, it filed under the name Knowledge Atlas Technology, but did not disclose its monthly active users. However, the AI company revealed that its technology is on about 80 million devices, including smartphones, personal computers, and smart vehicles. As previously reported by Cryptopolitan, the two AI startups, both backed by Alibaba and Tencent, are targeting to go public in early January next year on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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ソラナの準備金は、上場投資信託（ETF）および財務会社で保有されており、流通供給量の約5％に達しました。その供給量は一部がステーキングに使用され、バリデーターを支援するためにも使われました。

2025年、ソラナエコシステムは別の重要な資金流入源を見ました。2025年の購入ペースは不均一で、SOLは依然として価格の課題に直面しています。それにもかかわらず、これらの保有者の影響は2026年にもソラナに影響を与え続ける可能性があります。ソラナの戦略的エンティティは、20M SOL以上を準備金として蓄積し、評価額は26億ドルです。その準備金のうち、約9.5M SOLはバリデーターと共にステークされており、彼らの影響力が増しています。

The difficulty of the Bitcoin mining has plunged to 148.2 trillion, the most challenging point since there used to be significant controversies of miners involved in the network. 

The increase is due to higher hash power by industrial miners and thus making it hard to operate as a small-scale player. Analysts observe that the expansion highlights the strength of the network and the struggles of the miners.

Difficulty is increased by hash power

The difficulty shoot up is directly associated with the increase in network hash power. The protocol of Bitcoin changes difficulty after every 2,016 blocks to ensure that the average block time is approximately 10 minutes. The system increases difficulty when the blocks are mined faster than desired and decreases when they are lagging behind. 

Through the latest adjustment, the mean block time was 9.95 minutes. Its current growth in hash rate has set the difficulty almost at record highs, and analysts estimate that it may rise above 149 trillion in the next checkpoint, likely to occur in early January 2026.

The highest network hash power of more than 1,150 exahashes per second occurred in October and was followed by a minor decrease in November. However, the overall computational power is still significantly beyond the January levels. This growth has been largely propelled by industrial miners who have access to expensive ASIC machines and a cheap power supply, and thus have an upper hand over small-scale miners.

Effects on the miners and the security of networks

Difficulty is rising, and that raises the amount of resources required to mine new blocks of Bitcoin. Increased computational requirements imply increased electricity use and cost of operation, which may put smaller miners under stress. Although bigger players are able to absorb such costs, smaller players experience more and more pressure to make profits.

The difficulty mechanism provides network protection in terms of constant block production and predictable Bitcoin issuance. It offers decentralized resilience of consensus and minimizes the danger of network attacks, and maintains stability even in the case of high competition between miners. The protocol recalibrates approximately every two weeks, which is at a constant rate regardless of changes that happen in the hash power or market conditions.

Implications of market and network prospects

Analysts regard the strengthening of the difficulty as an indicator of the strength of the network as a whole. The more complicated it is, the more secure Bitcoin becomes and the more stable it is in the long run. Nevertheless, the increased operational expenses and unstable prices of Bitcoin can now pose a challenge to the continued operation of smaller miners. 

The subsequent change in January 2026 may shoot the challenge even higher, assuming that the hash power keeps expanding, indicating another stage of increased rivalry and net strength.

The issue of mining difficulty of Bitcoin proves the adaptive design of the protocol, the balance between security, decentralization, and the predictability of issues. The metrics of health and resilience of the ecosystem will be strictly tracked by miners and analysts in the network as the network enters 2026.

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香港の財務長官ポール・チャンは、2025年の経済予測を3.2%に引き上げ、今年の初めに当局が予測していたものからの跳躍となりました。

チャンは、金融、技術、貿易などの分野における都市の役割を強化することで、この上昇傾向を維持する計画です。2月の初めに、彼は成長が2%から3%の間に収まると予測していました。

香港は株式上場で記録的な年を迎えています

香港は今年、新しい株式上場で世界をリードしており、当局は東南アジアや中東の企業に上場を促しています。チャンは最近のブログ投稿で、この都市が中国の通貨のより広範な世界的受け入れを奨励すると述べました。この計画は、技術的進歩に大きな優先順位を置いています。

Big Ethereum player Bitmine has also launched staking on its Ethereum holdings, which represents about 74880 ETH in value amounting to 219 million. 

This position is the first time that the company made a profit out of its Ethereum treasury which is now over 4 million tokens. Bitmine plans to earn 5% of the overall supply of Ethereum in addition to earning a large amount of staking revenue.

Bitmine Activates Ethereum Staking

Recently, a considerable number of Ethers were deposited into the BatchDeposit contract by Bitmine-linked wallets. The staking program will enable the company to obtain an average of 3.12% yield on its investments every year. On-chain analyst EmberCN outlined that assuming that Bitmine puts all of its 4.066 million ETH to stake it can earn around 126,800 ETH in interest per year, worth now $371 million. The company had not staked previously despite having one of the largest treasuries in the market in Ethereum.

The company has bought almost 100,000 ETH last week with an average price of 2,991 allotted to each token. These acquisitions put the company back on track to profit as Ethereum rose to a level of above $3000. The staking of the company is in line with the long-term accumulation plan of Ethereum, which is highlighted by Chairman Tom Lee. Bitmine already owns approximately 3.37% of the total supply of Ethereum and intends to take it to 5%.

Strategic Growth and Institutional Influence

Bitmine has increased its stock by 606% since June as investors are optimistic about its focused Ethereum exposure. The company plans to increase its staking business using its Made-in-America Validator Network. The first program will be a pilot program involving three institutional partners, which will aim at generating further investment value through staking as it pursues its core accumulation program.

The rising applicability of Ethereum to tokenization and institutional finance is emphasized by industry experts. Sharplink Gaming co-CEO Joseph Chalom estimates that the overall value locked in Ethereum will be ten times higher in 2026 as more applications and institutional users are on-chain. Stablecoins and real world assets will also play a major role in the growth of Ethereum and the market can grow by up to half a trillion by the year end.

Ethereum’s Market Outlook

Tom Lee is optimistic about Ethereum and predicts that the price will be between $7000 and $9000 at the beginning of 2026. He identifies the dominance of the network in tokenized assets, stablecoins, and real-world assets as some of the main drivers of growth. There will be institutional interests in large financial institutions such as JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Franklin Templeton, and BlackRock, which will increase their support of Ethereum as the core of blockchain development.

Another point that Chalom emphasizes is the role of Ethereum as a financial insurance against global financial changes. According to her, the tokenization of equities and institutional participation make it strategic. Staking returns combined with treasury accruals and market development make Ethereum an essential technology asset to both investors and institutions.

The staking initiative by Bitmine can be interpreted as an indication of a rise in confidence in the long-term prospects of Ethereum and its central role in the changing crypto ecosystem.

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As tokenized real-world assets on the XDC Network cross $717 million, data from TradeFi.Network shows nearly half of that capital now sits inside a private-credit allocator; institutional finance is actually moving on-chain.

On-chain data from TradeFi.Network shows that total RWAs tokenized on the XDC Network have reached $717 million. More striking, however, is where that capital is concentrated: $345.3 million, roughly 48% of the network’s RWA, is now deployed through VERT Capital in USDC-denominated private credit pools. The data points to something more deliberate: institutional private credit moving on-chain at scale and selectively.

(Source: TradeFi Network )

What the Data Signals

Three signals emerge clearly from the numbers:

Capital is consolidating, not diversifying.Nearly half of all RWAs on XDC are managed by a single private-credit allocator, suggesting conviction rather than experimentation.

Private credit has overtaken other RWA categories.Unlike tokenized treasuries or commodities, these pools represent long-duration, yield-bearing credit instruments, traditionally among the least transparent corners of finance.

Settlement risk is being minimized.The exclusive use of USDC indicates institutional preference for regulated, fiat-backed settlement over volatile crypto assets.

Why XDC, and Why Now?

Private credit markets exceed $1.6 trillion globally and are expected to reach $3 trillion, according to Moody’s analysis, yet much of the infrastructure remains manual and opaque. Tokenization does not change credit risk, but it radically changes settlement speed, reporting, and operational efficiency.

(source: Moody)

The XDC Network has quietly positioned itself around those exact requirements: low transaction costs, predictable finality, and permission-aware infrastructure tailored for financial institutions.

The result, according to TradeFi data, is not a surge of small issuers, but fewer, larger pools deploying meaningful capital.

One of the largest concentrations of tokenized private credit has formed without marketing campaigns or retail incentives. If this pattern continues, the next phase of RWA adoption may be defined less by pilots and more by which blockchains quietly become settlement layers for institutional balance sheets. 

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JPMorgan has frozen the accounts of two Y Combinator-backed stablecoin startups, Blindpay and Kontigo, over links to Venezuela, a country currently under heavy United States sanctions.

According to reports, both startups had connected to JPMorgan through Checkbook, a United States-based payments company. But the association with high-risk jurisdictions set off alarm bells. In its statement, JPMorgan insisted it is not cracking down on stablecoins. “This has nothing to do with stablecoin companies,” a bank spokesperson allegedly said. “We bank both stablecoin issuers and stablecoin-related businesses, and we recently took a stablecoin issuer public.”

JPMorgan freezes accounts over Venezuela sanctions

Still, the startups’ activity in Venezuela triggered concerns tied to the United States’ financial rules, especially sanctions enforcement. Banks like JPMorgan are mandated to know who they’re dealing with and where their money is coming from, or else the SEC would visit with sanctions.

While JPMorgan was shutting off access, President Donald Trump was going full steam ahead with new actions against Venezuela. Two weeks ago, Trump’s administration intercepted two tankers full of Venezuelan oil, with a third one now being tracked. Speaking to reporters, the president said, “Maybe we will sell it, maybe we will keep it. Maybe we’ll use it in the strategic reserves. We’re keeping the ships also.”

At the center of the crackdown is Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA, which has been blacklisted under Executive Orders 13850 and 13884 since 2019. Trump’s Treasury Department claimed in its official notice that oil sales are keeping Nicolás Maduro’s regime afloat. Earlier this month, they officially labeled fentanyl (which they allege flows through Venezuela) a “weapon of mass destruction.”

The United States Treasury Department, on December 11, sanctioned six shipping companies that have been moving oil out of Venezuela using shady location tactics and fake data transmissions. The first company is Myra Marine Limited, based in the Marshall Islands. Next is Arctic Voyager Incorporated, also from the Marshall Islands. Then there’s Poweroy Investment Limited, registered in the British Virgin Islands.

Ready Great Limited, also from the Marshall Islands, was also sanctioned along with Sino Marine Services Limited, a UK-registered company that runs the TAMIA (IMO: 9315642), which was flagged in Hong Kong. Lastly, Full Happy Limited, also registered in the Marshall Islands, took on oil in late May and sent it to Asia. Just like the others, it got hit with the same designation: E.O. 13850.

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インドの元Coinbaseサポートエージェントが、今年初めに暗号大手に関する大規模なセキュリティ侵害に関連して逮捕されました。この逮捕は、Coinbaseとハイデラバードのインド警察の両方によって確認され、ハッカーが顧客情報を盗むためにカスタマーサービススタッフに賄賂を贈った数ヶ月後に行われました。

侵害は2000万ドルの身代金要求を引き起こし、会社は4億ドルの影響に直面しました。侵害は5月に始まり、ハッカーはアメリカ国外のCoinbaseの契約者からアクセスを購入することに成功し、内部システムに侵入しました。「これらの攻撃者が行っていたことは、私たちのビジネスプロセスアウトソーシングやサポート業務に関連するインドに拠点を置くCoinbaseの従業員や契約者を見つけ出し、顧客データを取得するために賄賂を贈ることでした」とCoinbaseの最高セキュリティ責任者フィリップ・マーチンは述べています。

XRPは、アナリストが短期的なドライバーが限られていると指摘する中、横ばいの動きの期間に入る準備が整っているようです。

市場の観察者は、トークンが持続的な価格成長を再開する前に新たなカタリストが必要だと言っています。

ナンセンの上級リサーチアナリスト、ジェイク・ケニスは、XRPがより広い条件が改善されるまで勢いを得るのに苦労する可能性があると述べました。彼は2026年後半にはリスク資産に対してより支援的な条件が期待されると考えていますが、短期的なセンチメントは引き続き慎重です。

XRPの見通しは短期的には中立のままです

ケニスは、アルトコインはビットコインが統合されるか明確な底を形成するまで、穏やかな下押し圧力に直面すると述べました。彼は2026年の価格目標を提示しませんでした。ただし、彼はXRPの価格上昇のための潜在的な長期ドライバーを概説しました。

ビットコイン価格の変動は偶然ではなく、日本が提供する新しい事実がそれを確認できる。

研究者によると、ブロックチェーンの運用は価格のボラティリティの前に警告信号を提供する能力を持っている。結果はビットコインのボラティリティの性質に関する従来の考え方と対立している。

日本の学者やアナリストは、取引ネットワークを研究することで市場のショックを予測できると述べている。彼らの運用は人工知能に基づいており、従来の価格情報や取引量情報には基づいていない。この研究は、より多くの日本企業がビットコインを企業のバランスシートに含める時期に行われている。

リトアニアは、暗号プラットフォームと企業が12月31日までに運営のためのライセンスを取得しなければならないことを発表しました。この国の中央銀行からの警告によれば、規則に従わない企業は制裁を受けることになります。

バルト三国が欧州の規則を厳格に施行する姿勢を示している中、リトアニアのすべての暗号関連法人はライセンスを取得する義務があり、ビリニュスの金融当局は最後の瞬間まで申請を待たないように促しています。暗号通貨交換やウォレット運営者など、活動している企業が必要な認可を得ることができる移行期間は、2025年末に終了する予定です。

Trust Walletは、最新のアップデートの1つと同時にセキュリティインシデントを報告しました。オンチェーン研究者ZachXBTは、600万ドル以上の盗まれた資金を特定しました。Trust Walletは、このインシデントがブラウザ拡張機能のバージョン2.68に関連していると述べました。

プラットフォームは、ユーザーに拡張機能を無効にし、バージョン2.69に移行するよう警告しました。しかし、モバイルのユーザーはこの侵害の影響を受けませんでした。Trust Walletは、ネイティブ予測市場を追加した後にニュースに登場しました。以前は、ウォレットはすべてのWeb3活動のためのワンストップハブとして機能していました。

RWAトークン化は2025年に暗号通貨のストーリーをリードし、大部分のデジタル資産セクターは弱いまたはネガティブなリターンを示しました。

トークン化された実世界の資産は、遅いオルトコイン市場と慎重な投資家のセンチメントの中で際立っています。

広範な暗号市場は2025年に控えめなパフォーマンスを示し、いくつかのセクターが利益を維持しました。投資家は投機的な成長よりもインフラ、利回り、および規制されたエクスポージャーを好みました。このシフトはすべての主要なストーリーにわたる市場の結果に影響を与えました。

RWAトークン化は市場を上回っています。

RWAトークン化は2025年の暗号通貨のストーリーの中で最も強いパフォーマンスを記録しました。Coingeckoの調査によると、主要なRWAトークンは年間平均185.8%の上昇を記録しました。需要はトークン化された株式や国債を含む、従来の金融商品へのオンチェーンアクセスに集中しました。

BTC and ETH markets take on record year-end options expiry as traders liquidate positions worth $28 billion on Deribit. 

The expiry was a monthly, quarterly, and annual combination contract, and it became the biggest event in history. The markets were resilient, but the data of options indicated pessimism and a desire to insure against a fall.

gm to everyone who knows that the largest options expiry day of the year is here

— Deribit (@DeribitOfficial) December 26, 2025

The crypto derivatives market is being reinvented by record options expiry

In the year-end trading period, Deribit recorded the biggest options expiry in crypto history. The event was over 50% of the total number of open options on the site. The amount of trading improved before the settlement with investors reorganizing their portfolios.

Bitcoin options took center stage on the expiry, and approximately 267,000 contracts were expired. The notional annual value of the BTC options was equal to 23.6 billion. The put-to-call ratio was 0.35, indicating that more calls were in demand even though the risk was increasing.

Etherium was also busy, and 1.28 million options were expiring. These agreements were worth not less than $3.71 billion. The highest level of pain realized by ETH options was around the 3,100 level.

Options that have a maturity of March comprise approximately 30% of open interest. The change is an indicator of a new orientation towards the next quarter. The role of institutional participation and large holders increased in terms of scale of activity.

Deribit awaits a record options expiry event, with $28B in notional positions expiring, out of a total open interest of $42B. | Source: CoinGlass.

Market sentiment reflects rising caution among traders

The expiry of the options was at a time when there was poor sentiment in the crypto markets. The fear and greed index was 27, which is slightly more than the previous week. The pressure on prices was put on by low liquidity at the end of the year.

Bitcoin and Ethereum were further pressured by lower levels of trade. The optimism about the broader market died following the recent price movements. This is why the fourth quarter of 2025 became one of the most difficult in recent years.

At the beginning of the year, Bitcoin rose to its highs, but he could not manage to maintain the momentum. There was abrupt volatility that triggered selling pressure and long liquidations. The data on options indicated that more hedging was taken against further falls.

Options positioning points to downside expectations

Deribit positioning shows traders are cautious on the near-term prospects of Bitcoin. The clusters of put options are found in the range of 75,000 to 85,000. The highest concentration of open contracts is in the strike of $75,000.

The call options rise beyond the 90,000 mark. This pattern will imply that dealers anticipate opposition prior to the revival of an upswing. The highest possible BTC options are around $95,000, which is above the existing spot prices.

Bitcoin was trading at close to $88,701 in a narrow band over several weeks. Efforts to sell above $90,000 have been met with uniform selling. Analysts project volatility in the short run, trading through skinny holiday trading.

The markets of BTC and ETH can absorb the record year-end expiry of options with a significant lack of severe disruption. But options data reveal continued precautions on the part of traders. The market is currently seeking better directional indicators at the beginning of 2026.

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Ethereumの共同開発者であるヴィタリック・ブテリンは、未来のバグのないスマートコントラクトを予測しています。ブテリンによれば、セキュリティを重視する開発者は、2030年代にバグのないコーディングが実現可能になることを期待できるとのことです。

Gnosis Chainの物議を醸すハードフォークの後、バランサーのハッキングから940万ドルを回収するために、Ethereumの共同創設者であるヴィタリック・ブテリンは「バグは避けられないものであり、バグのないコードを作ることはできない」という信念は2030年代には真実ではなくなるだろうと述べました。ブテリンはこのことをブログプラットフォームXで、プラットフォーム上の複数のユーザーとやり取りした後に発表しました。

PENGUは、他の暗号通貨市場がさらに赤字に落ち込む中でも、引き続き利益を登録しています。この開発は、Pudgy Penguinsが投資家を驚かせ、文化イベントやエンターテイメントのための世界的に有名な会場であるラスベガススフィアを訪問した後に発生しました。

いくつかの市場の観察者は、これは広範な売却の中での異常値だと言いました。投資家が暗号通貨を手放す中、ノーコイナーたちは技術的な進展ではなくブランドの勢いによりPENGUに集まりました。発表時点で、PENGUはCoinMarketCapで取引されており、過去24時間で1.8%の増加で$0.00906となっています。これらの利益は、同様の期間にそれぞれの価値が減少した他のトークンに対して顕著な改善を示しています。

Binance’s CZ has again urged Bitcoin investors to act during fear, not excitement. He said long-term gains often come from buying amid uncertainty, not at record highs.

Changpeng Zhao shared the view in a recent X post. He argued that early Bitcoin buyers entered during fear, uncertainty, and doubt. He added that few successful investors bought at all-time highs.

Binance’s CZ highlights fear as the best entry point

Binance’s CZ reminded traders that regret often appears after strong rallies. He said investors wish they bought earlier, yet ignore fearful conditions. According to Zhao, those moments define strong conviction.

His remarks came during uneven crypto sentiment. Market indicators had stayed in extreme fear for weeks. They later showed slight recovery, signaling caution instead of optimism.

Zhao has often linked emotion to poor timing. He warned that excitement usually appears near market tops. Fear tends to dominate when prices weaken. He believes disciplined investors act against crowd sentiment.

Crypto community echoes Zhao’s market stance

Several traders supported Zhao’s comments online. An X user encouraged buying Bitcoin during the holiday period. He claimed institutions are quietly positioning for a possible 2026 rally.

Another user said real wealth forms during doubt, not hype. He argued that early investing demands emotional strength. He noted that fear, not price, discourages most participants.

Lawrence Lanzilli also backed the view. He said conviction grows when sentiment turns negative. He added that similar patterns may appear in AI-linked tokens.

RWAlytics, an Australian tokenization insights firm, shared a similar message. It stated that traders want low prices without fear. It argued that fear is unavoidable during early accumulation phases.

Another market observer compared current conditions to the 2018 bear market. He said quiet downturns often prepare the next cycle. He suggested the current lull could serve a similar role.

Market data shows pressure across digital assets

On December 24, the total crypto market value slipped 1.1%. Combined capitalization stood near $3.02 trillion. Daily trading volume reached $98.49 billion.

Losses spread across most assets during the session. Bitcoin still held a market cap of nearly $1.73 trillion. It maintained clear dominance despite broad weakness.

Zhao has long promoted buying during fear and selling during greed. In late November, he repeated that strategy publicly. He said profit comes from understanding cycles, not emotions.

Some critics questioned his timing due to market volatility. Others supported the message and urged patience. Binance CEO Richard Teng also reassured investors then. He said volatility affects all asset classes.

In earlier remarks, Zhao warned against panic selling. He said education builds confidence during downturns. He urged investors to understand finance, technology, and global trends.

Binance’s CZ continues to stress discipline over emotion. His message remains consistent during uncertain market phases.

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South Korean payment company BC Card has concluded its pilot program testing how foreign consumers can pay domestic merchants using stablecoins. The initiative assessed the stability and practicality of integrating digital currencies into the payment ecosystem of the Northeast Asian country.

According to a press statement published on BC Card’s website late Tuesday, the two-month-long pilot was conducted in partnership with blockchain financial firm Wavebridge, international digital wallet provider Aaron Group, and cross-border remittance company Global Money Express.

BC Card finalizes testing phase for stablecoins remittance

In September, BC Card filed a patent for the technology to facilitate stablecoin payments, becoming the first company in the South Korean market to do so. The system calculates the exact number of coins to be deducted from a customer’s digital wallet, accounting for price fluctuations in exchanges, so consumers pay only the necessary amount.

During a press briefing at the time of the patent filing, the president of BC Card, Choi Won-seok, said stablecoins are “a powerful paradigm that can transform existing payment processes.” “As the operator of Korea’s largest payment network, BC Card will lead efforts to create an environment where stablecoin payments can be used anywhere with ease,” Choi told reporters.

The South Korean payment giant has now completed the program, saying it “verified whether foreign currency-based stablecoins held by foreigners could be used within the domestic payment environment.” The demonstration involved converting stablecoins held in overseas wallets into digital prepaid cards, then using the currency-pegged coins at local cafes and supermarkets through only a QR code, similar to its cross-border payment system with Thailand’s Bangkok Bank.

In July, Bangkok Bank and South Korea’s BC Card partnered to launch cross-border QR payments between Thailand and South Korea. South Korean users of the Paybooc app can now make instant QR payments while in Thailand, with transactions processed using real-time exchange rates, according to the companies’ press release. The stablecoin pilot program also incorporated payments into BC Card’s existing card approval and settlement system.

According to BC Card executives, the technical verification test is a preparatory step for creating a stablecoin payment structure in preparation for changes in domestic laws and financial regulations. The company also mentioned it would continue collaborating with crypto-affiliated organizations to help develop a “Korean-style stablecoin payment infrastructure.”

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