Japan's top banks to jointly issue stablecoin, Nikkei says
17/10/2025 10:18
TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japan's three largest banks, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 8306.T, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 8316.T and Mizuho Financial Group 8411.T, will jointly issue "stablecoins", digital currencies pegged to the value of real-world currencies, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. The banks will build a structure for their corporate clients to allow for stablecoins to be transferred between them along uniform standards, initially issuing a yen-pegged coin and potentially a dollar-pegged coin in the future, the Nikkei said. (Reporting by Anton Bridge Editing by Tomasz Janowski) ((Anton.Bridge@thomsonreuters.com;))
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