XRP-Friendly SBI to Launch Japan Stablecoin in Q2, Ethereum May ‘Flip’ Bitcoin in Five Years Amid Quantum Threat, Cardano’s USDC Eyes Two-Day Deadline: Morning Crypto Report
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TL;DR Japanese fintech giant SBI Holdings announces plans to launch its own yen-pegged stablecoin in Q2, 2026. Charles Edwards believes Ethereum’s developer focus on quantum resistance makes a Bitcoin flippening within five years realistic. Cardano is on the verge of a stablecoin breakthrough as the ADA community awaits USDC’s launch before the end of February. SBI announces JPYSC: Will it launch on XRP Ledger? As became known this morning, SBI Holdings, in partnership with Startale, is preparing the rollout of its own yen-pegged stablecoin. The issuer will be Shinsei Trust, with launch scheduled for April-June. The goal of the JPY stablecoin, which will carry the ticker JPYSC, is on one hand an attempt to reclaim market share from dollar-denominated stablecoins that dominate the global crypto market. However, there are also other objectives, particularly in AI payments and tokenization. XRP-Friendly SBI to Launch Japan Stablecoin in Q2, Ethereum May ‘Flip’ Bitcoin in Five Years Amid Quantum Threat, Cardano’s USDC Eyes Two-Day Deadline: Morning Crypto Report Critical XRP Ledger Bug in Batch Amendment Could Have Drained User Wallets The Q2 launch timeline is due to the fact that the parties involved in this initiative still need to obtain approval from regulators and comply with the requirements of Japan’s Payment Services Act. Technical details of JPYSC are not specified. However, given the friendly ties between Ripple and SBI, where the latter owns a 9% stake in the former, it can be assumed that the new stablecoin may appear on the XRP Ledger. In any case, Ripple representatives will clearly push for such an option, which is not surprising given the success of RLUSD, which has reached a market capitalization of $1.55 billion, and a number of integrations such as with Deutsche Bank. Further strengthening of the partnership with SBI in the area of a…
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