Stablecoins Are Waking Up Wirecard-Scarred Germany

Stablecoins Are Waking Up Wirecard-Scarred Germany

Let’s hope regulators are up to the challenge of a tech-led revolution in payments.

Soft Space and Hokkoku Enable Stablecoin Payments on SoftPOS in Japan - Fintech News Malaysia

Hokkoku Financial Holdings and Malaysian fintech firm Soft Space are set to launch a SoftPOS solution that will allow merchants in Japan to accept both contactless card and stablecoin payments using only an NFC-enabled Android smartphone or tablet. Scheduled for launch in Q4 2025, it will reportedly be the first SoftPOS solution to support stablecoin payments in a real commercial setting while meeting global mobile payment security standards. Th…

Soft Space partners Hokkoku FHD to launch SoftPOS solution supporting stablecoin payments

Malaysia-based fintech firm Soft Space and Japan-based Hokkoku Financial Holdings (Hokkoku FHD) have teamed up to launch the next-generation SoftPOS solution that enables merchants to accept both contactless card payments and, for the first time, regulated stablecoin payments — using only a smartphone or tablet. This will be the world’s first deployment of a SoftPOS solution 1 , certified under global mobile payment security standards, that supp…

Tokenomics: Animoca Brands takes a front seat for the blockchain tokenisation revolution

Cryptocurrency industry now worth US$3.14 trillion globally as stablecoins account for US$200 billion or 2% of US Treasury bond demand Major institutions like Hong Kong Chartered Bank and JP Morgan are launching their own stablecoins or tokens Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu believes stablecoin adoption will soon be a necessity   Special Report: Animoca Brands has evolved drastically over the past four years, transforming from a gaming and met…

US Stablecoin Reserve Rules Could Upend Crypto’s Biggest Players

For years, the only thing that was more volatile than the crypto markets themselves was the oversight of U.S. regulators and agencies the industry was subject to. [contact-form-7] But with the American regulatory bodies being given a reset under the Trump administration, that could be about to change. Fittingly, the potential for regulatory stability across digital assets is in large part due to the rise of the stablecoin. Stablecoins h…