Progmat stablecoin platform takes shape as wallet, liquidity providers join

The Progmat Coin ecosystem is taking signifier successful Japan. With a marketplace maker, wallet supplier and cryptocurrency exchanges connected board, Progmat and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) anticipation to motorboat 2 stablecoins successful the summertime of 2024.

Stablecoin level Progmat Coin, MUFG and wallet supplier Ginco person begun a survey with the extremity of issuing a yen-denominated XJPY stablecoin and dollar-denominated XUSD stablecoin, Progmat said successful a statement. This is successful summation to the platform's relation enabling stablecoin issuance.

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Liquidity supplier Cumberland and crypto exchanges Bitbank and Mercoin besides fig into the Progmat plans, and different crypto asset-related businesses are invited to join. Binance Japan announced successful September that it was conducting a associated study with MUFG connected the issuance of stablecoins pegged to assorted currencies.

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The XJPY and XUSD stablecoins volition beintended to amended the ratio of settlements betwixt crypto plus exchanges, with XUSD for usage successful cross-border settlements. Japanese crypto exchanges usage banks for settlement, according to the Tokyo Fin Tech blog, causing delays that the Progmat strategy volition eliminate.

MUFG introduced the Progmat platform successful February 2022 successful a consortium with different ample Japanese banks. It is regulated nether the revised Payment Services Act that came into effect successful June 2023. The revised enactment provides for 3 types of stablecoin. Progmat would enactment the “trust” benignant coin, issued by spot banks.

Progmat Coin schematic. Source: Medium

MUFG said successful June that Progmat would beryllium utilized for banks to contented stablecoins connected Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche and Cosmos. Only banks are allowed to contented stablecoins nether Japanese law, and stablecoins connected Progmat volition beryllium required to acquisition licensing up of launch.

Progmat Coin is not moving successful a vacuum. Blockchain startup Soramitsu is exploring a caller stablecoin exchange for cross-border payments to Asian countries utilizing Camboodia’s cardinal slope integer currency arsenic good arsenic stablecoin. Tokyo-based startup G.U. Technologies is besides reportedly creating a stablecoin platform.

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