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Stablecoin growth bottleneck is banks, not blockchain

Stablecoin payments are expanding quickly in corporate transactions, but their main constraint is bank infrastructure rather than blockchain technology, the article said. Annualised stablecoin payments were about $390 billion at end-2025, or about 0.02 percent of the $208 trillion cross-border payments market. Banks still handle on- and off-ramps, compliance and local payment-network access, and reliance on a single bank is seen as a key operational risk.

Crypto

Japan crypto rules set for major overhaul as FSA says digital finance policy goals met

Japan's Financial Services Agency has rated its digital finance policy as having met its goals, citing changes including an overhaul of cryptocurrency regulation and an expansion of stablecoin use. In a performance review covering July 2025 to June 2026, the agency gave its top grade to a category focused on responding strategically to societal changes driven by digitalisation. It highlighted shifting crypto oversight into a financial instruments framework and pursuing tax revisions.

AI & Enterprise

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra excels in 3D and gaming but falters in writing

OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on Sept. 3. Early users reported strong performance in 3D space reconstruction, game creation and desktop task automation, while giving lower marks for writing than the prior GPT-5.6 Sol model. Astra costs $10 per 1 million input tokens and $50 per 1 million output tokens, 2.5 times GPT-5.6 Sol. OpenAI said Astra improved desktop-task results and security capability, and is rolling it out via ChatGPT tiers, APIs and cloud platforms.