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SBI adds Japanese short-term government bonds to reserves for yen stablecoin JPYSC

SBI Group has started managing part of the collateral for yen-pegged stablecoin JPYSC in short-term Japanese government bonds. SBI Shinsei Trust Bank and SBI VC Trade said they began the operation on Sept. 7, covering 1 billion yen of trust assets. The move uses provisions of Japan’s revised Payment Services Act, effective June 2026, which allows up to 50 percent of trust-type stablecoin reserves to be held in short-term government bonds or time deposits.

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World Liberty stablecoin USD1 issued natively on Canton, expanding institutional payments infrastructure

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a cryptocurrency firm involving the Trump family, has issued its stablecoin USD1 in native form on the Canton Network. The move is intended to let institutions handling tokenised real-world assets on Canton use USD1 for payments and fund transfers. World Liberty Financial said it can reduce settlement delays and capital being tied up. A Digital Asset executive said native stablecoins could add flexibility for institutional liquidity and settlement.