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Shinhan, SBI test yen stablecoins for Japan-Korea tourist spending

  • —Pilot covers tourist spending between Japan and South Korea
  • —Companies to assess safeguards for travelers using stablecoins
  • —Test whether stablecoins speed up bilateral trade settlement
Why it matters: A successful pilot could give yen stablecoins a real payment use case in Asian tourism and trade.
Source: Cointelegraph