JPYC Inc.
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Oct 14, 2026
speaker_1HOST
Paul Barron's summary highlighted a fascinating regulatory dynamic playing out in Japan right now.
speaker_1HOST
Their yen-backed stablecoin, JPYC, has grown so rapidly that Japan's trade regulator is actively launching a probe into legacy credit card networks.
speaker_0HOST
Wait, why? Are they trying to block it?
speaker_1HOST
Exactly.
Paul BarronHOST
If you look at some of the things I want to highlight, one is this right here.
Paul BarronHOST
We have received concerns from participating stores that giving preferential treatment to JPYC payments may result in violations of the merchant regulations.
Paul BarronHOST
And there have been many instances where they have hesitated to implement preferential treatment.
Paul BarronHOST
So let me kind of explain this for you.
Paul BarronHOST
You're going out, and you're getting a Starbucks, right? Visa goes out there and says, hey, you need to use the dollar instead of USDC, if that were the case.
Paul BarronHOST
Here, it's JPYC.
Paul BarronHOST
And instead Visa says, hey, you can't do that.
Paul BarronHOST
You can't give benefits to your customers because of this right here.
Paul BarronHOST
This is like the, uh, FTC, the Fair Trade Commission, uh, in Japan, and what they're looking at is activity and use of stable coins in point of sale, so cashless payment market.
Paul BarronHOST
If you look at some of the things I wanna highlight, one is this right here: We have received concerns from participating stores that giving preferential treatment to JPYC payments may result in violations of the merchant regulations, and there have been many instances where we-- they have hesitated to implement preferential treatment.
Paul BarronHOST
So let me kind of explain this for you.
Paul BarronHOST
You're going out, you're going, and you're getting a Starbucks, right? Visa goes out there and says, "Hey, you need to use the dollar instead of USDC," if that were the case.
Paul BarronHOST
Here, it's JPYC.
Paul BarronHOST
And instead, Visa says, "Hey, you can't do that.
Paul BarronHOST
You can't give benefits to your customers because of this right here." Look.
Paul BarronHOST
They can confidentially implement preferential treatment measures such as discounts, free shipping for customers who use JPYC.
JasonHOST
South Korea had a really interesting thing happen.
JasonHOST
So they have their yen link stable coin, the JPYC.
JasonHOST
It traded at about four times its peg on Upbit.
JasonHOST
So they are having their regulators reconsidering restrictions that have effectively limited crypto market trading, right? So if...