MUFG’s Progmat Coin platform will soon be utilized to issue bank-backed stablecoins in Japan, with the firm also working on providing cross-chain infrastructure slated for launch in Q2 2024.
Megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has announced that its stablecoin issuance platform “Progmat Coin” will soon be used by Japanese banks to launch Yen-pegged stablecoins on several public blockchains.
Japanese banks have recently outlined intentions to either look into or launch stablecoins following new regulations that came into effect this month.that prohibited the issuance of stablecoins by non-banking institutions. The bill officially came into effect on June 1, 2023., MUFG outlined the Progmat Coin will be used to facilitate the issuance of bank-backed stablecoins on Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche and Cosmos, with more networks to be added in the future.
MUFG also revealed that its blockchain tech and security partners TOKI and Datachain are building a bridge to enable cross-chain transactions, lending and swaps between the list of supported blockchains.Progmat Coin cross-chain interopability. Source: MUFGback in February 2022, with the goal to provide an interoperable and “universal digital asset payment method” for stablecoins, other crypto assets, and even a Japan-based central digital bank currency .
The publication states that these banks will use a separate stablecoin platform developed by Tokyo-based startup G.U. Technologies.
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