MoneyX

Japan is widely regarded as a jurisdiction that has clearly defined the legal status and issuance/distribution framework for stablecoins through the enforcement of the 2023 revised Payment Services Act.

At the center of Japan's stablecoin industry stand SBI Holdings, JPYC, CoinPost, and Progmat, who are co-hosting this stablecoin conference together.

The event is expected to bring together approximately 2,000 participants, including leading Japanese financial institutions, fintech companies, blockchain project stakeholders, and regulators, for an in-depth discussion on the institutional adoption and practical use cases of stablecoins.

As the exclusive research partner of MoneyX, Four Pillars will publish and distribute an exclusive, in-depth research report on the Japanese stablecoin market at the conference, and will host its own booth on-site to exchange market insights with local institutions. The multilingual report will cover the current state and growth trajectory of Japan's stablecoin market, analysis of key issuers and infrastructure providers, a review of the regulatory framework under the Payment Services Act, a comparison with global markets, and the outlook ahead.

Time	Session	Speaker(s)
10:00 - 10:10	Opening Remarks and Keynote Speech	Satsuki Katayama, Minister of Finance / Minister of State for Financial Services
10:10 - 10:45	Connected Money Paradigm: How Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits, and CBDCs Are Building a New Operating System for the Socioeconomic World	Yoshio Hirako (DeCurret DCP), Junichiro Hatogai (Ministry of Finance), Tatsuya Saito (Progmat), Noritaka Okabe (JPYC), Moderator: Yutaka Soejima (SBI Financial and Economic Research Institute)
10:50 - 11:20	The Future of Cross-Border Payments: How Stablecoins Are Reshaping Global Currency Markets	Yam Ki Chan (Circle, VP APAC), Seker (Binance, Head of APAC), Moderator: Takehiko Koyanagi (Nikkei)
11:25 - 11:55	Beyond Borders: How Regulators Around the World Are Writing the Rules for the Next Financial System (Session Collaboration with GFTN)	Colin Payne (UK FCA), Alan Lim (MAS), Carole House (Former White House Advisor)
Moderator: Prof. Chia Tek Yew (NUS - AIDF)
12:00 - 12:30	The Rise of a New Digital Yen Economy Powered by Japanese Yen Stablecoins	Noritaka Okabe (JPYC), Hailey Yang (Kaia), Toshiyuki Kurihara (LINE NEXT), Moderator: Takahito Kagami (CoinPost)
12:35 - 13:05	Swift, Bank of Japan, and Ministry of Finance Discuss: The 'Reality' of International Digital Money and the 'Blueprint for Coexistence'	Junichiro Hatogai (MoF), Mitsuru Kayahana (Swift), Kazutoshi Sugimura (BoJ), Moderator: Tatsuya Saito (Progmat)
13:10 - 13:40	Keynote Speech	Yoshitaka Kitao, Representative Director, Chairman, President & CEO, SBI Holdings
13:45 - 14:15	The Boundary Between Deposits and Stablecoins: Interpreting Changes in the Interest Rate Market	Yoshio Hirako (DeCurret DCP), Hirokuni Onozawa (GMO Aozora Net Bank), Satoru Iwata (MIROKU JYOHO SERVICE), Moderator: Keita Sekiguchi (Nikkei Financial)
14:20 - 14:50	The Future of Retail Payments Powered by Stablecoins: Banks, Web3, and Payment Providers on Mainstream Adoption	Shinsuke Sato (SLASH VISION), Gen Adachi (NETSTARS), Seihaku Yoshida (HashPort), Moderator: Genki Oda (JVCEA)
14:55 - 15:25	The Impact of Programmable Money: How Stablecoins and AI Agents Are Redefining Financial DX	Noritaka Okabe (JPYC), Pina Hirano (Asteria), Moderator: Iwao Nakayama (Asteria)
15:30 - 16:10	The Global Frontier of On-Chain Finance: The US–Japan Gap and Japan's Next Market Opportunities	Hajime Ikeda (Nomura), Atsushi Itaya (Daiwa Securities), Mitsunori Yuasa (Franklin Templeton Japan), Yuki Tanaka (BlackRock), Moderator: Tatsuya Saito (Progmat)
16:15 - 17:00	The Future of Finance: Insights from Japan's Three Megabanks	Akio Isowa (SMFG), Nobuhiro Kaminoyama (Mizuho), Takayuki Noro (MUFG), Moderator: Tomohiro Miura (Financial Services Agency)
17:05 - 17:40	Expansion of the DeFi Ecosystem in Stablecoins	Nischint Sanghavi (Visa, Head of Digital Currencies APAC), Fernando Vazquez (Chainlink Labs), Hitoshi Harada (Alpaca), Moderator: Angelina Kwan (Stratford Finance)
17:45 - 17:50	Closing Remarks	Ryo Sakai, CEO, WebX

Through its participation at MoneyX, Four Pillars aims to establish itself as a research institution that delivers meaningful, structural insights not only in Korea but across the broader Asian region.