Circle, Nomura, JCB and Sumitomo discuss stablecoins at WebX2026

Circle, Nomura, JCB and Sumitomo Corporation appeared at WebX2026 for a session on next-generation payment infrastructure, focusing on how stablecoins and on-chain finance could reshape existing payments and broader financial rails. The panel, titled "Bridging Finance and Web3—Next-Generation Payment Infrastructure Built Jointly by Financial Institutions," was moderated by Keita Sekiguchi. WebX2026 also hosted a separate panel on July 14, 2026 titled "Government Bonds × Blockchain: How On-Chain Transformation Changes Japan’s Financial Infrastructure," where speakers from JPX Research Institute, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, SMBC Nikko Securities, Ava Labs, and Digital Asset discussed how already-issued Japanese government bonds could be brought on-chain. Another session, titled "The First Year of Tokenized Deposits—Japan’s Challenge Where Finance, Industry and Policy Intersect," examined the significance of putting deposits on-chain and the implementation challenges, with speakers from the Ministry of Finance, a regional bank-affiliated fintech, and a digital currency operator. Naohiko Ueno served as moderator. A further session, "Stablecoins, Toward Implementation," examined the current state of stablecoin adoption and shifts in payment infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific retail payments market, with speakers from Stripe-owned Privy, Visa and NERO Chain. FINOLAB's Makoto Shibata moderated that discussion, which featured Debbie Soon, Nischint Sanghavi and Jake Stolarski. WebX2026 also reported a session featuring two Liberal Democratic Party House of Representatives members and two industry executives, centered on the LDP’s May proposal from its AI and On-Chain Finance Concept Project Team and how stablecoins and tokenized deposits could reshape finance in Japan. Together, the sessions underscored the event’s wider focus on blockchain-based settlement, tokenization, payment systems and the policy direction for on-chain financial infrastructure in Japan.