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By Sakamoto Nashi
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Soneium as the Bridge Layer. Startale's proposed fix centers on what it calls "regulated access to open infrastructure.
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Staking as Infrastructure, Not Speculation. There's a second thread running through Startale's position, and it's maybe the more surprising one.
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What the Market Needs to See. For any of this to work, it can't just be Startale talking.
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Japan's digital yen market is heading for a liquidity mess. That's basically the warning coming out of Startale, whose CEO says the rapid spread of multiple yen-backed…
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The concern isn't abstract. Japan already has several distinct digital yen assets circulating or in development across different corporate and institutional players.
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Startale's proposed fix centers on what it calls "regulated access to open infrastructure." Not a vague concept — the company points specifically to Soneium as the kind of…
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Soneium, as Startale sees it, isn't just a technical workaround. It's a structural solution.
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But the logic is hard to dismiss. Stablecoin fragmentation is a real problem in markets that have moved fast on issuance without coordinating on standards.
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That's a reframe worth paying attention to. If staking gets treated as a core component of digital financial architecture rather than a speculative activity, it changes how…
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Japan's Web3 environment makes this framing somewhat plausible. The country has strong institutional backing for digital asset development — that part's well established.
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The tension is real, though. Japan's tax rules haven't moved as fast as its institutional enthusiasm for Web3.
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For any of this to work, it can't just be Startale talking. The company's CEO seems to know that — the call for "industry-wide collaboration" is basically an admission that one…
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Japan's digital yen landscape, with its mix of corporate-backed and fiat-backed assets, needs a coordinated framework.
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