Odaily Planet Daily News Minna no Bank, a digital bank under the Fukuoka Group in Japan, announced that it will cooperate with Fireblocks and local IT company TIS to conduct stablecoin-related experiments on the Solana blockchain to explore application scenarios for consumers and enterprises, focusing on the use of stablecoins in the transaction settlement of real assets (RWA) such as digital bonds and real estate.
Previously, the bank had conducted stablecoin experiments on Japan Open Chain, a local Ethereum-compatible chain in Japan, with Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group and Shikoku Bank. This expansion from the local chain to the public chain Solana shows the interest of Japanese institutions in public chains with greater global influence.
TIS is also involved in a number of Japanese stablecoin projects including SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Bank); Fireblocks is also involved, and related projects plan to use the Avalanche chain.