日本語 
JPYC Inc., which issues and operates the Japanese yen stablecoin “JPYC,” is scheduled to complete an additional fundraising round of 2.8 billion yen in the second closing of its Series B round. This will bring the total amount raised in the Series B round, including the first closing, to approximately 4.6 billion yen at present.
The funds raised in this round will be used to expand the ecosystem in both the financial and Web3 sectors, further accelerating the social implementation of money transfer-type stablecoins.
Summary and Objectives of This Round
Since launching the money transfer type “JPYC” in October 2025, our company has been expanding the circulation of “JPYC”. In addition to credit card payments and web3 wallet payments from the start, since 2026, several projects have begun to be launched to realize payment schemes at physical stores and other locations. This Series B funding round aims to strengthen the foundation to expand these developments from “points” to a “surface” at a time when stablecoins are moving from the proof-of-concept phase to the social implementation phase, and to establish JPYC as the de facto standard in the digital circulation of the Japanese yen.
Also Read: Securitize and NYSE develop tokenized asset infrastructure
Specifically, we will focus our investments on the following four areas:
1. System and application development
We will build a system infrastructure with financial institution-level security and internal controls capable of withstanding the rapid expansion of outstanding balances. We will invest in providing a frictionless and seamless development environment for users and adopting companies so that JPYC can function as the native currency for “M2M (Machine to Machine) payments,” where AI agents autonomously send and receive value, leveraging its characteristics as programmable money and further expanding multi-chain deployments.
2. Recruiting personnel necessary for business development
To establish the “JPYC” ecosystem as a social infrastructure, we will significantly strengthen our organizational structure. We will invest heavily in hiring business development personnel to drive payment implementation and use case development, as well as legal and compliance personnel to ensure seamless collaboration with existing financial institutions and to respond agilely to evolving regulations, build a more robust AML/CFT system, and recruit blockchain experts.
3. Business related to the issuance, redemption, trading, settlement, and management of stablecoins, as well as related support services.
We will directly invest funds in business promotion and implementation support to expand the JPYC ecosystem, including not only developing consumer payment use cases, but also expanding the corporate infrastructure with a view to inter-company (B2B) remittances and future digital payroll.
4. Strategic investment in new growth opportunities
In order to respond flexibly to the rapidly changing market environment surrounding Web3 and digital finance, we will also use funds flexibly and quickly to create new use cases and for strategic alliances, in addition to the above.
SOURCE: PRTimes
English