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Domestic CEX × deposit tokens / EPI integration strategy — DCJPY / Progmat / JPYC collaboration

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-05-19 Review by 2026-09-22 Sources 3 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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Overview

The 2022-06 amended Payment Services Act brought into force the system of the three EPI (electronic payment instrument) types — trust type / bank type / funds-transfer-operator type — establishing the legal positioning of yen-pegged stablecoins and deposit tokens. Although existing VASPs are not EPI issuers, the integration of their handling is advancing rapidly over 2025-2026 . The CEX × EPI collaboration model is entering a phase that drives the domestic market toward becoming a liquidity hub.

Major EPI / deposit-token players

CEX-side response

Business implications

  • CEX → EPI handling: adding a customer JPY ⇔ stablecoin swap function enables expansion of domestic-settlement / overseas-remittance channels. Extends the CEX’s scope of business into payment rails.
  • Deposit tokens (DCJPY): centered on direct bank linkage + institutional settlement use. No CEX intermediation needed (a banking-infra direct-connection type). Coexists with CEX in both competition and complementarity.
  • Competitive relationship: a 3 -pole competitive structure of Progmat (institutional) vs JPYC (retail) vs DCJPY (interbank settlement). Each is optimized for a different customer segment and use case.
  • §501 denylist relation: under the influence of 2026 GENIUS Act §501, Japan EPI emerges as a “U.S. / EU / Japan \"three major circles\" stablecoin global compliance architecture” candidate.

Strategic roadmap

From 2026 H2 onward, each CEX plans to progressively unlock the handling of EPI-type stablecoins. As CEX × EPI integration advances, the liquidity-hub transformation of the domestic market as a whole is expected to accelerate. Deposit tokens (DCJPY) run alongside as a B2B institutional-settlement layer, and a two-tier structure (retail EPI + institutional deposit tokens) heads toward completion.