{"id":570713,"date":"2026-03-18T14:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/japans-sbi-vc-trade-launches-retail-usdc-lending-as-stablecoin-use-grows\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:52:39","slug":"japans-sbi-vc-trade-launches-retail-usdc-lending-as-stablecoin-use-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/japans-sbi-vc-trade-launches-retail-usdc-lending-as-stablecoin-use-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s SBI VC Trade launches retail USDC lending as stablecoin use grows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Japan\u2019s<\/p>\n

SBI VC Trade said users could lend assets directly to its platform, but added that the company may re-lend funds as part of its operations.<\/p>\n

SBI Holdings\u2019 digital asset arm, SBI VC Trade, said it will launch a USDC lending service in Japan on Thursday, allowing retail users to lend stablecoins to the platform under fixed-term agreements in exchange for returns.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the company said<\/a> users will be able to lend Circle\u2019s USDC (USDC<\/a>) stablecoin to the platform and receive interest payments, with a maximum application of 5,000 USDC per offering. The product is structured as a loan to SBI VC Trade rather than a deposit, meaning users take direct counterparty risk. SBI said it may also re-lend the borrowed USDC as part of its operations.<\/p>\n

The launch marks a further step in Japan\u2019s stablecoin rollout<\/a>, bringing a consumer-accessible USDC yield product to market through a licensed domestic platform.<\/p>\n

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SBI VC Trade said users could lend assets directly to its platform, but added that the company may re-lend funds as part of its operations. SBI Holdings\u2019 digital asset arm, SBI VC Trade, said it will launch a USDC lending service in Japan on Thursday, allowing retail users to lend stablecoins to the platform under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":570714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-570713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}