{"id":48370,"date":"2025-09-19T01:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48370"},"modified":"2025-09-19T01:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:01:30","slug":"avax-surges-as-avalanche-powers-stablecoin-payments-in-korea-and-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=48370","title":{"rendered":"AVAX Surges as Avalanche Powers Stablecoin Payments in Korea and Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avalanche (AVAX) is steadily expanding its international presence and now operates in Asia, gaining momentum in both Korea and Japan with new stablecoin payment solutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Korean custodian BDACS recently launched KRW1, the country\u2019s first Korean won\u2013backed stablecoin, fully collateralized with deposits at Woori Bank. The stablecoin is in its pilot phase after a successful proof of concept, putting Avalanche at the forefront of Korea\u2019s digital asset integration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, in Japan, Avalanche is collaborating with industry giants such as SMBC, one of the nation\u2019s largest banks, and retail groups like Densan to develop stablecoin-powered payment systems.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>AVAX Network Activity and DeFi Boom<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expansion of stablecoin utilities coincides with a surge in network activity on Avalanche. In August alone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/exchanges\/decentralized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">decentralized exchange (DEX) volume<\/a> surpassed $12 billion, marking an eightfold increase in just two months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization on Avalanche has also exceeded $450 million, with institutions like Grove Finance and SkyBridge driving adoption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DeFi protocols such as UNI, Pharaoh, Benqi, and LFJ are thriving, pushing Avalanche\u2019s total value locked (TVL) above $2 billion. UNI, for example, has posted a 97% gain in the past month, reflecting growing user activity and liquidity across the network.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-584544 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?resize=809%2C660\" alt=\"Avalanche AVAX AVAXUSD\" width=\"809\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?w=1674 1674w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?w=515 515w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?w=809 809w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AVAXUSD_2025-09-18_15-16-03.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Avalanche Price Targets $42 as Institutional Interest Grows<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, AVAX is trading near $33, up over 9.4% in the past 24 hours. The token recently broke above a key pivot at $31.05, supported by bullish technical indicators including an RSI of 68.44 and a positive MACD histogram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysts suggest that a decisive breakout above $34.50 could propel AVAX toward its next resistance at $42.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institutional adoption is also on the horizon. With four <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/avax-price-eyes-rally-50-134922906.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AVAX ETF filings<\/a> awaiting regulatory approval, inflows from traditional finance could act as a major catalyst for price growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combined with Asia\u2019s growing stablecoin market and Avalanche\u2019s thriving DeFi ecosystem, AVAX aims to become a leading Layer-1 blockchain prepared to challenge rivals in the next crypto bull cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Cover image from ChatGPT, AVAXUSD chart from Tradingview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avalanche (AVAX) is steadily expanding its international presence and now operates in Asia, gaining momentum in both Korea and Japan with new stablecoin payment solutions. The South Korean custodian BDACS recently launched KRW1, the country\u2019s first Korean won\u2013backed stablecoin, fully collateralized with deposits at Woori Bank. The stablecoin is in its pilot phase after a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-48370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}