Gaiax Launches E-commerce/Flea Market Building Service Utilizing Stablecoins, Eliminating Need for Payment Processors, Revolutionizing Payment Fees
Gaiax has launched a new e-commerce and flea market platform development service that leverages the Japanese Yen-pegged stablecoin 'JPYC,' bypassing traditional payment processors. This innovation aims to drastically cut transaction fees and streamline fund management for online businesses.
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- 📰 Published: April 3, 2026 at 22:00
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Gaiax Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Yuji Ueda; Securities Code: 3775; hereinafter 'Gaiax') has commenced contract development of next-generation payment infrastructure that leverages the Japanese Yen-pegged stablecoin 'JPYC' to eliminate intermediate costs to the maximum extent.
This solution establishes a mechanism that bypasses traditional 'payment service providers,' which have been indispensable in conventional e-commerce operations, by implementing direct payments via smart contracts. In collaboration with the JPYC ecosystem (https://jpyc.co.jp), which entered the 'social implementation phase' after raising 1.78 billion yen in a Series B funding round, it provides a new payment and distribution experience with dramatic fee reductions and elimination of fund management risks for operators.
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## ■ Background of Development: Limitations of Existing Payment Systems and 'Real Demand' for Stablecoins
In conventional e-commerce sites and flea market apps, significant hurdles included the payment of several percent fees to payment service providers, delays in revenue settlement cycles, and enormous operational costs and fund stagnation risks associated with 'temporary holding of sales proceeds,' such as deposit money and segregated management.
Meanwhile, the cumulative issuance of the Japanese Yen stablecoin 'JPYC' exceeded 1.3 billion yen (as of February 2026), and its daily asset turnover rate surpassed 100%, indicating a explosive expansion of 'real demand' in payments and remittances. Gaiax addresses these challenges through programs on the blockchain (smart contracts). With JPYC increasingly becoming a part of daily infrastructure, as seen in its adoption by LINE NEXT's 'Unifi,' Gaiax strongly supports corporate payment DX.
## ■ Key Benefits of the Provided Solution
### 1. E-commerce Site Construction: Eliminating Payment Service Providers and Achieving Ultra-Low Fees
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**Elimination of Intermediate Costs:** By constructing a mechanism where JPYC is sent directly from the buyer to the seller, bypassing bank or payment service provider networks, dramatically lower transaction fees are realized compared to existing credit card payments.
**Instant Distribution (Automated Revenue Share):** Through programs, sales are automatically distributed instantly to stakeholders (producers, referrers, platform operators, etc.). This eliminates the need for affiliate commission payment administration and transfer fees.
**Multi-chain Ecosystem Support:** Polygon, Ethereum, Avalanche
This solution establishes a mechanism that bypasses traditional 'payment service providers,' which have been indispensable in conventional e-commerce operations, by implementing direct payments via smart contracts. In collaboration with the JPYC ecosystem (https://jpyc.co.jp), which entered the 'social implementation phase' after raising 1.78 billion yen in a Series B funding round, it provides a new payment and distribution experience with dramatic fee reductions and elimination of fund management risks for operators.
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## ■ Background of Development: Limitations of Existing Payment Systems and 'Real Demand' for Stablecoins
In conventional e-commerce sites and flea market apps, significant hurdles included the payment of several percent fees to payment service providers, delays in revenue settlement cycles, and enormous operational costs and fund stagnation risks associated with 'temporary holding of sales proceeds,' such as deposit money and segregated management.
Meanwhile, the cumulative issuance of the Japanese Yen stablecoin 'JPYC' exceeded 1.3 billion yen (as of February 2026), and its daily asset turnover rate surpassed 100%, indicating a explosive expansion of 'real demand' in payments and remittances. Gaiax addresses these challenges through programs on the blockchain (smart contracts). With JPYC increasingly becoming a part of daily infrastructure, as seen in its adoption by LINE NEXT's 'Unifi,' Gaiax strongly supports corporate payment DX.
## ■ Key Benefits of the Provided Solution
### 1. E-commerce Site Construction: Eliminating Payment Service Providers and Achieving Ultra-Low Fees
[Image: An image related to the press release is displayed.]
**Elimination of Intermediate Costs:** By constructing a mechanism where JPYC is sent directly from the buyer to the seller, bypassing bank or payment service provider networks, dramatically lower transaction fees are realized compared to existing credit card payments.
**Instant Distribution (Automated Revenue Share):** Through programs, sales are automatically distributed instantly to stakeholders (producers, referrers, platform operators, etc.). This eliminates the need for affiliate commission payment administration and transfer fees.
**Multi-chain Ecosystem Support:** Polygon, Ethereum, Avalanche