Historical source roundup covering October 30–November 6, 2026. PANews published the original on November 6, 2026, at 19:50:22 (UTC+8).
Stablecoin payments and tokenized bank deposits featured prominently in PANews’ weekly roundup, from a proposed checkout protocol for Shopify merchants to USDC accounts in Samsung Wallet and round-the-clock corporate deposit transfers in Hong Kong. The developments involve different payment journeys—and different limits on access, fees and settlement.
Shopify and Coinbase target wallet-based checkout
According to CryptoBriefing, as cited by PANews, Shopify and Coinbase announced joint development of the Commerce Payments Protocol for stablecoin payments on Base.
The protocol is intended to simplify acceptance of stablecoins such as USDC for Shopify Payments merchants. Customers would pay from supported wallets without needing ETH to cover gas fees, while merchants could choose to receive local currency or USDC.
The announcement describes a protocol under development, rather than establishing that every Shopify merchant or wallet already supports it. The supplied report does not detail the authorization steps customers would encounter.
Samsung Wallet adds USDC accounts—with funding and access limits
Citing Decrypt, PANews reported that Samsung Wallet had introduced stablecoin accounts for eligible Galaxy users in the United States, supporting USDC on Solana. The report put the compatible-device footprint at approximately 82 million devices, not an equivalent number of active users.
The service was built with custody provider Bastion and Coinbase. Reported features and restrictions include:
- Fee-free transfers.
- Bank-account withdrawals in more than 60 countries.
- A 4% fee for credit-card funding.
- No availability in New York State at the time of the report.
Those distinctions matter to the payment journey: a fee-free transfer does not mean every step of funding or withdrawing money is free. Samsung also planned to explore further stablecoin-payment applications and additional markets.
Hong Kong moves tokenized deposits into continuous settlement
According to CoinDesk, as cited in the roundup, Standard Chartered launched a corporate tokenized-deposit service in Hong Kong, its first market for the offering.
Using the bank’s own blockchain system and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Ensemble TX infrastructure, the service supports real-time, round-the-clock deposit transfers between participating banks, with final settlement in central-bank money.
Standard Chartered also worked with Fireblocks to connect the service to digital-asset clients, and HashKey had joined. The bank did not disclose completed transaction volumes or the number of institutions initially able to use the service.
Separately, the HKMA said Ensemble TX had reached a stage supporting 24-hour real-value tokenized-deposit transactions and planned to extend trials to regulated stablecoins. The roundup reported that participating banks and industry early adopters had increased to 12 and 20, respectively.
HKDAP plans native issuance and redemption on Solana
Solana said Anchorpoint—the Hong Kong licensed stablecoin issuer established by Standard Chartered, HKT and Animoca Brands—would bring its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin, HKDAP, to the network.
According to Solana’s announcement, HKDAP would support native minting and redemption on Solana, with intended applications ranging from retail payments to tokenized assets. Solana described it as HKDAP’s first public-blockchain partnership.
The report described a planned integration, not a completed launch. The associated memorandum of understanding also brought the Solana Foundation into Anchorpoint’s Tokenised Money Adoption Programme as a strategic partner alongside PwC.
Nigeria sets capital and identity-check requirements
PANews also summarized Nigerian central-bank regulations dated November 5, 2026, covering non-security virtual assets used for payments, settlement and foreign exchange. Securities remained within the securities regulator’s remit.
Under the reported rules, foreign-currency-pegged stablecoin issuers must be locally licensed entities with minimum paid-up capital of 15 billion naira, approximately $11.16 million. Naira-pegged issuers face a 10 billion naira requirement.
Platform-matched peer-to-peer transactions require specific central-bank approval. Before regulated tokens are released or credited, platforms must verify that the name on the naira payment account matches the Bank Verification Number. The rules also prohibit categories including algorithmic stablecoins.
Transfer volume rose while active addresses fell
The roundup’s RWA.xyz data showed stablecoin market capitalization at $283.05 billion as of November 6, down 4.17% from the same point a month earlier. Monthly transfer volume rose 46.11% to $9.9 trillion, while monthly active addresses fell 9.42% to 56.03 million. Total holders increased 3.27% to 306 million.
These figures show why transfer volume, holder counts and active addresses should be read separately: higher transaction value did not coincide with growth in monthly active addresses during the reported period.