More than four in ten finance and accounting professionals at large Japanese companies are familiar with stablecoins, according to research released October 27 by software provider Asteria. The findings show growing awareness of blockchain-based payments, but also reveal concerns about operational security, implementation costs and the difficulty of connecting new payment technology with existing corporate systems.
The survey reported 42.5% awareness among respondents working at companies with at least 300 employees, compared with 29.9% across the wider screening sample. These figures measure self-reported familiarity, not how many businesses actually use stablecoins.
Awareness reaches 42.5% at larger firms
Asteria’s original Japanese-language release states that its survey screened 8,687 finance, accounting and treasury-related respondents. A more focused follow-up included 421 respondents involved in cross-border payment processes at companies with at least 100 employees.
Although the results were released on October 27, the online surveys were conducted on March 26–27, 2026. That timing is important: the figures represent sentiment during the March fieldwork period rather than a new measurement taken this week.
Asteria defined awareness broadly, combining people who had used stablecoins, understood the concept or had merely heard of them. The results therefore cannot be interpreted as evidence that 42.5% of major Japanese corporations have integrated stablecoin payments.
Payment speed and fees drive interest
Among respondents who were already aware of stablecoins, 61.2% said they found the concept attractive. In the release’s detailed findings, 57.0% cited faster payments, 43.5% highlighted around-the-clock transfer availability and 37.6% pointed to the possibility of reducing international remittance costs.
The survey also identifies existing cross-border payment frustrations. Expensive transfer fees were cited by 31.8% of relevant respondents, foreign-exchange differences by 29.0% and settlement delays by 25.2%.
These figures identify perceived pain points, rather than savings demonstrated in live company deployments. Actual cost and speed improvements would depend on stablecoin providers, conversion routes, liquidity and the accounting requirements of each user.
Security and ERP integration are obstacles
The study reports that participants are concerned about troubleshooting operational incidents, uncertainty over adoption costs and linking blockchain-based transfers with enterprise systems. Among stablecoin-aware respondents, 20.9% identified integration with existing systems as a concern.
The results are especially relevant to organizations operating enterprise resource planning and treasury management systems. Payments cannot be fully integrated into corporate operations if they are fast on-chain but still require manual reconciliation, invoice matching or access approvals.
Asteria itself sells integration software and JPYC-related corporate services, an interest readers should consider when interpreting the commercial implications of the survey. Its findings are useful evidence of respondent attitudes, but they are not an independent audit of stablecoin cost savings or deployment success.
Japan’s next challenge is implementation
Japan’s stablecoin discussions increasingly involve existing financial firms and software providers. In a separate announcement also made October 27, NEC and DFNS outlined plans to explore Japanese bank custody infrastructure. The two announcements are unrelated, but together point to a shared operational question: how crypto technology can meet traditional finance’s security and workflow needs.
BlockBriefing has also covered SoFi’s tokenized deposit plans and explains how stablecoins work and the risks they carry. These are different products and jurisdictions, and comparisons should not be taken to imply equivalent protections.
Primary source and methodology: Asteria, October 27, 2026; online survey conducted March 26–27, 2026, with 8,687 screening responses and 421 targeted follow-up responses. This report distinguishes reported interest from verified actual adoption.