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Japan’s USDC Airport Pilot Beat Expectations 10x | Gen Adachi on Crypto Payments

What happens when crypto payments go live in a real-world retail environment—like an airport?In this episode, Gen Adachi shares how Netstars launched a USDC payment pilot at Haneda Airport in Japan—and saw demand exceed expectations by 10x. This isn’t theory or hype—this is one of the strongest real-world use cases for stablecoins in everyday payments today.We dive into how USDC is being used at checkout, why QR payment infrastructure in Japan makes it easier to integrate crypto, and how Netstars is positioning itself as a major payments aggregator with access to over 700,000 merchants.Gen…

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