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ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Stable Network (OSN) and the Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi (ADBC) today announced the signing of a strategic partnership at Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW), making a milestone collaboration to advance compliant digital asset and stablecoin infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The partnership unites ADBC's deep regulatory and ecosystem expertise with OSN's leading technology and operational resilience to accelerate the development of digital financial infrastructure in the UAE.
OSN is a stablecoin FX exchange infrastructure that enables seamless global money movement between stablecoins and fiat currencies, while ADBC serves as a center for blockchain and Web3 innovation, investment and collaboration in the region.
Through this collaboration, OSN and ADBC will jointly establish OSN Abu Dhabi, a UAE-based digital asset platform designed to deliver scalable and interoperable stablecoin settlement solutions. The platform is set to empower institutions to adopt digital assets at scale while contributing to the UAE's vision of a diversified, innovation driven economy.
"Together with ADBC, we are charting a new chapter for digital finance in one of the world's most forward-thinking markets," said Lawrence Chu, Co-Founder of OSN. "Our shared vision is to make stablecoin infrastructure as seamless and trusted as traditional financial network, fueling new possibilities for cross-border payments and digital asset adoption from the UAE to the world."
"The UAE has become a global hub for financial innovation, and our partnership with OSN leverages this momentum," said Abdulla AI Dhaheri, CEO of ADBC. "By combining our regulatory expertise with OSN's state-of-the-art technology and operational resilience, we are building a digital infrastructure that will help shape the global future of compliant and connected finance."
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About Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi (ADBC)
The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi is a leading regional hub dedicated to accelerating blockchain innovation and enterprise adoption across the Middle East. Supporting the UAE's vision for a digitally advanced economy, The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi provides strategic guidance, technical expertise, and ecosystem development to government bodies, industry partners, and emerging technology companies.
Focused on enabling real world implementation of blockchain and Web3 technologies, the Center convenes global innovators, facilitates cross sector collaboration, and drives research backed initiatives that strengthen the region's digital infrastructure. Through its commitment to innovation, regulatory alignment, and industry advancement, The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi plays a key role in positioning the UAE as a global leader in blockchain technologies.
Learn more: https://theblockchaincenter.ae
About Open Stable Network (OSN)
OSN, Open Stable Network, is a global on-chain FX settlement infrastructure enabling seamless cross-border money movement. Through robust APIs, we connect local currency stablecoins across jurisdictions, empowering banks, payment providers, and enterprises to move value instantly and securely.
Built on Web3 infrastructure, our mission is to create a trusted, resilient network for global settlements, bridging stablecoin and fiat rails to make digital payments truly borderless.
Connect Globally. Move Money Freely. Exchange On-Demand.
Learn more: www.OSNetwork.com / LinkedIn / X
ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Stable Network (OSN) and the Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi (ADBC) today announced the signing of a strategic partnership at Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW), making a milestone collaboration to advance compliant digital asset and stablecoin infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The partnership unites ADBC's deep regulatory and ecosystem expertise with OSN's leading technology and operational resilience to accelerate the development of digital financial infrastructure in the UAE.
OSN is a stablecoin FX exchange infrastructure that enables seamless global money movement between stablecoins and fiat currencies, while ADBC serves as a center for blockchain and Web3 innovation, investment and collaboration in the region.
Through this collaboration, OSN and ADBC will jointly establish OSN Abu Dhabi, a UAE-based digital asset platform designed to deliver scalable and interoperable stablecoin settlement solutions. The platform is set to empower institutions to adopt digital assets at scale while contributing to the UAE's vision of a diversified, innovation driven economy.
"Together with ADBC, we are charting a new chapter for digital finance in one of the world's most forward-thinking markets," said Lawrence Chu, Co-Founder of OSN. "Our shared vision is to make stablecoin infrastructure as seamless and trusted as traditional financial network, fueling new possibilities for cross-border payments and digital asset adoption from the UAE to the world."
"The UAE has become a global hub for financial innovation, and our partnership with OSN leverages this momentum," said Abdulla AI Dhaheri, CEO of ADBC. "By combining our regulatory expertise with OSN's state-of-the-art technology and operational resilience, we are building a digital infrastructure that will help shape the global future of compliant and connected finance."
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About Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi (ADBC)
The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi is a leading regional hub dedicated to accelerating blockchain innovation and enterprise adoption across the Middle East. Supporting the UAE's vision for a digitally advanced economy, The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi provides strategic guidance, technical expertise, and ecosystem development to government bodies, industry partners, and emerging technology companies.
Focused on enabling real world implementation of blockchain and Web3 technologies, the Center convenes global innovators, facilitates cross sector collaboration, and drives research backed initiatives that strengthen the region's digital infrastructure. Through its commitment to innovation, regulatory alignment, and industry advancement, The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi plays a key role in positioning the UAE as a global leader in blockchain technologies.
Learn more: https://theblockchaincenter.ae
About Open Stable Network (OSN)
OSN, Open Stable Network, is a global on-chain FX settlement infrastructure enabling seamless cross-border money movement. Through robust APIs, we connect local currency stablecoins across jurisdictions, empowering banks, payment providers, and enterprises to move value instantly and securely.
Built on Web3 infrastructure, our mission is to create a trusted, resilient network for global settlements, bridging stablecoin and fiat rails to make digital payments truly borderless.
Connect Globally. Move Money Freely. Exchange On-Demand.
Learn more: www.OSNetwork.com / LinkedIn / X
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OSN and the Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Digital Asset and Stablecoin Infrastructure in the UAE
SYDNEY, Feb. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- UQPAY Australia (UQPAY AU) today announced the launch of a commercial-grade, custodial, and compliant stablecoin acquiring platform designed to support both traditional merchant payments and AI-initiated autonomous transactions.
UQPAY's solution is fully compatible with the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) and natively supports the x402 payment protocol (an AI-native payment standard). It delivers a production-ready payment infrastructure that integrates on-chain acquiring, enterprise-grade custody, fiat settlement, and AI-native payment execution within a single governed system. The platform supports multiple regulated stablecoins, including USDC, USDT, and XUSD, enabling businesses to deploy stablecoin payments at commercial scale while meeting institutional compliance requirements.
This launch reflects a broader shift from blockchain-native payment instruments to enterprise-ready commercial infrastructure capable of supporting real-world commerce and emerging AI-driven transaction models.
From Payment Gateway to Payment Core: Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
While stablecoin payment solutions have proliferated in recent years, most remain fragmented, narrowly scoped, or limited to experimental use cases. What has remained scarce is a unified payment core capable of supporting real-world commercial scale, governance, and automation.
Rather than simply adding stablecoin acceptance as another feature, UQPAY AU rebuilt the underlying acquiring logic around a unified commerce architecture. Within UQPAY's payment stack, UCP is implemented to coordinate transaction execution, fund governance, and settlement across both human- and machine-initiated payment flows.
At the platform level, UCP coordinates:
- Enterprise-grade custodial account and fund management
- Full lifecycle visibility of on-chain transaction states
- Automated clearing and settlement between stablecoins and fiat currencies
- Tight coupling between payment execution and merchant fulfillment logic
- Native payment support for AI agents and automated systems
Built on UCP, UQPAY AU's stablecoin acquiring system is designed for durability, scalability, and operational control.
Dual-Track Payment Architecture with Unified Governance
UQPAY AU operates two parallel stablecoin payment rails governed by a single commercial and compliance core through UCP, allowing merchants and platforms to support both conventional and autonomous payment scenarios through one integration.
Traditional Stablecoin Payment Gateway Designed for cross-border e-commerce, digital platforms, subscriptions, and content services, this gateway supports API-based and embedded checkout integrations, automated settlement from stablecoins to fiat custodial accounts, and end-to-end compliance with KYC, AML, and auditability requirements.
x402 Intelligent Payment Gateway (AI-Native) Purpose-built for AI agents and automated systems, this gateway provides native support for the x402 payment protocol promoted by Coinbase. It enables micropayments, high-frequency transactions, and unattended machine-to-machine execution, with all funds centrally governed and settled through the UCP custodial account infrastructure.
Through UCP, a single integration enables both human-initiated and machine-initiated payments under unified governance.
Making x402 Commercially Viable at Scale
UQPAY AU extends the x402 payment model beyond experimental implementations through two UCP-enabled architectural enhancements.
First, UCP introduces standardized intermediate transaction states—such as "Submitted" and "In Progress"—at the execution layer. Transactions become observable immediately upon on-chain broadcast, without waiting for final block confirmation. This enables real-time status tracking, non-blocking execution, and early fulfillment initiation for digital content, AI inference, and usage-based services.
Second, UCP implements an asynchronous, event-driven acquiring architecture based on webhook subscriptions. All transaction events are centrally orchestrated, with guaranteed delivery, retry logic, and horizontal scalability. This design supports internet-scale traffic and AI-native payment workloads while maintaining reliability and auditability under high load.
Together, these capabilities provide the operational foundation required for stablecoin payments to function reliably in real-world commercial environments.
Where Stablecoins and AI Commerce Converge
The payments industry is entering a dual inflection point. Stablecoin transaction volumes surpassed USD 33 trillion in 2025, as global payment networks expand tokenized settlement capabilities. At the same time, AI agents are emerging as active economic participants, driving demand for autonomous, high-frequency, and usage-based payment models.
UQPAY AU's UCP-powered stablecoin acquiring platform is designed to support this convergence across use cases including AI inference billing, agentic commerce, cross-border e-commerce, digital content platforms, and machine-to-machine payment scenarios.
Executive Perspective
Jack Li, CEO of UQPAY, commented: "Stablecoins and AI are reshaping both how payments are executed and who initiates them, in an AI-driven economy, products are no longer simply displayed—they are invoked. UCP provides the infrastructure that allows payments, fulfillment, and compliance to operate seamlessly across both human and machine-driven commerce."
ABOUT UQPAY
UQPAY Group is a Singapore-headquartered global fintech enterprise with core businesses spanning integrated digital payments, Payment Software-as-a-Service (Payment SaaS), and fintech venture capital. As a pioneer in payment innovation, UQPAY has built an end-to-end compliant, full-stack digital payment platform that enables businesses to seamlessly access global acquiring, virtual banking, card issuance, and stablecoin payment services through a single integration point.
Since its founding in 2016, UQPAY has secured multiple payment licenses across key markets in Asia, North America, and Europe. As a principal member of Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay International, the world's three major card schemes, UQPAY is deeply embedded in the global payment ecosystem. We believe that payments should power the borderless growth of commerce. Where intelligent awakening meets the protocol of value, UQPAY is committed to building the payment infrastructure for the next-generation economy driven by AI and Web3, reshaping how money flows across the globe.
UQPAY Australia is the Australian subsidiary of the UQPAY Group, focused on digital assets and next-generation payment solutions. The company provides compliant, scalable stablecoin payment and settlement infrastructure that bridges traditional financial systems with the emerging AI-driven digital economy.
CONTACT UQPAY
Website: www.uqpay.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/uqpaytechnology
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/uqpay
Twitter: www.x.com/uqpaysg
UQPAY Group
55 AYER RAJAH CRESCENT, #04-06, SINGAPORE 139949
Email: Marketing@uqpay.com
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UQPAY Launches Commercial-Grade x402 Stablecoin Platform, Powered by UCP
