First Digital

Issuer of $FDUSD. Trusted, fully backed & always compliant-first. Institutional-grade digital currency for custody & payment solutions.

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Stablecoins are evolving beyond trading liquidity—positioning as the foundational infrastructure for AI-native finance and autonomous machine commerce.

Dive into our latest edition of The Flow: Insights from First Digital #28.

https://t.co/vqsS1iR2h5

[Stable Summit 🦫 @stable_summit]

x402 and similar protocols are putting stablecoin transactions at the infrastructure layer.

Machines initiating high-frequency, micro-value payments at scale changes what the underlying infrastructure needs to support. Agent wallets, spending controls, audit trails. Enterprises are figuring out the stack in real time.

On stage:
@vchok, @FirstDigitalHQ
@philip0x, @soho_pay
Anil Nadiminti, @awscloud
Farooq Sheikh, @Cloudflare

Moderator: @defidave, @capapp

June 4, NYC · https://t.co/rKvnhPrtjU

[Halborn @HalbornSecurity]

From MMFs and yield products to CBDCs and tokenized treasuries — where are tokenized assets taking us? 🤔

@robbehnke joined experts from @Fidelity, SEI, @DeutscheBank, and @FirstDigitalHQ at Digital Assets Week to evaluate these asset classes and their benefits.

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

First Digital CEO Sees AI Payments Rising, Says Korea Needs Digital Won https://t.co/lm6gIo8xCy

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Last week our CEO @vchok spoke at South Korea's National Assembly and the Institutional Web3 Forum in Seoul.

Stablecoins are no longer a trading instrument. They are becoming the financial infrastructure of the agent economy.

Korea has the cultural and commercial reach to compete globally in that economy, a won-backed stablecoin is how it gets there.

That is exactly what we are building at @FD_XYZ

Read the coverage ↓

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

First Digital Eyes AI Agent Economy, Positions Stablecoins as Core Financial Rails
https://t.co/2mIHZi3EHF

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

What a great day in Seoul yesterday! 🇰🇷

Our CEO @vchok took the stage at the Institutional Web3 Forum to share his perspective on stablecoin innovation and Asia market strategy.

Great to see the conversation around institutional Web3 moving this fast.

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

We stand behind everything in our CEO's post.

For 12+ months, allegations have been made against FDT. Nothing produced has supported them. Bounties of $50m, then $100m, have produced no public claimants either. Needing a bounty at all speaks for itself.

Our position has been consistent throughout: courts over campaigns, evidence over allegations. We are not changing course.

[Vincent Chok @vchok]

Another counterparty just filed a defamation suit against Justin Sun. We know this playbook. For us, we have spent 12+ months being the quiet half of a very loud monologue.

Sun has made various allegations against FDT for over a year. Nothing he has produced supports them. So he has offered bounties for someone else to find something that does. First $50m. Then $100m. Twelve months later, no one has publicly come forward. At some point a bounty stops being a threat. It starts being a tell.

More people are choosing to push back on bad-faith attacks and coordinated lies. That's a good thing.

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

You’re reading The Flow: Insights from First Digital. Your monthly guide to the latest developments across stablecoins, payments, and the frontier of borderless finance.

At First Digital, we’re committed to bringing you timely insights that shape the digital economy. Each month, we break down key regulatory shifts, market movements, and innovation across global financial infrastructure.

Thanks for joining us—let’s dive in.

Read more ↓
https://t.co/29qmjWrWvp

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

We’re excited to share that First Digital has partnered with @SGB_app Singapore Gulf Bank to enhance institutional banking infrastructure for FDUSD. 🏦

Through this partnership, FDUSD operations benefit from SGB’s specialized stablecoin banking layer—enabling near real-time settlement, optimized liquidity management, and reduced operational friction.

Together, we are bridging the gap between high-frequency fiat flows and blockchain-native settlement. 📷

Learn more: https://t.co/2IZfhJothh

[Singapore Gulf Bank @SGB_app]

Stablecoin settlement should not wait on legacy banking.

@FirstDigitalHQ uses SGB to reduce friction across FDUSD fiat flows, so minting and redemptions can run with more speed, clarity, and control.

What this enables:

• Faster internal transfers via SGB Net

• Lower operational costs

• Strong oversight and aligned compliance processes

A cleaner banking layer for stablecoin infrastructure.

Learn more: https://t.co/LkIFW9r32v

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

x402 is now live in Agent Wallet with FDUSD support for payments, alongside USDC.

Connecting the pieces: Agent Wallet + x402 + FDUSD.
From agent to merchant, end-to-end.

Build with it today ↓

[Finance District @FD_XYZ]

We shipped x402 payments from the agent's side.

Non-custodial, CLI or MCP, works everywhere — OpenClaw, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, VSCode.

Your agent can pay. Your keys stay safe.

See how it works 👇
https://t.co/X6mvn2Q1D4

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Voting closes tomorrow.

Thank you to everyone who has already cast their vote for First Digital at the @Hedgeweek Global Digital Assets Awards 2026. If you haven’t yet, there’s still time:
→ Stablecoin Infrastructure Provider of the Year
→ Digital Asset Payment Infrastructure of the Year

https://t.co/mK5cENLUPb

[OpenPayd @OpenPayd]

NEW: @FirstDigitalHQ has chosen OpenPayd to power the fiat infrastructure behind its expanding stablecoin and digital asset ecosystem 🚀

First Digital's CEO, Vincent Chok, said of the partnership: “OpenPayd’s USD SWIFT and EUR SEPA connectivity gives FDUSD the regulated fiat rails that global institutions demand.”

Read the full announcement 🔗 https://t.co/nddjXjo3tr

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

The last mile of digital asset adoption is fiat connectivity.

First Digital x @OpenPayd delivers USD SWIFT and EUR SEPA settlement, giving global institutions the regulated rails they need to move between fiat and on-chain liquidity at scale.

Learn more: https://t.co/TWFdpW0EyF

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Agent Wallet is officially live on @FD_XYZ

This month's The Flow covers:
• Agent Wallet launching with multi-chain support across Bitcoin, EVM, and Solana
• First Digital shortlisted for two Hedgeweek Global Digital Assets Awards 2026
• Stablecoins approaching $311B as institutional adoption grows

Read more ↓
https://t.co/psM5L32T10

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

The agentic economy needs payment rails that work without human intervention.

@vchok on why stablecoins are the only infrastructure built for it.

[The Rollup @therollupco]

Vincent Chok, CEO of First Digital, on why stablecoins are the native payment method for AI agents.

Credit cards require human authorization. They have business hours baked into their infrastructure. Chargebacks assume a human made the purchase. PCI compliance assumes a person holds the card. None of that works for an AI agent operating 24/7 without human involvement.

"Without a stablecoin, it just makes things a lot more difficult for AI payments to make those efficient payments instant at real time."

[The Rollup @therollupco]

Happy Friday. End of a massive week.

Morgan Stanley filed for spot BTC ETF. Coinbase launched 24/7 equity perps at 20x leverage. Sen. Lummis hints stablecoin yield is 99% resolved. Moody's bringing credit ratings onchain.

On today's show:

1:45p EST @vchok - @FirstDigitalHQ
2:15p EST @AriPingle & @iggyioppe - @Theo_Network

See you on the show.