First Digital

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

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

An important milestone for First Digital.

We've signed a definitive business combination agreement with CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III (Nasdaq: KOYN).

The proposed transaction values First Digital at $250 million on a pre-money equity basis, and the post-combined company is expected to become a Nasdaq-listed company.

First Digital is the group behind FDUSD and the developer of Finance District.

Expected to close in the first half of 2027, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Announcement: https://t.co/WD9MxZvLtw

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

The Flow #33 is live. October’s edition:

→ First Digital to list on Nasdaq
→ GENIUS Act and MiCA deadlines set
→ Card networks bring stablecoins to everyday payments

Read the full edition 👇
https://t.co/4qH9OliM7C

[First Digital Labs @FDLabsHQ]

Visit our website for the latest $FDUSD attestation reports:
https://t.co/2eMCjYOZCF

[First Digital Labs @FDLabsHQ]

We’re glad to be partnering with @Ontorium_io for gold RWA 🤝

More to share soon!

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

@Ontorium_io Excited for what’s next!

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

“That diversity becomes an advantage once businesses stop asking which stablecoin should win and start using each one for what it’s actually good at.”

In a new op-ed for CFOTech Asia, our CEO @vchok looks at why dollar stablecoins hold about 99% of the market while more than 70% of conversions start from other currencies, and how one payment can move across several stablecoins from start to finish.

Read it: https://t.co/oHMwzFgDbu

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

“We will not be a stablecoin company; we’ll be a stablecoin infrastructure company.”

At the Stablecoin Summit, @vchok spoke with AlphaWire about what comes next after last week’s Nasdaq BCA announcement. The plan is to grow beyond FDUSD into multi-stablecoin rails covering FX, settlement and agentic payments.

Read the interview: https://t.co/OzlcyeM2IV

[Stablecoin Summit @stblcnsummit]

Alice Truong of @Nuvei on agentic payments: much of the liability shifts to the payment processor, which decodes the intent passing between a user's agent and a merchant's agent. Nuvei is waiting for regulators to set out where that liability sits.

Watch the full panel featuring: Hassan Ahmed (@Hassan_NY) of @coinbase, Vincent Chok (@vchok) of @FirstDigitalHQ, Jackie Zhang (@agaperste) of Bridge (@Stablecoin), and Francesco Andreoli (@francescoswiss) of @MetaMask.

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Who should issue a won stablecoin, and what would make anyone use it over USD tokens?

The Korea Herald pulled together views from Coinbase, Kaia, StraitsX, Hilbert Capital and our COO Gunnar Jaerv after last week's roundtable in Seoul.

Worth a read if you're following Korea's stablecoin debate.

https://t.co/SHGB3gKnyO

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Compliance works better when it's built into the rails instead of checked afterwards.

At Institutional Privacy Day, @vchok joined @NewtonLabs and @zama to talk about how programmable rails and an authorization layer can make that work for regulated capital, with FDUSD reserves held separately by First Digital Trust, a licensed trust company.

[Vincent Chok @vchok]

Joined Panel 2 at Institutional Privacy Day in Seoul, "Compliance-Ready Infrastructure for Regulated Capital", with @NewtonLabs and @zama.

The big shift is from reactive to proactive compliance. Instead of checking transactions after the fact, the rules sit in the rails. Counterparties are verified before money moves, the settlement asset is fully reserved, and the record is there whenever a regulator asks.

Privacy and compliance don't have to pull against each other. Good to discuss with teams building both sides of it.

[Vincent Chok @vchok]

Wrapping up a few days in Seoul.

Spoke at the National Assembly on compliance-ready infrastructure for regulated capital, then went on to The Bridge Summit 2026, where it was good to see a lot of familiar faces.

Korea is moving on stablecoin regulation, and the conversations this week were practical. Thanks to @Bridge34__ and everyone who hosted us.

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Agent-to-agent payments are already here. The open question is the infrastructure underneath.

Catch our CEO @vchok on the Agentic Payments panel at Stablecoin Summit Singapore, 8 October.

[Stablecoin Summit @stblcnsummit]

Which agentic stablecoin payments already fit real enterprise workflows, and how does sub-cent, high-frequency volume reshape fee models built for humans? What happens to counterparty risk, settlement finality, and reconciliation when both sides of a transaction act autonomously?

On stage:
Hassan Ahmed, @coinbase
Alice Truong, @Nuvei
@vchok, @FirstDigitalHQ
@agaperste, @Stablecoin

Moderator:
@francescoswiss, @MetaMask

Stablecoin Summit Singapore. 8 October · https://t.co/8GzzWSnsmH

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Today, Our CEO @vchok will be joining The Bridge Summit 2026 in Korea 🇰🇷

Also joining the summit are Samuel Shim, Avery Ching, Michael Ho, Gemma Shin, Jake Choi, Lachlan Webb, Tim Tsai, Blake Jeong, Ran Yi, Nakul Gupta, and Taweh Beysolow.

Bringing together perspectives across institutional finance and digital assets, infrastructure, ecosystem growth, trading, liquidity, and tokenized finance — connecting Korea with the global market.

The Bridge Summit 2026 @Bridge34__ · Korea 🇰🇷

[Bridge34 @Bridge34__]

Also joining The Bridge Summit 2026:

Samuel Shim, Vincent Chok, Avery Ching, Michael Ho, Gemma Shin, Jake Choi, Lachlan Webb, Tim Tsai, Blake Jeong, Ran Yi, Nakul Gupta, and Taweh Beysolow.

From institutional finance and digital assets to infrastructure, ecosystem growth, trading, liquidity, and tokenized finance, this lineup brings together perspectives from Korea and the global market.

[YAP Global @YAPGlobalTeam]

1/ Banks are now interested in stablecoins. What sparked the interest?

“Stablecoin transaction volume passed $28 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, settling on networks where banks have historically had limited control or participation. When money moves at that scale outside a bank’s control, it becomes difficult to ignore.” said @vchok, CEO of @FirstDigitalHQ

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

Our CEO Vincent Chok sat down with @JameDiBiasio on The J.DB Report to talk through the last two years properly — the FDUSD de-peg, what it forced us to rebuild, and why First Digital is now betting on Asia and emerging markets instead of trying to out-scale the big players.

No spin, just the real story behind the headlines.

[Vincent Chok @vchok]

Most stablecoin conversations focus on the winners. Fewer focus on what it takes to keep going when the market turns. I joined @JameDiBiasio on The J.DB Report to talk about the last two years at First Digital, what it taught us, and why we rebuilt the business to prepare for a different market.

The market has changed. Two years ago, there were a handful of serious stablecoin issuers. Today, there are dozens. That forces every issuer to answer a harder question: what are we actually useful for?

Our answer is infrastructure. Serving Asian and emerging market users properly, building Finance District for agentic payments, and designing for security first, because in this business trust is the only thing that compounds.

Listen to the full conversation here: https://t.co/DVoYMfoXnz

[KGLD @korda_Official]

Global dollar stablecoin FDUSD meets KGLD.
FDUSD, issued by First Digital(@FDLabsHQ), has recorded more than $2 trillion in cumulative trading volume since launch.

KGLD is working with @FirstDigitalHQ to build onchain financial infrastructure connecting #FDUSD with #KGLD, a digital asset backed by physical gold.

By connecting a dollar stablecoin with a physical gold-backed digital asset through compliance-focused infrastructure, the initiative aims to create a pathway for global investors to access digital gold and the RWA market, while connecting KGLD to global liquidity.

A digital dollar with established global liquidity, connected to physical gold-backed KGLD.
This marks another step toward KGLD’s expansion into the global RWA market.

Read more
https://t.co/mWNugGERIv

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

FDUSD keeps pushing past payments. Gold-backed RWAs in Korea are next, off the back of this MOU with ITSenGroup.

[First Digital Labs @FDLabsHQ]

MOU signed: First Digital x ITSenGroup, linking FDUSD with KGLD on compliant blockchain infra.

Plan over the next 5 years: 50 tons of gold onchain, a ₩10T RWA ecosystem, new payment/settlement rails for Korean businesses.

Read more: https://t.co/voPYJkiMdA

[First Digital Labs @FDLabsHQ]

An imperfect framework beats endless delay.
Our CEO @vchok on why the CLARITY Act needs to account for the global reality of stablecoins — via @CoinMarketCap .

Read more: https://t.co/8xLblsyG0d

[First Digital @FirstDigitalHQ]

@FDLabsHQ @HashKeyExchange More ways to access and use $FDUSD 🤝

[First Digital Labs @FDLabsHQ]

Big news for $FDUSD holders and traders! 🚀

FDUSD’s first direct fiat market, FDUSD/USD, is now live on @HashKeyExchange, one of Hong Kong’s leading licensed virtual asset exchanges.

Three new spot pairs:
• FDUSD/USD
• BTC/FDUSD
• ETH/FDUSD

Buy and sell FDUSD directly against USD. Trade BTC and ETH settled in FDUSD on a SFC licensed exchange.

Professional investors only.

Learn more ↓
https://t.co/oBXpU5dfcf