THE BLOCK: JPYC Inc. CEO Noritaka Okabe said demand for the JPYC stablecoin will rise as more banks face service disruptions.
Okabe's comment comes shortly after Japan's GMO Aozora Net Bank halted certain banking API services after detecting unauthorized communications. Its parent company, GMO Internet Group, suffered a major cybersecurity incident last month involving extortion demands following unauthorized server access.
JPYC is a regulated Japanese yen-pegged stablecoin, and the company was registered with local authorities as a Funds Transfer Service Provider in October 2025.
On Nov 9, Arcus identified and fixed a bug which permitted an unauthorized withdrawal.
No user funds were affected and Arcus has covered the shortfall from its company treasury. Trading and withdrawals are operating normally.
Full incident report:
https://t.co/Rtv0XqVBhq
Does it concern anyone else about how all of these other offshore CEXs with little to no US presence rush to immediately cut off MEXC users from transferring assets?
Who is actually being protected by it…
What % of MEXCs total volume was illicit?
I can go to any large CEX and flag 9-10 figs in illicit activity.
I think anyone can agree MEXC historically has had a quite relaxed AML / KYC policy.
But the $16B illicit amount being alleged by FinCEN seems overstated to me so I’d like to see the data and comps.
Starts to feel a bit of gov’t overreach for cases like HTX or MEXC when much worse offenders like Kucoin are not being sanctioned...