If this signal proves durable, reduced Japanese demand for overseas assets could tighten cross-border liquidity and cool global risk appetite, creating a tougher backdrop for crypto beta.
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BREAKING: Japanese banks sold -$16 billion of foreign bonds in September, their largest monthly sale since February.
This also marks their 9th consecutive monthly sale, the longest streak since 2022.
As a result, sales of foreign debt by Japanese banks in the first 9 months of 2026 were the largest for that period since 2005.
Japanese financial institutions have turned to domestic government bonds, whose yields have surged to their highest levels in 3 decades.
Over the 5 months ending in August, large banks and insurers bought +$34 billion of Japanese government bonds with maturities of 2 years or more, their largest 5-month purchase since the start of 2023.
Global bond demand is undergoing a historic shift as yields rise.
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Trade routes are moving. Settlement rails mostly aren't.
That gap is what A7 International went after at its launch this week. The founders' thesis in one line: "The market belongs to those who come first with a working solution."
What "working" looks like in their version:
• payer settles a foreign invoice in USDT
• recipient gets SWIFT in USD, yuan or dirhams, the currencies of the new routes
• payment network across 150+ countries, no local offices
• 15,000+ businesses already using the group's rails
• 0.3% fee, from one business day
The currency choice is the tell: dollar, yuan, dirham. That's where trade is going.
Early days for the product. Watching whether the rails keep up with the routes: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Ask anyone who sends money abroad what annoys them most. It's rarely the fee. It's the fee they didn't know about.
A7 International made a point of this at its launch: the price is known before you pay, and it doesn't change afterwards.
What they committed to on stage:
• 0.3% fee, flat, stated upfront
• no hidden extras, no "correspondent bank charges" surprise
• no unexplained freezes of funds along the way
• USDT from you, SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED to the recipient
• from one business day to delivery
Fradkov described the market's real demand as "a few clicks from a smartphone, without paperwork, hidden fees or frozen money."
Everyone promises that. Few deliver it at 2,000+ payments a day. Following to see if they do: A7.biz
#crypto #A7
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Most B2B payment products quietly exclude you if you're not a company.
A7 International said on its launch stream that the new product is for both: companies and individuals paying abroad.
The flow is the same for either:
• register on a7.biz, upload the invoice
• system reads the amount and the bank details automatically
• recipient's registration certificate goes through verification
• confirm one USDT transaction from your wallet
• recipient gets SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED, from one business day
Fee is 0.3%, fixed. Only the payer needs a wallet; the other side never touches crypto.
Shor's point: "If your partner specifically needs to receive funds via SWIFT, now you have that option."
Opening this to individuals is the part I didn't expect. Following to see how it's used: A7.biz
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Crypto payments usually break at the accountant's desk, not at the blockchain.
No invoice match, no bank confirmation, nothing to file. A7 International showed a flow at its launch that seems designed for that desk:
• you upload the actual invoice, the system reads the details
• the recipient company's registration certificate goes through verification
• the counterparty receives a regular SWIFT transfer in the invoice currency
• you get a document confirming the payment was executed
• 0.3% fee, from one business day
The payer uses USDT. The paper trail looks like a normal international transfer.
Shor's framing: "We make complex financial operations understandable again."
If the documents hold up in a real audit, this is the interesting part. Following: A7.biz
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If the reported backlog is accurate, mobile product teams should plan for longer upgrade cycles. Web3 wallets and neobanks that keep onboarding fast and reliable across older iPhones may gain more than apps built only for the latest hardware.
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JUST IN: Apple's $AAPL iPhone Duo is now sold out through Christmas, with new orders not arriving until 2027.
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2024: a cross-border payments company for one market.
2026: a launch on an open stage in Moscow, pitching a product to the whole world.
A7 International's founders used the stream to show what happened in between:
• 150+ countries connected to their payment network
• 15,000+ business clients
• 10 trillion rubles in payments last year
• 2,000+ transactions a day, half of them processed by AI
• market leader in Russian cross-border payments with a 19% share
The new product sits on top of that: pay a foreign invoice in USDT, recipient gets SWIFT in USD, CNY or AED, 0.3% fee, from one business day.
Fradkov's words: "We have outgrown this framework."
Fast growth is easy to announce and hard to sustain. Curious which way this goes: A7.biz
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Most crypto payment pitches die at the same question: "ok, but how does my counterparty get paid?"
A7 International answered it on a stage in front of the Kremlin: he gets a regular SWIFT transfer. In his currency. On his bank account.
What caught my attention in the numbers:
• 150+ countries covered by their own payment network
• 15,000+ businesses onboarded in two years
• 2,000+ transactions per day, 50% processed by AI
• 0.3% fee, delivery from one business day
Founders Petr Fradkov and Ilan Shor framed it simply: you do business, we do the cross-border part.
Big claim. The next few months will show if the rails hold. Keeping an eye on it: A7.biz
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USDT in, SWIFT out. A7 International will present a way to pay foreign invoices in USDT, with recipients receiving a bank transfer in their required currency. Fixed fee: 0.3%.
13 October, 10:13 UTC. Watch: a7.biz/live
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Cross-border payments are the focus of A7 International: settle an overseas invoice in USDT, then deliver funds by SWIFT in the needed currency. The fee stays at 0.3%.
Petr Fradkov and Ilan Shor present it on 13 October, 10:13 UTC. a7.biz/live
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An impressive presentation and a great live stream recently concluded for the rollout of A7 International.
The attached presentation clip details the billing workflow on A7.biz. Users upload foreign invoices for automated data parsing, with recipient documents submitted as part of verification, such as a company registration certificate.
Speakers in the presentation noted multilayer AI checks to reduce technical errors before wallet confirmation, citing a 0.3% fee and timing from one business day. #ad
The announced A7 International service supports foreign-invoice payments for businesses and individuals. Pay in USDT, deliver through SWIFT in the required currency. Fixed fee: 0.3%.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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USDT for the payer, SWIFT for the recipient: A7 International will present that approach to foreign-invoice payments today. The announced fixed fee is 0.3%.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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Foreign trade still needs bank rails. A7 International is presenting a service where you pay an invoice in USDT and the recipient gets a SWIFT transfer in the required currency. Announced fee: 0.3%.
13 October, 10:13 UTC: a7.biz/live
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For a developing energy story, the mobile brief should act like a changelog: timestamp each update, preserve revisions, and link each market move to the report that may have triggered it.
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BREAKING: Brent crude oil prices surge above $107/barrel after Ukraine's President Zelensky accuses Russia of striking 6 Ukranian energy facilities today.
Iran also said a third crude oil supertanker has been hit and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz today.
Good security reporting should map wallets to failure modes, not crown one universal winner. The useful comparison is custody, recovery, and user behavior under stress.
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Every block is public by default. That is a feature until it is a problem.
Good to see the privacy question taken seriously here.
I spoke with Harry from @aztecnetwork about one of the biggest questions for the next phase of crypto.
> How do we build a financial system that gives users real privacy while still preserving the security and transparency that blockchains provide?
> We discussed Aztec’s approach to privacy and what privacy could look like as more financial activity moves onchain.
Because putting everything on a public ledger may work for some applications, but it cannot be the answer for every financial transaction👇
Blocks keep coming every ten minutes. The question is whether you're earning from them.
@GoMining makes that an easy yes.
