Kaia and LINE NEXT Launch Revolutionary Stablecoin Super-App for Asia at KBW 2025

Asia's financial landscape just got a massive upgrade—Kaia and LINE NEXT drop the region's first integrated stablecoin platform at Korea Blockchain Week.

Seamless Digital Payments

Forget fragmented crypto experiences. This super-app merges stablecoin transactions with everyday financial services—payments, transfers, and DeFi access wrapped in one slick interface.

Built for Mass Adoption

Leveraging LINE's 200-million-user network across Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan, the platform targets mainstream users tired of traditional banking bottlenecks. No more waiting days for cross-border settlements—just instant, low-cost transactions.

Regulatory First-Mover Play

Kaia’s compliance framework navigates Asia’s patchwork regulations—because nothing says 'innovation' like outmaneuvering three different financial authorities at once. Who needs regulatory clarity when you’ve got aggressive expansion plans?

Banking’s New Nightmare

Traditional institutions are watching—this super-app doesn’t ask for permission. It bypasses legacy systems, cuts out intermediaries, and gives users full control over their assets. Sorry, bankers—your 3% transfer fees just became obsolete.

Asia’s Crypto Future Is Here

This isn’t another speculative token launch. It’s practical, scalable, and built for real-world use. Whether you’re paying for groceries or sending remittances overseas, the super-app makes digital assets feel… normal.

One cynical footnote: because nothing stabilizes value like a asset pegged to fiat currencies—the very system crypto supposedly replaces. Irony tastes sweet, doesn’t it?

Stablecoin orchestration for Asia

LINE’s Finschia and Kakao’s Klaytn merged to FORM Kaia in 2024, which bills itself as Asia’s “stablecoin orchestration layer.” With support for USD, JPY, KRW, THB, IDR, PHP, MYR, and SGD at launch, Project Unify will bring together the region’s fragmented stablecoin markets.

🚨 Just in: at our Stable Gathering, @seo_sangmin unveiled Kaia's stablecoin strategy:

Stablecoin Orchestration LAYER — the Kaia ecosystem for stablecoin issuance, circulation, and utilization
Project Unify — Asia's stablecoin superapp by Kaia and LINE NEXT
K-STAR — the KRW… pic.twitter.com/zTGKBfsk9P

The platform offers tools to developers and issuers through a dedicated Unify SDK, with a focus on regulatory compliance, especially in South Korea. Kaia’s recent KRW stablecoin trademark filings signal the rollout of a won-pegged asset to anchor the ecosystem.

LINE Messenger as the distribution layer

Boasting nearly 200 million monthly active users across Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia, LINE Messenger provides the scale Kaia and LINE NEXT need to drive adoption. The app will allow users to pay, earn yield, and access Web3 services without leaving the messenger interface.

This integration follows Kaia’s recent regional moves, including a partnership with Taiwan Mobile and its Wave Stablecoin Summer Hackathon co-hosted with Tether (USDT), which attracted global developers building DeFi Mini Dapps for LINE’s ecosystem.

If Project Unify is successful, it could bridge the gap between institutional regulation and retail adoption by becoming Asia’s first mass-market, compliant stablecoin platform.

With the distribution power of Kakao and LINE behind it, Kaia’s stablecoin bet puts it in a direct competitive position to take on local fintech giants and position stablecoins as the foundation of Asia’s digital economy.