Avalanche Accelerates Asian Expansion: Japanese Payment Giant Launches Platform on AvaCloud
Avalanche just flipped the script on traditional finance in Asia—and Wall Street hasn't even noticed yet.
The Japanese Payment Revolution
While legacy banks are still figuring out their digital strategies, Japan's leading payment processor just bypassed the entire traditional infrastructure by deploying on AvaCloud. This isn't just another blockchain pilot—it's a full-scale commercial platform going live in one of the world's largest economies.
Meanwhile, traditional finance executives are probably still in meetings discussing whether crypto is 'here to stay'—their loss, Avalanche's gain.
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“No one needs reminding that history is full of episodes of technology exuberance that eventually left the early investors battered,” said SLC Management managing director Dec Mullarkey to the Financial Times.
Big Tech Raises Capex Guidance
Out of the three companies, Meta stock is taking the hardest hit and is down by about 12%. The Facebook owner said that its capex could exceed $100 billion next year and raised the low end of its 2025 capex guidance to $70 billion from $66 billion.
However, it wasn’t only Meta, as Microsoft said that its 2026 capex WOULD top its 2025 figure, while Alphabet raised its 2025 capex estimate to between $91 and $93 billion from between $75 and $85 billion.
