OKX Expands Into Emerging Markets With New Stablecoin App
OKX has launched a stablecoin-focused savings and payments app in emerging markets, offering users up to 10% APY on USDG balances.

OKX has launched a stablecoin-focused savings and payments app in emerging markets, offering users up to 10% APY on USDG balances.

The 10-year US Treasury yield has climbed to 5.11%, hitting its highest point since 2007 and causing yield spreads with emerging Asian bonds to reach extreme levels.

BlackRock has upgraded emerging market equities to overweight, citing the growth potential of AI hardware suppliers in South Korea, Taiwan, and Latin America.

Global investors are shifting capital from dollar-denominated emerging-market debt toward local-currency bonds, which reached a market size of $6.7 trillion as of August 2025.

EBANX has launched a payment bundling model that organizes over 200 methods into four categories, allowing merchants to reuse up to 90% of integration efforts across emerging markets.

Foreign investors pulled $3.5 billion from Chinese stocks in August 2026, continuing a trend of capital flight despite positive inflows in other emerging markets.

The IFC, in partnership with Mastercard and Visa, has launched a $700 million initiative to expand digital payment access for small businesses and consumers in emerging markets.

Rising oil prices near $100 per barrel, driven by US-Iran tensions, are pressuring emerging market currencies and equities.
