Southeast Asian stablecoin operator APACX has reached a strategic partnership with modular payment protocol AEON Pay. The collaboration will enable PHT, the Philippine Peso stablecoin incubated by APACX, to be directly used for scan-to-pay transactions at over 20 million Southeast Asian brick-and-mortar merchants covered by AEON Pay, including brands such as Starbucks, Uniqlo, and McDonald's. [Foresight News]