According to CoinMarketCap, South Korean payments firm BC Card has completed a pilot that enabled foreign users to pay local merchants using stablecoins, as part of preparations to implement a stablecoin payment structure (source: CoinMarketCap on X, Dec 23, 2025). For traders, the confirmed pilot completion and stated path toward a stablecoin payment structure provide a concrete adoption milestone to track in Korea-focused crypto payment flows and merchant acceptance metrics (source: CoinMarketCap on X, Dec 23, 2025).