Bridge, a stablecoin issuer acquired by payments giant Stripe in 2024, has launched Sui Dollar (USDsui), a new USD‑pegged stablecoin native to the Sui blockchain. According to Sui Network’s announcement, USDsui is designed as a fully on-chain digital dollar that can be sent, traded, lent, borrowed, and integrated into decentralized applications across the Sui ecosystem. The launch gives Sui its own Stripe‑linked stablecoin infrastructure rather than relying solely on third‑party assets bridged from other chains. This development is strategically important for both Sui and the broader stablecoin market. Sui is a high‑throughput layer‑1 blockchain built around the Move programming language and an object‑centric data model, positioned as a platform for payments and scalable on-chain applications. By adding a natively issued, Stripe‑affiliated digital dollar, Sui gains a key monetary primitive that can support DeFi protocols, payments use cases, and on-chain commerce, while Stripe and Bridge extend their stablecoin footprint beyond the Ethereum ecosystem into newer high-performance networks. If liquidity and integrations grow, USDsui could become a core settlement asset on Sui and deepen the link between traditional payments infrastructure and Web3 rails. "entities":["Stripe","Bridge","Sui Dollar","USDsui","Sui blockchain","Sui Network","SUI (token)"]}'}

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