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Metaplanet has officially launched Metaplanet Securities, turning its completed acquisition of Siiibo Securities into a regulated digital asset investment banking business built around Bitcoin-backed financial products. According to Metaplanet, the new subsidiary succeeds the Tokyo-based brokerage acquired for JPY 2.1…
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SBI is reportedly preparing to launch a lending product offering a 3% annual yield on its JPYSC stablecoin, adding a yield feature weeks after introducing Japan’s first trust bank-backed yen stablecoin. According to a Monday report by Nikkei, the Japanese…
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Evernorth launched a Japanese account as the XRP treasury firm pursues a Nasdaq listing backed by over $1 billion and SBI Holdings in Japan.
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XRP
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Progmat moved above ¥452 billion in security-token assets from Corda 5 to Avalanche L1, adding EVM support and settlement below two seconds.
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Avalanche
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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi backed more startup funding and regulatory easing at WebX 2026, linking state policy with the country’s Web3 sector.
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Lawson plans an August JPYC payment trial at one Tokyo shop, linking mobile wallet barcodes with its existing point-of-sale system in Japan.
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Japanese lender CRYL launches Bitcoin-backed loans of up to $6.2M, offering annual rates from 3.5% without requiring BTC sales.
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Metaplanet studies Bitcoin-backed digital credit with JPYC and Progmat, but says no product or issuance terms have been set in Japan as yet.
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While XRP holders everywhere else argue about ETF flows and price charts, one country quietly turned the token into working infrastructure. Regulated prepaid money on the XRP Ledger, a Deloitte-attested stablecoin, tokenized bonds paying XRP bonuses, and a financial giant…
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SBI Holdings will buy bitbank for ¥46.7B, creating Japan’s largest crypto platform by assets, with completion planned in October 2026.
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Rakuten Wallet plans SHIB replica coins as its campaign offers token rewards, while SHIB trades near $0.0000044 after recent losses.
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Shiba Inu
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SBI signs agreements to fully acquire Bitbank, making the Japan crypto exchange a wholly owned subsidiary while services continue unchanged.
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Ripple and SBI launch RLUSD in Japan after JFSA approval, giving retail and institutions access to the dollar stablecoin via SBI VC Trade.
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Japanese authorities have arrested a senior figure allegedly linked to Cambodia’s Prince Group, a conglomerate that U.S. officials have tied to a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering network. The Asahi Shimbun reported that Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department arrested Hu…
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Japan’s pension fund plans a 1% crypto allocation in FY2026 to diversify currency risk through a passive multi-crypto fund.
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency has suspended part of moomoo Securities’ operations for three months and ordered the brokerage to strengthen its internal controls after regulators found compliance, customer protection, anti-money laundering, and cybersecurity failures. The Financial Services Agency said on…
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