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SBI Crypto Fund I Starts With ¥3 Billion Target as Japan Eyes Crypto ETFs

SBI Crypto Fund I began operations Aug. 1 with a target size of about ¥3 billion, bringing SBI, gumi and Daiwa investors into a three-year strategy spanning Bitcoin, major altcoins, staking and hedging.

Kadim

August 2, 2026
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SBI Crypto Fund SBI Holdings Japan +5

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Circle Targets JCB's 72 Million Merchants With USDC Payments Plan

Circle and JCB have signed an MOU to explore USDC settlement and merchant payments, putting a 72 million-merchant network at the center of the stablecoin adoption race.

Kadim

July 14, 2026
7 min read

Circle USDC JCB +4

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SBI and Solana Just Moved Japan's Onchain Finance Push Onto SOL

SBI Holdings and the Solana Foundation will turn SBI R3 Japan into SBI Solana Global to support JPYSC, tokenized assets and cross-border settlement on Solana.

Kadim

July 13, 2026
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SBI Holdings Solana SOL +6

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SBI Crypto Is Shutting a 2% Bitcoin Mining Pool

SBI Crypto will close its Bitcoin mining pool on July 31, forcing miners to redirect roughly 2% of Bitcoin hashrate before the cutoff.

Kadim

July 3, 2026
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SBI Crypto SBI Holdings Bitcoin mining +5

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SBI Just Bought Bitbank for $289M

SBI Holdings agreed to buy Bitbank for 46.7 billion yen, setting up Japan's biggest crypto exchange group by custody assets.

Kadim

June 26, 2026
6 min read

SBI Holdings Bitbank SBI VC Trade +5

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Metaplanet Just Bought a Bitcoin Securities License in Japan

Metaplanet agreed to buy Siiibo Securities for ¥2.1B, giving Japan's largest public Bitcoin holder a licensed path toward BTC-linked yield products.

Kadim

June 12, 2026
7 min read

Metaplanet Siiibo Securities Bitcoin +5

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Japan Just Opened a 20% Crypto Tax and ETF Path

Japan's lower house passed a crypto bill that moves digital assets toward stock-style rules, a 20% tax path and potential crypto ETFs.

Kadim

June 11, 2026
7 min read

Japan crypto regulation crypto tax +5

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Japan's 3 Biggest Banks Aim for a Yen Stablecoin by March

MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank and SMBC plan live transactions for a jointly issued trust-type yen stablecoin in fiscal 2026, putting Japan's biggest banks into the stablecoin race.

Kadim

June 10, 2026
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Japan stablecoins yen stablecoin +5

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Japan To Tokenize $7.5 Trillion Bond Market With Blockchain

Japan's JGB blockchain pilot puts a 1,166.7 trillion yen bond and T-bill market in focus as banks test 24/7 collateral workflows.

Kadim

May 7, 2026
4 min read

Japan Tokenization JGB +5

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