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Markets

SBI Is Offering Shareholders Option of Getting XRP as Reward for 2nd Year

SBI's support of XRP is a sign of the digital token's continued strong fan base in Japan.

SBI Holdings

Markets

Stock Price at Japan's Top Brokerage Riding High Thanks to Bitcoin Boom: Report

The brokerage's venture into cryptocurrency has increased the company's quarter-on-quarter growth threefold.

Oki Matsumoto, chief executive officer of Monex Group Inc

Videos

Monex Group CEO: Bank of Japan 'Seriously Working' on Digital Yen

Oki Matsumoto, CEO of Monex Group, joins "First Mover" to discuss the crypto boom in Japan, an update on the digital yen and the outlook for new crypto regulation.

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Finance

Japan's SBI in Talks Over Joint Venture to Make Crypto a Core Revenue: Source

SBI founder and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao said his firm would turn the planned crypto venture into a core source of profitability.

SBI Holdings

Markets

Japan’s Finance Minister Calls on G7 to Discuss CBDCs at Talks Friday

The G7 meeting on Friday is a virtual meeting and will be the first since U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn into office on Jan. 20.

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Finance

Japan’s SBI Adds XRP to Cryptocurrency Lending Service

Users of SBI's cryptocurrency exchange can lend XRP for a return of 0.1% per annum.

SBI Holdings

Markets

Japan to Have Blockchain-Based Stock Exchange in 2022

The exchange reportedly planned by SBI and SMFG is expected to be the first of its kind in Japan.

Osaka, Japan

Policy

30 Charged in Japan With Trading $96M of Crypto Stolen in Coincheck Hack

The individuals are accused of trading cryptocurrency stolen during the $560 million exchange hack in 2018.

Tokyo

Policy

Japan Rallies Behind XRP as Ripple Faces US Litigation

Unlike the U.S., Japan considers XRP to be a cryptocurrency, not a security.

Japanese XRP investors aren't letting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit against Ripple dim their outlook on the cryptocurrency.