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Ripple to Invest in Japan’s SBI Subsidiary MoneyTap
29.10.2020
Ripple plans to invest in MoneyTap, the blockchain payments app birthed through a joint venture between the San Francisco-based firm and SBI Holdings
Bitwise Hits USD 100m, SBI to Launch XRP, Bitcoin, and Ether Fund + More News
28.10.2020
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Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of cryptoasset index funds to professional investors, said that it recently surpassed...
Pro Super Smash Bros player to receive salary in XRP
15.10.2020
More gamers around the world are moving into crypto
Financial giant SBI to run its first security token offering in October
9.10.2020
SBI is considering tokenizing assets like real estate and fine art in the future
SBI Holdings Subsidiary to Hold Security Token Offering Later This Month
9.10.2020
The Japanese financial group is also mulling other business lines around tokenized securities
Japanese Crypto Exchange TaoTao Agrees to SBI Purchase After Binance Talks End
7.10.2020
The all-stock deal bolsters SBI's crypto exchange services in Japan
SBI Takes Over TaoTao Exchange That Just Ditched Binance
7.10.2020
SBI’s chief executive Yoshitaka Kitao. One of Japan’s biggest financial companies, the SBI Group, has made a major move in the domestic market, snapping up a controlling stake in the TaoTao crypto exchange from Yahoo Japan.
The size of the deal was not disclosed, but TaoTao (previously known...
Japanese financial giant SBI acquires TaoTao crypto exchange
7.10.2020
SBI now has two licensed crypto trading platforms in Japan
SBI Teams up With Swiss Cryptobank for USD 66m Unlisted Stocks Fund
7.10.2020
Japanese financial giant and Ripple partner SBI is set to launch an unlisted securities fund with a Swiss crypto bank named Syngnum – and will look to target both European and Asian investors.
Per a report from Nikkei, as well as press releases from both SBI and Sygnum, the firms hope to raise...
SBI Holdings to set up blockchain-based digital stock exchange in Osaka
4.9.2020
Ripple’s Japanese partner wants to lead financial innovation in the country
SBI Plans Blockchain-based Digital Securities Exchange Launch
4.9.2020
Yoshitaka Kitao. Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has announced plans to launch blockchain technology-powered digital securities exchanges.
Per Nikkei, the plan is the brainchild of SBI’s chief executive Yoshitaka Kitao. The CEO is also the head of Japan’s largest and fastest-growing...
Japanese Financial Giant SBI Holdings Launches Short-Term Crypto Derivatives
28.8.2020
Already live on SBI's forex trading platform, the contracts for difference (CFDs) are available in bitcoin, ether and XRP flavors
Japanese financial giant SBI to launch CFDs for Bitcoin, Ether and XRP
28.8.2020
A forex exchange in Japan will start crypto CFD trading soon
SBI Launches ‘Digital Token Issuance Platform’ on Corda Blockchain
27.7.2020
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has unveiled a platform that will allow companies and regional government bodies to issue “digital tokens” using the American firm R3’s Corda blockchain network.
The company said its platform is named S Coin, per an official statement. The solution, it said,...
Who’s Afraid of Security Tokens?: STO Ecosystem Starts to Deliver on 2018 Hype
25.7.2020
Despite a number of choke points, development continues for both security tokens themselves and the market infrastructure to support them
SBI Moves Into Security Tokens as Secondary Markets Pump
24.7.2020
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has acquired a 10% stake in Nomura’s digital security platform Boostry
Japanese Broker Monex Launches Crypto-Based CFDs With 2x Leverage
10.7.2020
The Japanese online securities company Monex has revealed the launch of cryptocurrency-based contract-for-difference (CFD) services that went live on Wednesday. The new derivatives products offered by Monex will include bitcoin, XRP, ether, and bitcoin cash pairs with 2x leverage. Japanese digital...
SBI Invests $30M in B2C2, Largest Proclaimed Market Maker in XRP
1.7.2020
SBI invests $30 million in major crypto liquidity startup soon after revealing Japan’s first digital fund comprising 50% XRP
Ripple Partner SBI Gains UK Foothold after Agreeing USD 30m B2C2 Deal
1.7.2020
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has agreed a deal to buy a USD 30 million minority stake in Britain-based crypto player B2C2. The latter also says it will “launch a full prime brokerage for both crypto and other asset classes,” per its founder.
According to Reuters, SBI has agreed to the deal...
Crypto Trading Firm B2C2 Eyes Prime Brokerage Space With $30M Stake Sale to SBI
1.7.2020
B2C2 is eyeing its new partnership with SBI Holdings as a route to becoming a crypto prime broker