SBI Global Asset Management has launched the world’s first tokenized Japanese equity fund on the Solana blockchain through a partnership with DigiFT, bringing a high-dividend equity strategy on-chain for institutional and accredited investors. According to an announcement shared by SBI…

Japan has enacted sweeping amendments to its financial laws that classify cryptocurrencies as financial products, opening the door to lower crypto taxes, domestic exchange-traded funds and stricter market oversight. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, the House of Councillors approved…

On July 13, one of Japan’s largest financial conglomerates rewired its blockchain strategy in a single press release. SBI Holdings announced that the Solana Foundation will take an equity stake in SBI R3 Japan, the joint venture it shares with…

JCB has partnered with Circle to test USDC for internal treasury transfers and merchant payments in Japan, extending stablecoin use into cross-border corporate settlement and retail transactions. A July 14 statement from JCB said the Japanese payments company has signed…

Doppler Finance and SBI Digital Finance will develop institutional XRP lending, liquidity and tokenized asset infrastructure across Japan.

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…

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…

Evernorth launched a Japanese account as the XRP treasury firm pursues a Nasdaq listing backed by over $1 billion and SBI Holdings in Japan.

Progmat moved above ¥452 billion in security-token assets from Corda 5 to Avalanche L1, adding EVM support and settlement below two seconds.

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi backed more startup funding and regulatory easing at WebX 2026, linking state policy with the country’s Web3 sector.

Lawson plans an August JPYC payment trial at one Tokyo shop, linking mobile wallet barcodes with its existing point-of-sale system in Japan.

Japanese lender CRYL launches Bitcoin-backed loans of up to $6.2M, offering annual rates from 3.5% without requiring BTC sales.

Metaplanet studies Bitcoin-backed digital credit with JPYC and Progmat, but says no product or issuance terms have been set in Japan as yet.

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…