SBI Holdings

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Markets

SBI Group backs payments firm dtcpay in $25 million funding round

Stablecoin payments company dtcpay completed a $25 million Series A funding round with a strategic investment from Japan’s SBI Group.

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Finance

SBI buys 20% stake in Indonesia's Ajaib for $270 million to expand yen stablecoin in Southeast Asia

The Japanese financial giant is acquiring a 20% stake in the Indonesian online brokerage to build a cross-border, blockchain-based settlement network.

SBI Holdings at Izumi Garden Tower in Tokyo (Chris 73/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Stablecoin neobank Fasset lands $1 billion valuation as SBI backs its payments push

The firm raised $68 million as its revenue has grown six-fold as stablecoin payments and settlement expand, CEO Mohammad Raafi Hossain told CoinDesk.

Fasset co-founder and CEO Mohammad Raafi Hossain (Fasset)

Finance

Crypto market maker B2C2 held sale talks with multiple potential buyers

The SBI-owned crypto trading firm is said to have attracted takeover interest from a number of suitors over the past 18 months, but valuation has been a sticking point.

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Finance

Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire

The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization partnership with Ondo Finance.

SBI Holdings at Izumi Garden Tower in Tokyo (Chris 73/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

EDX Markets raises $76 million in funding round led by SBI Holdings

EDX’s model targets institutional clients by separating trading from custody through a central clearinghouse to minimize counterparty risk.

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Finance

SBI's $289 million Bitbank deal is symptomatic of Japan's crypto consolidation: Architect Partners

The investment bank said the purchase of Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank is a bet on regulated scale as sweeping reforms reshape the country's digital asset market.

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Finance

Japan's SBI to issue 10 billion yen onchain bond with XRP rewards for retail investors

The SBI START Bonds offer a fixed interest rate, blockchain settlement, and XRP rewards for eligible investors registered on the firm’s exchange.

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Finance

Japan's SBI Holdings Joins Tokenized Stock Push With Startale Joint Venture

The financial conglomerate is building a blockchain platform for tokenized assets with Startale, the blockchain development firm that build Soneium with Sony.

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Markets

Circle's USDC to be First USD Stablecoin in Japan

SBI VC Trade will be the first to list Circle’s stablecoin under the country’s new payments framework.

Jeremy Allaire Circle CEO (The Washington Post / Getty Images)