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XRP currently dominates Japan’s cash inflows, and a new 20% tax rate is about to lock that advantage in

Japan's 55% to 20% tax cut and crypto reclassification create institutional pathways where XRP already dominates $21.7 billion in JPY on-ramp volume and SBI's remittance infrastructure.

1 week ago

A Bitcoin coin stands outside the Bank of Japan with the Japanese flag above, highlighting concerns over liquidity as Japan’s 30-year bond yield hits a historic high.

Macro

Bitcoin faces a “liquidity drain” danger zone as Japan’s 30-year yield breaks a historic record

With the BOJ letting rates run to levels not seen in decades, the structural "term premium" is rising, a direct headwind for long-duration crypto exposure.

2 weeks ago

A Bitcoin coin sits on a snowy ledge overlooking Metaplanet’s Tokyo headquarters, highlighting the company’s stalled BTC purchases over the past three months.

Digital Asset Treasuries

Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame

Institutional nods catalyze Metaplanet’s pivot to financial engineering for ambitious Bitcoin treasury growth.

3 weeks ago

A Bitcoin coin on a sunlit path under cherry blossoms near a historic Japanese building, symbolizing how Japan’s interest rate cut could influence Bitcoin’s market outlook.

Macro

Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

Japan's monetary shift scrutinizes yen's role in crypto trades, hinting at broader market challenges.

4 weeks ago

A dramatic midday Tokyo skyline shows a vivid Japanese flag and three massive metallic Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana coins towering above gleaming skyscrapers and Tokyo Tower under a bright blue sky with billowing clouds.

Regulation

Japan’s 20% crypto tax sets a new bar in Asia, pressuring Singapore and Hong Kong as retail costs fall

Japan’s sweeping crypto reclassification could redefine Asia’s regulatory power balance.

2 months ago

Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore skylines linked by luminous teal, amber, and magenta rails converging on polished Bitcoin and Ethereum emblems over a bright sunrise map of Asia.

Analysis

These three Asian markets got the jump on tokenized finance over the US

$30 billion on Japanese exchanges edges toward BTC as custody rules harden.

2 months ago

Digital Asset Treasuries

How Metaplanet’s $100M Bitcoin backed loan can rewrite the corporate treasury playbook

Tokyo firm Metaplanet taps Bitcoin-backed credit to expand holdings and fund ops, marking another data point for the corporate-treasury thesis.

2 months ago

Bankruptcy

Mt. Gox delayed to 2026: Does 34k BTC even move Bitcoin price anymore?

A one-year extension converts a date shock into a process drip; compare the remaining stack to monthly ETF intake and hedging capacity before adjusting allocations.

3 months ago

Tokyo skyline with a Bank of Japan facade as the previously red yield path is now a bold green arrow surging past a gold Bitcoin above a yen–dollar seesaw.

Analysis

JGB 17-year yield spike tests Bitcoin at $123k; is risk off back?

Japanese yields and a sliding yen pressure risk assets; here’s how it feeds into BTC liquidity and ETF demand.

3 months ago

mining-farm corridor with neon-lit racks as an SBI Crypto badge is struck by red breach streams that route through glowing nodes into a bright green Tornado Cash swirl.

Hacks

Top Bitcoin mining pool SBI Crypto hacked, $21 million stolen

ZachXBT reveals that the stolen funds from SBI Crypto were quickly funneled through instant exchanges and Tornado Cash.

4 months ago

Cinematic Tokyo skyline at golden hour with Tokyo Tower as teal global capital arcs flow into an open briefcase brimming with Bitcoin coins, symbolizing Metaplanet’s overseas raise for a BTC treasury spree.

Digital Asset Treasuries

Metaplanet surges past 30,000 BTC creating 4th largest Bitcoin treasury

Metaplanet's strategic BTC expansion leads to 115.7% revenue increase in Q3.

4 months ago

A bright, cinematic Tokyo crossroads fractures beneath a towering red sun while stacks of yen-like bonds tilt on one side and a glowing Earth with warning triangles and rising market arrows looms on the other, signaling Japan’s debt reckoning and a global economic alarm.

Macro

Crisis crossroads: Japan’s debt reckoning and the global economic warning

Japan’s debt has soared to nearly 235% of GDP, an unprecedented level for a developed economy, with lessons for the U.S. and other countries borrowing without limits.

4 months ago

Japan

XRP currently dominates Japan’s cash inflows, and a new 20% tax rate is about to lock that advantage in

Bitcoin faces a “liquidity drain” danger zone as Japan’s 30-year yield breaks a historic record

Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame

Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

Japan’s 20% crypto tax sets a new bar in Asia, pressuring Singapore and Hong Kong as retail costs fall

These three Asian markets got the jump on tokenized finance over the US

How Metaplanet’s $100M Bitcoin backed loan can rewrite the corporate treasury playbook

Mt. Gox delayed to 2026: Does 34k BTC even move Bitcoin price anymore?

JGB 17-year yield spike tests Bitcoin at $123k; is risk off back?

Top Bitcoin mining pool SBI Crypto hacked, $21 million stolen

Metaplanet surges past 30,000 BTC creating 4th largest Bitcoin treasury

Crisis crossroads: Japan’s debt reckoning and the global economic warning

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Bitcoin faces a “liquidity drain” danger zone as Japan’s 30-year yield breaks a historic record

Japan’s central bank scraps CBDC plans due to lack of interest from public

Mt. Gox exchange releases guideline for BTC repayment

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Japan

XRP currently dominates Japan’s cash inflows, and a new 20% tax rate is about to lock that advantage in

Bitcoin faces a “liquidity drain” danger zone as Japan’s 30-year yield breaks a historic record

Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame

Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

Japan’s 20% crypto tax sets a new bar in Asia, pressuring Singapore and Hong Kong as retail costs fall

These three Asian markets got the jump on tokenized finance over the US

How Metaplanet’s $100M Bitcoin backed loan can rewrite the corporate treasury playbook

Mt. Gox delayed to 2026: Does 34k BTC even move Bitcoin price anymore?

JGB 17-year yield spike tests Bitcoin at $123k; is risk off back?

Top Bitcoin mining pool SBI Crypto hacked, $21 million stolen

Metaplanet surges past 30,000 BTC creating 4th largest Bitcoin treasury

Crisis crossroads: Japan’s debt reckoning and the global economic warning

Bitcoin faces a “liquidity drain” danger zone as Japan’s 30-year yield breaks a historic record

Japan’s central bank scraps CBDC plans due to lack of interest from public

Mt. Gox exchange releases guideline for BTC repayment

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