Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Turn Green With $239M in Inflows as Japan Moves Toward Crypto ETFs
Crypto ETF flows turned positive on Tuesday, July 14, as bitcoin funds drew $181.08 million and ether ETFs added $58.34 million. Altcoin ETFs were unusually quiet, with XRP, solana and HYPE products seeing no trading activity. Bitcoin and Ether ETFs Post…
SBI Holdings and Solana Foundation Partner to Launch Japan’s On-Chain Financial Markets
The joint initiative will seek to leverage the speed and efficiency of Solana’s network to serve as a bridge between the domestic market and global liquidity pools. Through SBI Solana Global, the entities will offer on-chain services and products focused…
Elon Musk Grok AI Predicts XRP Will Explode by End of 2026
Elon Musk Grok AI just cataloged every major institutional development in the XRP ecosystem and arrived at one of the cleaner year-end XRP price predictions in this series. The model predicts $4.50 to $6.00 or more by December 31, 2026, roughly 4 to 5.5…
Metaplanet Announces Joint Study to Bring Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit to Japan
Bitcoin Magazine Metaplanet Announces Joint Study to Bring Bitcoin-Backed Digital Credit to Japan Metaplanet wants to turn its bitcoin pile into a credit market. On Friday, Japan’s largest corporate bitcoin holder said it has opened a joint study…
Japan Three Biggest Banks Unite to Launch Yen Crypto Stablecoin by March 2027
MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation have established a formal joint council to develop and co-issue a yen-backed crypto stablecoin by the end of Japan fiscal year 2026, March 2027. The stablecoin will be issued under a trust…
SEC Plan to Scrap Rule 611 Could Be the Biggest Regulatory Unlock Yet for Crypto Tokenized US Stocks
The SEC just removed the single biggest legal obstacle standing between Crypto DeFi and US equity markets. On June 11, the agency formally proposed to rescind Rule 611 of Regulation NMS, the trade-through prohibition that has governed stock order routing…
Metaplanet Acquires Siiibo Securities in Push to Build Bitcoin Financial Ecosystem
Bitcoin Magazine Metaplanet Acquires Siiibo Securities in Push to Build Bitcoin Financial Ecosystem Metaplanet Inc., Japan’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Siiibo Securities Co., Ltd. in a deal…
Google’s Gemini AI Predicts Incredible XRP Price by End of June 2026
XRP has been stuck at $1.37 while the news around it has been anything but stuck. Google Gemini AI just connected those 2 things and predicts the divergence a 6-week deadline. $1.80 to $2.50 by end of June 2026. And the catalyst stack behind it is more…
Japan’s Crypto Revolution: 20% Tax Rate and Institutional ETF Gateway
Japan is executing the most consequential crypto regulatory pivot in Asia. The country that once taxed crypto gains at up to 55%, which drove liquidity offshore and cemented its reputation as a hostile jurisdiction for active traders, has now published…
Bitcoin in the Warsh Era: A New Monetary Regime Takes Shape
Over the past week, Bitcoin has kept climbing, with modest gains pushing it above $80,000 range for the first time since January. The top cryptocurrency is now up about 13% over the past month, riding the bullish wave that kicked off in early April.…