Tue, October 27

South Korea’s KB Kookmin Card Partners With SBI Holdings to Explore Crypto Payments

South Korea’s KB Kookmin Card has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japan’s SBI Holdings and two cybersecurity companies to test identity checks for artificial intelligence (AI) agents and explore cross-border crypto and stablecoin payments between the two countries. Announced on October 13, the four-party agreement also involves South

October 13, 2026 2 mins read

SBI Holdings Partners with Solana Foundation to Launch SBI Solana Global in Japan 

SBI Holdings, Inc. and the Solana Foundation have announced a strategic alliance to develop a regulated, on-chain financial market based in Japan. Under the agreement, the Solana Foundation will acquire an equity stake in SBI R3 Japan, which will subsequently be renamed SBI Solana Global Co., Ltd. The new entity

July 13, 2026 1 min read

SBI Holdings Launches Tokenized Bonds with XRP Rewards to Investors 

SBI Holdings, a long-time partner and investor in Ripple, is launching Japan’s first tokenized security bonds for individual investors with payments partly in XRP to expand access to digital finance and blockchain-based investments. The announcement, which was released on February 20, was from SBI Holdings, which will issue security token

February 21, 2026 2 mins read

SBI Holdings Rejects $10B XRP Claim, Clarifies 9% Ripple Equity

Yoshitaka Kitao, CEO of SBI Holdings, put an end to the discussion and clarified that the company does not hold $10 billion in $XRP tokens, but it owns a massive equity stake in Ripple Labs itself.​ As the debate started on February 15 from the user named @strivex_, who mentioned,

February 16, 2026 2 mins read