The post Japan’s CRYL Offers Bitcoin-Backed Loans of Up to $6.2M appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Japanese lender CRYL has launched Bitcoin-backed loans of up to 1 billion yen ($6.2 million), allowing individuals and businesses to raise fiat currency without selling their BTC. On Thursday, the company announced that borrowers can access between 1 million yen ($6,200) and 1 billion yen ($6.2 million) at annual rates of 3.5% to 7%. The loans carry collateral ratios of 40% to 60%. They run for one year and can be used for expenses, including taxes, business funding and property purchases. The launch expands Japan’s small market for regulated crypto-backed financing. In 2020, Fintertech, a Daiwa Securities Group and Credit Saison joint venture, launched a similar service and currently lends up to $3 million against Bitcoin or Ether. However, CRYL’s service advertises a higher ceiling and a lower minimum, while limiting collateral to BTC. CRYL framed the service as adding a third opti
The post New Hampshire Rejects Bitcoin Bond, Sending A Chill Through State Crypto Finance Experiments appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
State government adoption of bitcoin just hit a brick wall in New England. New Hampshire’s executive council voted 3-2 to reject a bond structure that would have woven bitcoin into a public financing vehicle, killing the effort at the very last approval stage. The decision closes a chapter that many crypto advocates saw as a template for how states might begin accumulating digital assets on their balance sheets. The rejection, reported by the original report, leaves no room for parliamentary repair. The bond project had already progressed through earlier legislative and oversight steps, making the council’s essentially final vote a terminal setback. What was intended as a lean, pro-innovation funding mechanism now stands as an object lesson in how even crypto-friendly jurisdictions can balk when taxpayer-linked instruments are involved. What the bon
Capital Flees Spot Crypto ETFs: Bitcoin Leads with $95.3M in Outflows Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ETFs posted fresh outflows, signaling cautious investor sentiment after early July gains. Investor sentiment shifted again as money flowed out of U.S. spot crypto ETFs after several encouraging sessions. Earlier gains had raised hopes that institutional demand was strengthening in […]
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The post Bitcoin Cash Outpaces Bitcoin and Ethereum as Altcoin Rally Gains Steam appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Bitcoin Cash is emerging as one of the strongest performers in today’s crypto market after BCH climbed more than 5%, comfortably outpacing Bitcoin and Ethereum. As the broader altcoin rally gathers pace, traders are now watching whether Bitcoin Cash can sustain its momentum and lead the market’s next leg higher. Bitcoin Cash Price Analysis: Can … Source: https://coinpedia.org/price-analysis/bitcoin-cash-outpaces-bitcoin-and-ethereum-as-altcoin-rally-gains-steam/
The post Japan Is Repeating a Rare Policy Experiment That Rocked UK, Turkey, and US Markets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Japan’s government is pushing public pension funds to buy more domestic assets, even as the Bank of Japan raises rates and trims its bond holdings. Japan’s policy split now pits fiscal stimulus against monetary tightening. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said this week that Japan wants the Government Pension Investment Fund and other public funds to lift their home holdings. The goal is to steady bonds and the yen while the BOJ pulls back. Japan’s Policy Split is Deliberate The Government Pension Investment Fund manages about $1.8 trillion, making it the world’s largest. Close to half sits in foreign stocks and bonds, so even a small shift home moves global markets. The push follows earlier calls from lawmakers to invest more at home. That signal landed on hot inflation. Producer prices climbed 7.1% in June, up from 6.6% in May, official data showed. Oil, e
The post Bitcoin Bear Market: Milder Trend Signals Institutional Shift appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Something unusual is happening in the current bitcoin bear market — and it has less to do with price charts than with who is actually holding the asset. According to Bitwise Senior Investment Strategist Juan Leon, this downturn is structurally the mildest bitcoin has ever seen, and the reasons why point to a fundamental shift in how the market works. Key takeaways The current bitcoin drawdown of 50% is significantly smaller than the 78% swing in 2022 and the 84% drop in 2018, making it bitcoin’s mildest structural bear market on record. Institutional clients are split: some are dollar-cost averaging into the dip, while others are waiting for regulatory clarity before committing capital. Since April, spot bitcoin ETFs have seen over $4 billion in outflows, while memory-chip ETFs attracted roughly $12 billion in inflows — a gap Bitwise expects to reverse. The Clarity Act, if passed
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When a company buys hundreds of millions of dollars of Bitcoin and the price barely moves, it did not use an exchange. It used an OTC desk. This guide explains over-the-counter crypto trading: why large orders cannot go through order books, how OTC desks source liquidity and settle trades, the difference between principal and agency desks, why so much real volume is invisible, and how to tell when the whales are quietly accumulating. Here is a puzzle that confuses almost everyone new to crypto markets. A public company announces it bought $500 million of Bitcoin. On any exchange, an order that size would tear through the order book, spike the price, and cost the buyer a fortune in slippage, everyone would see it coming and front-run it. Yet the announcements keep arriving, the purchases keep completing, and the price frequently barely reacts. How? The answer is a corner of the market most re
The post Metaplanet Signals Major Bitcoin Finance Push With Digital Credit Plan appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Metaplanet, JPYC, and Progmat begin a digital credit review using Bitcoin, stablecoins, and security tokens. Metaplanet Inc. has begun a joint review of digital credit products. The plan involves Metaplanet Securities, JPYC Inc., and Progmat Inc. The review covers products using Bitcoin, JPYC stablecoins, and security tokens. It is broader than a single digital corporate bond proposal. The companies will study product design, rules, workflows, investor protection, settlement, and rights management. They will also review technical steps for on-chain payment and distribution. Moreover, Metaplanet linked the effort to Project NOVA, its Bitcoin finance strategy. The company views Bitcoin as a possible asset for credit support and collateral use. Metaplanet Expands Bitcoin Finance Strategy Metaplanet said the review will examine Bitcoin-backed digital credit products. The stu
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The Japanese government wants to make crypto ETFs legal and reclassify digital assets as financial products under new finance legislation. Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama made the announcement on Thursday. The new plan is expected to open regulated crypto exposure to ordinary Japanese brokerage customers. Katayama believes Japan needs a stronger legal framework and a strong trading ecosystem to boost investor confidence. She made these comments at the Open Quick 2026 seminar in Tokyo, an event hosted by financial data provider QUICK. She also said Japan wants to allow crypto ETFs, just as many countries have done. The key behind the policy change is an amendment to the legislation governing stocks and bonds, to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA), the law that governs stocks and bonds. At the moment, Japan treats crypto as a means of payment and is regulated by
