Key TakeawaysSBI is making a bold JPY 46.7 billion bet to take over Bitbank and expand its crypto footprint.The deal still needs regulatory approval before it can officially close.If completed, the combined platform could significantly boost SBI’s assets under custody, user base, and influence in Japan’s crypto market. SBI Drops $300M to Take Over Bitbank Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings is expanding its crypto business in Japan with a JPY 46.7 billion (around $300 million) deal to buy Bitbank, one of the country’s better-known exchanges. The agreement was signed on June 25, 2026, and the purchase will be handled through…
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Institutional demand for Bitcoin is once again showing signs of fatigue, with K33 Research reporting a record decline in global Bitcoin ETP holdings, with one-year rolling flows turning negative for the first time since 2023. TL;DR K33 Research reports that global Bitcoin ETP holdings are down 8% from their peak. Capital outflows for the year turned negative for the first time since November 2023. The pace of daily outflows has slowed, suggesting selling pressure may be easing rather than accelerating. Record drop in Bitcoin ETP holdings The K33 data indicate meaningful changes in the overall picture of institutional flows. According…
Palo Alto, United States, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire Story rebrands as The DATA Foundation, launches DATA Network with flagship Kled AI integration, registering 1.5 billion user-contributed records on the platform The Foundation also introduces Trace, the first public audit layer for consent, licensing, and data provenance at scale Today, Story announces a strategic transition to become The DATA Foundation (“DATA”) and launches Trace, an onchain registry for AI training data provenance and licensing. The launch includes a flagship integration with Kled, the world’s largest opt-in human data marketplace, registering 1.5 billion user-contributed records on the Network. Andrea Muttoni becomes CEO…
London, United Arab Emirates, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire Solstice to launch aiUSX, a yield-bearing asset that lets companies help finance the buildout with the capital they already hold for AI. TensorX and Solstice today announced a partnership to finance European sovereign AI infrastructure. TensorX and Solstice will work together to create a facility with up to $1 billion in capacity to finance AI hardware and data-center build-out to meet rising demand for sovereign compute across the EU. Solstice will provide the onchain financing for that buildout and will launch aiUSX, a potential yield asset that opens the same infrastructure lending…
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, announced continued growth across its ecosystem as cumulative trading volume approached $1 billion, reaching $946.29 million alongside $20.71 million in Total Value Locked (TVL), according to on-chain data from DefiLlama. This surge is directly driven by the protocol’s native VIP Program, which aligns active traders with ecosystem success by distributing 30% to 50% of platform fee revenue back to high-volume users. With annualized protocol revenue currently tracked at $1.07 million, the VIP reward pool distributes hard USDC yield directly back to participants,…
Eightco treasury composition as of June 24, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $436 million Worldcoin token (WLD) now listed on Robinhood, expanding access to millions OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc.…
Amazon on Thursday said it would invest an additional $13 billion to expand its AI and cloud footprint in India through 2030. The fresh investment, announced after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, will fund the expansion of Amazon Web Services’ data center capacity in Mumbai and Hyderabad. The announcement marks Amazon’s third major commitment for India in as many years. In 2023, following a meeting between Jassy and Modi, the company said it would invest $15 billion by 2030, including $12.7 billion for Amazon Web Services. It followed that with an over…
Zug, Switzerland, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire Anyone can now execute mass payouts across EVM chains and Tron from a single platform and can choose between multiple wallet screening providers. Just three weeks after releasing major upgrades for crypto payment collection, the Request Network Foundation today announced another expansion of its stablecoin payment platform. The release introduces one-click mass payouts on both EVM and Tron, alongside built-in bridging and token swapping across EVM chains. The update also expands compliance capabilities through the integration of Merkle Science as an additional wallet screening provider. Together, these capabilities reinforce Request Network’s vision of providing…
Jun 25, 2026 00:51 Interactive Brokers integrates Grok AI, enhancing portfolio analysis and trading strategies with advanced tools. Learn how it works. Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) has integrated Grok, an AI-powered tool, into its trading platform, allowing clients to streamline portfolio analysis, explore markets, and execute trading strategies more efficiently. This move, announced on June 25, 2026, builds on the firm’s aggressive push into AI-driven trading solutions this year. The integration enables Interactive Brokers’ clients to connect their accounts to Grok at no additional cost. Once linked, users can leverage Grok to analyze portfolios, model scenarios, research market trends, and…