Japan’s Financial Landscape Sees a New Dawn as Four Giants Collaborate

The post What is OTC trading in crypto? How whales buy big appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. 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

The post Japan’s finance minister plans to legalize crypto ETFs appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. 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

The post Bitcoin Is Bottoming, And Smart Investors Are Already Earning 6.5% APY on Bitrue appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitrue Research Institute has identified a convergence of on-chain and technical indicators that have historically marked major cycle lows. For investors who understand the data, this is the accumulation window. And on Bitrue, new users can make that accumulation work harder, earning 6.5% APY on flexible BTC staking with no lock-up required. What the Data Is Saying Bitcoin has reclaimed its 200-week moving average, currently sitting near $62,700. This long-term support level has defined the boundary between bear and bull market conditions across every prior cycle. Its reclaim has consistently preceded powerful recoveries. Almost 50% of circulating Bitcoin supply is currently held at an unrealized loss, according to CryptoQuant data, with over 10 million BTC underwater during recent dips. Historically, readings at this level mark the deepest phases of capitulati

The post WebX 2026 Adds Speakers and Sponsors Ahead of July Conference appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. WebX 2026, a Web3 conference operated by CoinPost, has confirmed new speakers and sponsors ahead of its return to Tokyo on July 13-14 at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo, with sessions on stablecoins, AI and digital asset regulation. Last year’s edition welcomed more than 14,000 attendees from over 90 countries and hosted more than 170 side events across Tokyo. WebX 2026 will again bring together leaders from finance, technology and policy to discuss digital assets and financial innovation. Programme Highlights  The two-day program will examine developments including stablecoins, AI, tokenization and regulatory frameworks. Highlights include a keynote from Tom Lee, chairman of the board at Bitmine, and sessions such as “Asia as a Crypto Powerhouse: Policy, Liquidity and Trust for Robust Growth” and “Stablecoins in Action: Reimagining Retail Payments Across Asia Pacific.” The program c

The post Bitcoin A ‘Screaming Buy,’ Analyst Says, Keeps $100K Target appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Standard Chartered maintained its end-2026 Bitcoin price forecast of $100,000 in a note to investors on Friday, arguing that the recent weakness reflects a failure by Strategy to explain a strategic shift rather than any deterioration in the company’s balance sheet. Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank’s global head of digital assets research, wrote that Strategy — the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, with 843,775 coins, more than 4% of the 21 million that will ever exist — “appears to be pivoting from its ‘never sell Bitcoin’ mantra to a more complex approach.”  Clear communication of that pivot, he wrote, will determine how fast the pressure on BTC lifts. Between 2020 and mid-2025, Strategy’s mNAV — enterprise value divided by the value of its Bitcoin — traded above 1.0. That premium lets the company issue shares, buy Bitcoin, and grow its value by more than the value of the new stock

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 […] The post Metaplanet Signals Major Bitcoin Finance Push With Digital Credit Plan appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

SINGAPORE, July 9, 2026, Bitcoin is trading near $62,000, down approximately 50% from its all-time high of $126,198 in October 2025, and multiple independent signals are pointing to one conclusion: this is not the time to sit on the sidelines. Bitrue Research Institute has identified a convergence of on-chain and technical indicators that have historically […]