Financial group (securities, banking, insurance, asset management, crypto assets) · Japan
SBI Holdings
SBI Holdings, Inc. · sbigroup.co.jp (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-27
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 3.5 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 4 | Developing / partnership established · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Tokenized funds |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-10-27 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Tokenized funds · Japan
SBI Holdings, Startale and BlackRock MOU: tokenized MMFs connected with JPYSC yen stablecoin
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Developing / partnership established2026-10-27
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2026-10-27
SBI Holdings and Startale signed an MOU with BlackRock Financial Management and BlackRock Japan, announced 27 October 2026, to explore connecting tokenized money market funds with JPYSC across technology, distribution and regulation.
Scope: Exploratory MOU; no product, chain or launch date named.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-27
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · blockchain infrastructure; joint announcer
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): Japan
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-10-27 · Status
MOU signed with BlackRock to explore connectivity between tokenized MMFs and JPYSC.
2026-10-27 · Status
Release says the parties will examine business models and distribution opportunities.
2026-10-27 · Item
Startale Group (joint release with SBI Holdings)
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