Mrs. SBI’s Finely-Tuned Matchmaking: Bitcoin & XRP Walk Down the ETF Aisle! 😱💍

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single digital currency in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a partner-and, lo, SBI Holdings, the Mr. Darcy of Japanese finance, has arrived, lease, licence (and ledger) in hand, to arrange the most diverting of unions.

At the earnings assembly held on the altogether forgettable yet eminently profitable three-month period ending 30 June, 2025, the firm declared its intention to parade, before an astonished FSA, a brace of novelties: a bold BitcoinXRP duet ETF* followed swiftly by a most curious gold & digital gold” collection-rumoured to be 51 % glittering ingots and the remaining 49 % virtual moon-dust, masquerading respectably as Bitcoin. 💰📉

Chart of Bitcoin price (¥115,468) with obligatory red candle that thinks far too much of itself.

Light-hearted whispers among investors suggest these instruments will encourage such a deluge of new accounts that sixty million may soon be waxing sentimental over passbooks. One might almost imagine Lady de Coinbase exclaiming, “Good heavens, sixty million! How excessively vulgar!” 🤭

Not content with mere matchmaking, the reprobate SBI means to add stablecoins to its dance card-both yen-backed and dollar-backed-having already flirted shamelessly with Circle’s USDC and sensing fresh intrigue with Ripple‘s RLUSD. C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre!

Two polite stablecoins bowing to each other upon the tatami of clever 3% yield.

Their paean to the ₥ (mock-yen symbol) is delivered in the language of economists, yet beneath the genteel verbiage one detects a trace of scheming: “By venerating the yen, dear ladies and gentlemen, we shall also persuade large sections of the public to adore Japanese government bonds, thereby keeping the Ministry of Finance prettily occupied and the currency impeccably solvent-at least until the next tweet-storm from abroad.” 🇺🇸🐦💨

Despite volatilitous commotions attributed (with a sigh) to unnamed tariff tycoons who presently skulk across the Pacific (and whom SBI, in pure Regency style, refuses to mention by name), the company reels in ¥421 million of operating revenue-up a modest 9.4 %. Operating income, alas, suffers a slightly mortifying decline of 5.2 %, owing to an unfortunate increase in “transaction-related expenses, personnel, and the incessant need for fresh quills and ink.” 📈📉😒

In short, SBI is determined that no mere line of code shall remain un-Darcy-fied, and if any skeptic remains unconvinced, one need only observe the triumphant smirk hovering at the corner of its ledger: “We arrange matches made in blockchain heaven; objections must be filed in triplicate and dead-tree format.” 🙃


*Presently awaiting approval, contingent upon the FSA finishing afternoon tea and remembering where it placed the stamp.

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2025-08-06 23:43