3350.JP · Capital · Neutral Metaplanet acquired Siiibo Securities for 210 million yen and renamed it Metaplanet Securities, an M&A event.
3350.JP · Regulation · Negative Metaplanet corrected four documents, including annual securities reports, over a misstated CEO voting-rights disclosure.
9433.JP · Technology · Positive KDDI, with au Coincheck and HashPort, will offer the αU wallet as a mini app inside the au PAY app.
au Coincheck Digital Assets · Technology · Positive au Coincheck Digital Assets will offer the αU wallet crypto asset wallet as a mini app inside the au PAY app.
HashPort Group Inc. · Technology · Positive HashPort will launch the αU wallet crypto asset wallet as a mini app within the au PAY app.
8316.JP · Regulation · Positive MUFG Bank, part of the group, is one of six companies participating in the FSA-backed stablecoin trade-settlement pilot.
TradeWaltz Inc. · Technology · Positive TradeWaltz's trade information platform will be linked with stablecoin infrastructure in the FSA-supported pilot.
8306.JP · Technology · Positive MUFG Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust are among six participants in the FSA-supported stablecoin trade settlement proof-of-concept.
8316.JP · Technology · Positive Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is among the six participants in the FSA-supported stablecoin trade settlement experiment.
8411.JP · Technology · Positive Mizuho Bank is one of the six participants in the FSA-backed stablecoin trade settlement pilot.
9432.JP · Technology · Positive NTT Data is one of the six companies participating in the FSA-supported stablecoin trade settlement proof-of-concept.
9432.JP · Technology · Positive NTT is developing IOWN optical technology, including the world's first optical transistor, targeting practical social implementation around 2030.
QBTS · Capital · Positive D-Wave secured a definitive agreement for up to $100M in CHIPS Act funding to accelerate its quantum R&D.
QBTS · Demand · Positive NTT DOCOMO deployed a second D-Wave-powered application in production and AT&T agreed to expand its use of D-Wave technology.
QUBT · Demand · Positive Quantum Computing signed a three-year framework agreement with Hamad Bin Khalifa University covering quantum computing, sensing and communications.
RGTI · Demand · Positive Rigetti plans to partner with HPE and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to build the TangleLab testbed, delivering a 9-qubit Novera system.
9432.JP · Demand · Positive NTT DOCOMO deployed a second D-Wave-powered quantum application in production, cutting location-registration and paging signals.
T · Demand · Positive AT&T agreed to expand its use of D-Wave's quantum computing technology for network optimization challenges.
8473.JP · Capital · Positive SBI acquires all Livedoor shares for ~7.5 billion yen to make it a wholly owned subsidiary and strengthen its media business.
4436.JP · Capital · Positive Minkabu sells Livedoor to SBI for ~7.5 billion yen and forms a capital alliance with NTT Data, a financial/M&A event.
Livedoor · Capital · Positive Livedoor becomes a wholly owned SBI subsidiary, with its news sites to be leveraged for SBI's media business.
9432.JP · Capital · Positive NTT Data forms a capital alliance with Minkabu, with the three companies to consider new financial-sector services.
9432.JP · Technology · Positive NTT Docomo is trialing a mobile store with Starlink and storage batteries for disaster relief, showcasing its technology
Digital Finance & Tokenization › Digital Banking & Neobanks Competition
NTTドコモ・フィナンシャルグループ · Demand · Positive NTT Docomo Financial Group is rolling out bank account opening and mortgage consultations at 1,000 Docomo Shops, directly expanding its service reach.
ドコモSMTBネット銀行 · Demand · Positive SBI Sumishin Net Bank (to be renamed Docomo SMTB Net Bank) will be offered at Docomo Shops, expanding its customer acquisition channels.
9432.JP · Demand · Positive NTT Docomo's expansion of financial services at Docomo Shops could drive more customer engagement and cross-selling opportunities for NTT Inc.
8698.JP · Competition · Neutral Monex Securities already offers account opening at Docomo Shops, but the expansion to include SBI Sumishin Net Bank may increase competition for Monex.