XRP (XRP) Backer SBI Values Ripple Stake at $45 Billion

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SBI Holdings placed the value of its Ripple exposure at about 6.6 trillion yen, roughly $45 billion, giving the XRP (XRP) network a high-profile institutional anchor even as the token trades softly. During the Japanese financial group's first-quarter earnings presentation, Director Yasuo Nishikawa said the asset's recent pause looked linked to uncertainty over the U.S. CLARITY Act, the proposed market-structure bill that has not yet cleared Congress. The company reported record attributable quarterly profit of 148.1 billion yen, almost 2.5 times its year-earlier result, while private equity profit rose 328% to 119.9 billion yen on exposure to advanced technology assets, including crypto, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum computing. SBI's crypto segment was weaker, posting a 1.4 billion yen pretax loss, though global market-making unit B2C2 remained profitable. The group is preparing to complete its acquisition of Japanese exchange Bitbank in August and expects the combined crypto business to serve about 3 million customer accounts with roughly 870 billion yen, or $5.9 billion, in client assets. SBI and Ripple have operated as payment-infrastructure partners across Asia-Pacific, so the valuation update matters for altcoin sentiment around XRP. That framing positions XRP less as a speculative trade and more as regulated settlement infrastructure awaiting a clearer U.S. rulebook.

Ripple's protocol team is preparing a larger technical overhaul for the XRP Ledger, with RippleX Head of Product Jazzi Cooper outlining five amendments bundled into the xrpld 3.3.0 release scheduled for next week. The package includes Confidential MPT, Batch, Permission Delegation, Sponsored Fees and Reserves, and Dynamic MPT, and activation will depend on review and approval by independent validators under the network's amendment process. The design targets institutional constraints that have slowed bank-grade use of public blockchains: private balances can limit commercial disclosure, while role-based permissions let firms separate employee access and preserve auditor or regulator gateways. Batch functionality is aimed at delivery-versus-payment settlement, allowing sequences of up to eight transactions to settle on an all-or-nothing basis, a structure closer to an atomic swap than a simple transfer. Sponsored fees and reserves could let institutions cover network costs for clients, reducing the friction of requiring end users to hold XRP before interacting with the chain. Dynamic MPT would allow token parameters to be updated as legal requirements change. Full specifications are already public in Ripple's open-source repository, with technical analyses and security documentation to follow, making this a compliance-focused infrastructure push for Altcoin markets. The design favors regulated capital markets over a narrow appchain profile. If validators approve, the changes could shape how tokenized funds move through regulated payment rails.

XRP's market structure has also been caught between a regulatory win and a restrictive macro backdrop. In the latest session reviewed by COINOTAG, the token traded near $1.07 and repeatedly failed to clear the $1.10 area, with three recovery attempts stalling below that level. The Federal Reserve left its policy rate in a 3.50% to 3.75% band, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh struck a hawkish tone by stressing that inflation remains above the 2% target and that policymakers intend to restore price stability. That message pressured liquid risk assets and reinforced a bear market mindset among short-term traders. Even so, Ripple secured full MiCA Crypto-Asset Service Provider authorization in Europe, a license that could support institutional XRP payment flows across the European Union. On-chain data show mid-tier wallets holding 10,000 to 100,000 XRP increased their supply share to 11.9% from 11.64% on July 1, while the 100,000 to 1 million XRP cohort rose to 11.75%. Perpetual futures open interest eased to 2.27 billion XRP from a weekly high of 2.29 billion, suggesting that leverage has cooled but not fully unwound. The setup leaves U.S. rate expectations and MiCA follow-through as near-term signals for any breakout. A decisive move would require either softer Fed language or visible institutional settlement volume.

As of the latest snapshot, COINOTAG's proprietary 42-indicator composite S/R scoring engine shows XRP spot at $1.0652, down 1.84%, with the nearest support at $1.0556 rated 63/100 from BB Lower and Donchian Lower confluence. The first resistance at $1.0821 scores 86/100, driven by Pivot Point, Flip S→R and EMA 20, while $1.1273 carries 64/100 from R3 and Fibo 0.214. Derivatives positioning is crowded: funding is -0.0054%, open interest is $610.2 million and the long/short account ratio is 3.28, meaning 76.6% long accounts. With Fear and Greed at 25 and MACD bearish, a reclaim of $1.0821 could target $1.1273; losing $1.0556 would confirm the downtrend.