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MUFG's JGB Blockchain Bet, Bitcoin at $63K & Nepal's Crypto U-Turn
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Japan's MUFG tests real-time government bond settlement on blockchain, Bitcoin absorbs selling pressure from Saylor and Trump, and Nepal's central bank admits crypto bans aren't working. Six stories shaping fintech and banking today.
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Japan's biggest bank just moved the needle on how government bonds could settle in real time. MUFG announced a proof-of-concept using the Canton Network to handle Japanese government bond repo transactions on blockchain, targeting synchronized delivery-versus-payment with digital money.
Bitcoin is holding in the sixty thousand to sixty-three thousand dollar range, and that's a cleaner signal than it might look. Michael Saylor offloaded thousands of BTC.
Trump's personal gains from World Liberty Financial and TRUMP token licensing have now crossed one billion dollars. The WLFI token sale alone brought in around five hundred and fifty million.
India's startup ecosystem had a difficult week. Total funding fell to one hundred and fifty-one point five million dollars, down sixty percent from the week prior.
The MENA region is quietly building a serious fintech infrastructure layer. Yuno, a payments company, closed a forty-five million dollar Series B with participation from Qatar's Rasmal Ventures.
Nepal's central bank has acknowledged, formally, that its crypto restrictions aren't actually stopping crypto activity. That's a meaningful admission.
The through-line across today's briefing is infrastructure over speculation. MUFG's JGB test, MENA's payment rails, Nepal's regulatory pivot, all point toward the same underlying shift: the financial system is building serious plumbing for digital assets, even as institutional crypto confidence waits on regulatory confirmation.
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