SBI mua 20% stake ở Ajaib với giá 270 triệu USD để mở rộng JPYSC tại Đông Nam Á

The Huoxing Finance report states that Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings plans to acquire a 20% stake in Indonesian online brokerage Ajaib Group for $270 million before the end of this month, aiming to expand the circulation of its yen-stablecoin JPYSC in Southeast Asia and leverage blockchain technology to build cross-border settlement infrastructure. Ajaib provides SBI with a foothold into the Indonesian market, one of ASEAN’s largest retail investment markets, with over 20 million retail investors and an estimated consumer retail market size of $375 billion. Ajaib operates online brokerage, foreign exchange margin trading, cryptocurrency, and asset management services in Indonesia; this $270 million transaction is also the largest tech funding deal in Indonesia in years. SBI’s Chairman and President Yoshitaka Kitao stated that in the era of tokenization, the importance of global digital asset infrastructure is increasingly evident. This investment is part of SBI’s strategy in Southeast Asia, following its previous acquisition of Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinhako for approximately $100 million and its investment in Singapore’s digital securities trading platform DigiFT. The Japanese government has also recently announced plans to build a blockchain infrastructure for stocks and government bonds, with on-chain 24/7 settlement potentially launching in the early 2030s.