SBI VC Trade launches new rentcoin financing round in Japan
SBI Group It’s now A large institutional partner of Ripple, an XRP affiliate.
- recruitment round. SBI VC Trade, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, announced new recruitment for the rent coin (lending) service “Rent Coin.”
SBI VC Trade, a major Japanese virtual currency exchange and a subsidiary of financial giant SBI Holdings, will begin accepting new applications for its “Rentcoin” (lending) service.
The recruitment period starts tonight, December 18, 2025, at 20:00 (Japan time). The exchange supports lending for 34 assets, including XRP, Bitcoin (BTC), and even the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE).
- Holding yield. The program allows users to earn revenue from their idle crypto holdings, unlike standard wallet storage that typically does not generate revenue.
Unlike stocks that pay dividends or banks that pay interest, you usually don’t earn anything by holding cryptocurrencies in your wallet. This service turns idle cryptocurrencies into income-generating assets.
Please note that applications are typically approved on a first-come, first-served basis, and popular coins (often XRP and DOT) can quickly reach capacity (waiting list).
SBI VC Trade launched its first virtual currency lending service in November 2020. Initially, it only supported Bitcoin (BTC). The minimum loan amount was 0.1 BTC, and the usage fee (interest) was 1%.
Shiba Inu Whale linked to Coinbase returns after a year of silence
Shiba Inu Whale just finished After a year of silence, 53,591,805,991 SHIB moved as meme coin prices hit new year-to-date lows.
- calculated movement. The Shiba Inu whale linked to Coinbase has reappeared on the chain after being inactive for about a year.
The Coinbase-linked Shiba Inu whales have reappeared on-chain after a full year of silence, and their numbers have become impossible to ignore. According to Arkham, wallet “0x1b1” received 53,591,805,991 SHIB from a Coinbase hot wallet about 20 hours ago and has received transfers worth about $415,000 to date.
The most interesting thing is that this is not a story of new accumulation starting from scratch, and history is more important than headline numbers.
- whale awakening. A year ago, the wallet sent 43.6 billion SHIB and 9.1 billion SHIB back to Coinbase deposit addresses, and then became completely inactive until the latest transfer.
The same address interacted with Coinbase deposits multiple times three years ago, moving blocks ranging from 1.8 billion to 109.4 billion SHIB in early cycles.
A year ago, the wallet transferred SHIB 43.6 billion and SHIB 9.1 billion to Coinbase deposit addresses and then went dark. So far, no visible on-chain activity has occurred.
At the same time, Shiba Inu Coin spent 2025 erasing a long drawdown rather than building an upward structure to say the least. It started the year at $0.00002, then sold off aggressively through January and February, pushing the price into the $0.000012 to $0.000015 range by spring.
Ethereum whale multisig loses $27.3 million due to private key compromise
whale multisig discharged Private Key Compromise sold for $27.3 million.
- big hack. Ethereum whale’s multisig wallet had approximately $27.3 million leaked due to private key compromise.
According to PeckShieldAlert, about $27.3 million in Ethereum Whale’s multisig was leaked due to private key compromise, and the attackers have already left about $2 million in liquid assets with them, and have funneled about $12.6 million (about 4,100 ETH) through Tornado Cash.
The trace linked to Etherscan shown in the screenshot points to an address “0x1fCf1” that repeatedly sends 100 ETH chunks to Tornado Cache. This pattern looks more like a planned laundering schedule than a single “panic act.” The same set of screens also ties the drainer to control of the victim’s multisig.
- multisig. The attacker appears to be in control of the victim’s multisig, which holds leveraged long ETH positions visible via the Aave interface.
This control is important because the victim’s multisig is still long on leveraged ETH, according to the Aave interface capture. Approximately $25 million in Ethereum will be provided for approximately $12.3 million in DAI borrowings, with a health factor of approximately 1.68. This means that while the wallet is alive, it cannot “sleep easy” if ETH declines.
The Etherscan wallet overview in the image shows 100.3184 ETH worth approximately $284,640, plus holdings of approximately $1.37 million across 201 tokens. The most visible major line is 303.44 WETH (equivalent to approximately $860,973). 2,216.36 OKB, plus $234,802). 4,928.74 LEO ($36,374) and 151,990.97 FET, an increase of $30,870.
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