SBI VC Commerce opens new hire coin lending spherical in Japan
SBI Group is now a large institutional companion of Ripple, the corporate related to XRP.
- Recruitment spherical. SBI VC Commerce, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, introduced a brand new recruitment spherical for its “Hire Coin” (lending) service.
SBI VC Commerce, a significant Japanese cryptocurrency alternate and subsidiary of the monetary big SBI Holdings, is opening a brand new recruitment spherical for its “Hire Coin” (Lending) service.
The recruitment interval begins tonight, Dec. 18, 2025, at 20:00 (JST). The alternate helps lending for 34 property, together with XRP, Bitcoin 
BTCUSD, and even meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin 
DOGEUSD.
- Holding yield. This system permits customers to earn returns on idle crypto holdings, in contrast to customary pockets storage, which generally generates no yield.
In contrast to shares with dividends or banks with curiosity, holding crypto in a pockets often yields nothing. This service turns idle crypto into an income-generating asset.
It’s value noting that purposes are usually permitted on a first-come, first-served foundation, and widespread cash (usually XRP and DOT) can hit capability rapidly (waitlisted).
SBI VC Commerce first launched its cryptocurrency lending service in November 2020. Initially, it solely supported Bitcoin BTCUSD. The minimal mortgage was 0.1 BTC, and it provided a 1% utilization payment (curiosity).
Coinbase-linked Shiba Inu whale resurfaces after year-long silence
Shiba Inu whale simply ended a 12 months of silence, shifting 53,591,805,991 SHIB simply as the worth of the meme coin flirts with yearly lows.
- Calculated transfer. A Coinbase-linked Shiba Inu whale has reappeared on-chain after roughly one 12 months of inactivity.
A Coinbase-linked Shiba Inu whale has reappeared on-chain after a full 12 months of silence, and the numbers make it unimaginable to disregard. In response to Arkham, pockets “0x1b1” acquired 53,591,805,991 SHIB from a Coinbase scorching pockets about 20 hours in the past, a switch valued at round $415,000 proper now.
What’s most attention-grabbing is that this was not a brand new accumulation story ranging from zero, and the historical past issues greater than the headline quantity.
- Whale awakening. A 12 months in the past, the pockets despatched 43.6 billion SHIB and 9.1 billion SHIB again to Coinbase deposit addresses after which went fully inactive till the newest switch.
The identical handle interacted with Coinbase deposits a number of instances three years in the past, shifting blocks starting from 1.8 billion to 109.4 billion SHIB throughout earlier cycles.
One 12 months in the past, the pockets despatched out 43.6 billion SHIB and 9.1 billion SHIB to Coinbase deposit addresses, then went darkish. No seen on-chain exercise adopted till now.
On the similar time, the Shiba Inu coin has spent 2025 unwinding a protracted drawdown fairly than constructing an upside construction to say the least. The 12 months opened above $0.00002, then offered off aggressively by January and February, pushing the worth into the $0.000012-$0.000015 vary by spring.
Ethereum whale multisig drained for $27.3 million after personal key compromise
Whale multisig was drained for $27.3 million after a non-public key compromise.
- Massive hack. Ethereum whale’s multisig pockets was drained of roughly $27.3 million following a non-public key compromise.
In response to PeckShieldAlert, an Ethereum whale’s multisig was drained for about $27.3 million after a non-public key compromise, and the attacker has already funneled about $12.6 million, round 4,100 ETH, by Twister Money, whereas holding about $2 million in liquid property available.
Etherscan-linked traces proven within the screenshots level to handle “0x1fCf1” repeatedly sending out 100 ETH chunks to Twister Money, the form of sample that appears much less like one “panic transfer” and extra like a deliberate laundering schedule, and the identical set of screens additionally ties the drainer to regulate over the sufferer’s multisig.
- Multisig. The attacker seems to regulate the sufferer’s multisig, which nonetheless holds a leveraged ETH lengthy place seen through the Aave interface.
That management issues as a result of, per the Aave interface seize, the sufferer’s multisig nonetheless sits on a leveraged ETH lengthy: about $25 million in Ethereum equipped in opposition to about $12.3M DAI borrowed, with a well being issue displayed round 1.68, that means the pockets is alive, however not “sleep simple” alive, if ETH slides.
The Etherscan pockets overview within the pictures exhibits 100.3184 ETH value about $284,640 plus holdings round $1.37 million throughout 201 tokens, with essentially the most seen main traces being 303.44 WETH, equal to round $860,973; 2,216.36 OKB for an additional $234,802); 4,928.74 LEO at $36,374) and 151,990.97 FET, which made $30,870 extra.
