Key Takeaways
- • Rakuten Group disclosed in its latest SEC filing a $6.42 million U.S. crypto ETF portfolio that includes Bitwise's XRP ETF, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana funds.
- • Rakuten holds 6,690 shares of the Bitwise XRP ETF, worth about $77,000 at the time of reporting.
- • The portfolio's largest position is a BlackRock Bitcoin ETF stake valued at nearly $5.9 million.
- • Crypto ETF holdings represent less than 0.5% of Rakuten's $1.4 billion U.S. equity portfolio, signaling cautious but notable exposure to digital assets.
- • The disclosure comes despite recent outflows from XRP funds, per the source article.
Summary
Japanese technology group Rakuten Group disclosed in its latest SEC filing that it holds Bitwise's XRP ETF as part of a $6.42 million U.S. crypto ETF portfolio that also includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana funds. According to the source article, Rakuten owns 6,690 shares of the XRP ETF, worth about $77,000 at the time of reporting, alongside a major position in BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF valued at nearly $5.9 million.
The position is small relative to the parent's balance sheet. Rakuten's crypto ETF holdings represent less than 0.5% of its $1.4 billion U.S. equity portfolio, which the article characterizes as cautious but notable exposure to digital assets. The filing adds Rakuten to the group of institutional holders of Bitwise's XRP product, and the article frames the move as evidence of growing institutional interest in crypto ETFs, even as XRP funds have seen recent outflows.
Market context from Pluang, as of November 13, 2026 at 22:22 WIB, showed XRP trading at Rp18.678, up 0.94% over one day. Bitcoin was priced at Rp1.250.555.555, down 3.43%, while Ethereum at Rp35.217.474 fell 3.13% and Solana at Rp1.452.918 fell 1.09%. Related reporting from the same day noted a rise in XRP futures open interest on MEXC to $242.95 million, while total XRP futures open interest across exchanges declined 0.33% to $2.26 billion.
The position is small relative to the parent's balance sheet. Rakuten's crypto ETF holdings represent less than 0.5% of its $1.4 billion U.S. equity portfolio, which the article characterizes as cautious but notable exposure to digital assets. The filing adds Rakuten to the group of institutional holders of Bitwise's XRP product, and the article frames the move as evidence of growing institutional interest in crypto ETFs, even as XRP funds have seen recent outflows.
Market context from Pluang, as of November 13, 2026 at 22:22 WIB, showed XRP trading at Rp18.678, up 0.94% over one day. Bitcoin was priced at Rp1.250.555.555, down 3.43%, while Ethereum at Rp35.217.474 fell 3.13% and Solana at Rp1.452.918 fell 1.09%. Related reporting from the same day noted a rise in XRP futures open interest on MEXC to $242.95 million, while total XRP futures open interest across exchanges declined 0.33% to $2.26 billion.
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