SBI, Rakuten eye Bitcoin and Ethereum trusts – What it means for Japan
Japan’s crypto reforms and brokerage expansion accelerated mainstream retail and institutional adoption.
Leverage flush or structural breakdown?
Bitcoin retail inflows to Binance remained at record lows as aggressive BTC futures selling and weakening spot demand pressured BTC below $77,000.
May 18, 2026, 11:40 pmBitcoin’s latest rebound has reached an important point on the 2-week chart, where analyst Crypflow says the next bull market confirmation will begin to take shape. His analysis focuses on the 21 WMA and 21 SMA ribbon, a moving-average structure that has repeatedly separated Bitcoin’s major bull and bear phases across past cycles.
May 18, 2026, 11:00 pmJapan’s crypto reforms and brokerage expansion accelerated mainstream retail and institutional adoption.
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