Japanese Giant Rakuten Joins Institutional XRP ETF Holders

Japanese tech and fintech conglomerate Rakuten Group is among the institutional holders of a U.S. spot XRP ETF, according to the company's latest 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Rakuten also holds funds tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, and these positions were worth roughly $6.42 million combined at the end of the quarter on Sept. 30, 2026. The filing shows that Rakuten held 6,690 shares of the Bitwise XRP ETF worth $111,255. At press time, the price of XRP stands at $1.03, and the shares of the Bitwise fund trade at $11.51, according to SoSoValue , so the XRP ETF stake of Rakuten is now worth about $77,000.

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