PANews reported on January 26th that, according to CoinDesk, Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has submitted an application to the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) for a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF), proposing to launch a dual-asset ETF that tracks the performance of both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ripple (XRP). If approved, this product would allow investors to gain exposure to both Bitcoin and XRP through a single regulated instrument, potentially becoming the first such ETF in the Japanese market.