SBI offers free XRP to Tokyo seminar attendees: Who qualifies?

SBI Global Asset Management and the Yomiuri Shimbun Group Headquarters will host a free investment seminar in Tokyo on June 30, with SBI VC Trade offering a small XRP reward to physical attendees.

The seminar, titled “In a turbulent world and rising markets, what should investors be thinking now?”, will take place at Yomiuri Otemachi Hall in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The event will also stream online, but the XRP reward is limited to people who attend in person.

SBI Tokyo seminar links markets and digital assets

The event targets individual investors trying to understand why financial markets continue to rise while global political and economic risks remain high. Organizers will use the seminar to discuss portfolio planning, long-term investing and digital assets.

Tomoya Asakura, President and CEO of SBI Global Asset Management, will lead the main market session. Asakura is expected to explain how investors can approach rising markets during uncertain conditions.

The second session will feature Asakura in a discussion with Sayaka Aoki, a media personality and essayist. Aoki has written about her own financial learning process in the Yomiuri Shimbun’s monthly column, “Sayaka Aoki Learns About Money.”

The program will run from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. local time, with doors opening at 6:00 p.m. The event is free, but pre-registration is required.

XRP giveaway is limited to physical attendees

SBI VC Trade will give 1,000 yen worth of XRP to each eligible physical attendee. The offer requires an active SBI VC Trade account on the day of the event.

The giveaway is not available to online viewers. Organizers will allow only 333 people inside the hall, making the XRP incentive limited to a small group of participants.

The event also includes light refreshments and a chance to receive merchandise tied to “Neko Pitcher,” a manga serialized in the Sunday edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun.

The XRP reward is small in value, but it serves a clear purpose. It gives traditional investors a simple first contact with a crypto asset through a regulated Japanese platform.

SBI’s crypto push expands in Japan

The seminar follows a broader digital asset push by SBI Group. SBI VC Trade has been used across several crypto services, including trading, stablecoin work and reward-based products.

As previously reported by crypto.news, SBI and Visa launched a card that lets users earn Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP rewards through SBI VC Trade and Aplus. The product links normal card spending with crypto rewards.

SBI has also started talks with Bitbank over a capital and business alliance that could make Bitbank a consolidated subsidiary. The move followed SBI VC Trade’s merger with Bitpoint Japan in April 2026.

Separate market reports also show SBI, Rakuten and Nomura preparing crypto investment trust products as Japan moves toward allowing funds to hold digital assets by 2028. That backdrop makes the Tokyo seminar part of a wider effort to place crypto inside familiar financial channels.