{"id":465087,"date":"2025-07-22T07:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/japan-just-found-a-way-to-let-you-earn-xrp-without-spending-yen\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:55:45","slug":"japan-just-found-a-way-to-let-you-earn-xrp-without-spending-yen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/japan-just-found-a-way-to-let-you-earn-xrp-without-spending-yen\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan just found a way to let you earn\u202fXRP without spending yen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy9lNjcyMzRmMjcxOGE4NmRkNmExMDllYmZhNDNjMjJkYS5qcGc=.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/>\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Aplus and SBI VC Trade launch Japan\u2019s first point-to-crypto program, letting users earn XRP, BTC and ETH from everyday spending.                    <\/p>\n\n<p data-ct-widget=\"explained-block-content\">\n<\/p><p><em>On July 8, 2025, Aplus, a credit card and financial services company under Japan\u2019s Shinsei Bank Group, collaborated with SBI VC Trade, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/crypto-exchanges-explained\">cryptocurrency exchange<\/a> division of SBI Holdings, to introduce a pioneering rewards program.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/learn\/articles\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-a-beginners-guide-to-digital-money\">cryptocurrencies<\/a> have been incorporated as redeemable assets within the Aplus Points program. If you are an Aplus credit cardholder, you can now convert your reward points into cryptocurrencies, including XRP (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/xrp-price-index\">XRP<\/a>), Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) and Ether (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\">ETH<\/a>). This makes Aplus the first major Japanese loyalty program to enable direct conversion of points to cryptocurrencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/japan-just-found-a-way-to-let-you-earnxrp-without-spending-yen\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aplus and SBI VC Trade launch Japan\u2019s first point-to-crypto program, letting users earn XRP, BTC and ETH from everyday spending. On July 8, 2025, Aplus, a credit card and financial services company under Japan\u2019s Shinsei Bank Group, collaborated with SBI VC Trade, the cryptocurrency exchange division of SBI Holdings, to introduce a pioneering rewards program.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":465088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-465087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}