In response to market conditions world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has announced that it will be halting operations in Japan. This news comes less than a month after another major exchange, Kraken, announced its withdrawal from the country. According to […]
Japan Railways Group, the largest railway and subway operator in Japan, is considering the integration of Crypto assets like Bitcoin as a payment option. Japan is the ideal market for a transport conglomerate to integrate Cryptocurrencies due to the large […]
Rakuten, also known as the Japanese Amazon is reportedly exploring the integration of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for their mobile app update. The update is set to release next month, March 2019 and will apparently include several payment solutions of which Bitcoin […]
Japan’s second largest banking group Mizuho is planning to launch a stablecoin pegged to Japanese Yen in March next year. According to Japanese news outlet Nikkie, Mizuho is planning a launch a proprietary digital currency pegged to Yen that can […]
Bitcoin trading is rising in Japan. Japenese Yen has surpassed U.S Dollar in terms of Bitcoin trading of Crypto/Fiat pairs. The observation was made by the Blockmanity’s team on the popular cryptocurrency analytics website – Coinhills. Last 24 hour trade […]
SBI Holdings one of the biggest financial service in Japan has enabled virtual currency deposits. Users can now deposit their virtual currencies for to SBI’s VCTrade which currently supports three currencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and XRP. The exchange team […]
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has reportedly approved the Cryptocurrency exchange license for the previously hacked exchange Coincheck. The English arm of the Japanese publication Nikkei reported on December 19th that the Japanese regulator approved the license for Coincheck after its […]
The Japanese Financial Regulatory body the FSA (Financial Services Agency) has given a green signal for the Crypto industry to self-regulate. FSA on Wednesday officially approved the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), an organization comprised of 16 domestic exchanges […]
Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Zaif was reportedly hacked, and approx. $60 million worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen, which includes 5966 Bitcoin. Reported on September 19th by Prtimes Japan, hackers managed to take 2.2 billion yen($19.6 million) worth of company assets as well as […]
Yahoo Japan joint venture between Yahoo! (now Altaba) and the Japanese company SoftBank is planning to launch its own cryptocurrency exchange, according to reports from Nikkie Asian Review. According to the report Yahoo Japan will own 40% in the BitARG Exchange […]
