News on licensing, investor protection, CBDC research, and Japan’s maturing crypto markets.
Rakuten, the biggest e-commerce company in Japan with over 102 million users and the 14th largest internet company in the world by annual revenue, has officially entered the…
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TRON has signaled its intention to collaborate with Japan’s regulators as it attempts to expand into the world’s…
Japanese authorities in the city of Utsunomiya have charged an 18-year-old for stealing crypto from Monappy, a digital…
Mark Karpeles, the founder of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox, was found guilty of tampering with records and given…
Mizuho Bank, Japan’s second largest financial institution, is readying the infrastructure for a stablecoin launch in March 2019,…
GMO Internet, a major Japanese-based technology company, has shuttered its division responsible for designing and manufacturing mining chips.…
Japan will test pilot a service to allow passengers to pay for limo rides with cryptocurrency, according to…
Binance released a report Oct. 24, outlining its role in the aid of the victims of the 2018…
Japan, the largest cryptocurrency exchange market by daily trading volume, has allowed the local crypto market to self-regulate,…
