Places Japan

Due to legal requirements, Coinbase will ask for additional information before issuing crypto transactions to Canada, Japan and Singapore.

After the G7 countries decided to strengthen their sanctions against Russia, Japan announced that it is sanctioning Russian crypto IP's and sets an $8.5K penalty to exchanges who don't comply.

Defaulters of this order could face up to 3 years imprisonment and a fine of 1 million yen ($8,478.52).

An employee of Sony Group Corporation's insurance arm used the money he allegedly embezzled to buy 3,879 BTC on Coinbase.

The association aims to promote the emerging metaverse technology in Japan by disseminating essential information both inside and outside of the region.

Metaworld is the newest version of Gensokishi Online, a popular Japanese game.

The publicly traded exchange announced its inroads in the country yesterday.

Cardano (ADA) has finally acquired regulatory approval to be listed on Japanese crypto exchanges.

As a part of its expansion in the APAC region, the company announces a new partnership.

A subsidiary of SBI has partnered with a local firm to utilize Ripple for remittances.

The central bank of the cash-centric country is planning out its own digital currency, but seems unsure about cryptocurrencies.

The firm said ‘protecting shareholder value’ was one of the reasons behind the move.

Japan is one of the handful of countries in the world to spearhead crypto and blockchain initiatives. And its major conglomerates seem to share that goal.

Masayoshi Son’s not having the greatest of years in recent times. His storied $50 billion venture fund saw massive losses in 2019, with budding startups WeWork and Uber seeing devaluations of billions of dollars on their mark up prices. But Son’s personal investments didn’t do so well either. As per a new report by Business […]

Victims of the infamous Mt Gox hack in 2014 are set to receive a record 150,000 Bitcoin reimbursement in the coming months. But that may cause selling pressure as some might cash out their gains. A brief Mt. Gox story As a brief background, the Japan-based Mt. Gox was once the largest crypto exchange on […]

A new study from a Japanese crypto exchange showed the country’s crypto fanatics favored Bitcoin ahead of local favorites XRP and Monacoin, with trading volumes for the former significantly higher than the latter two and other altcoins. Bitcoin saw big bets ahead of alts  Yuya Hasegawa, a Market Analyst at Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank, referred […]

A newly-appointed financial regulator in Japan said this week that introducing laws and regulations for Bitcoin trading would impede technical innovation while supporting purely speculative gains, according to Reuters. Bitcoin laws promote speculation Ryozo Himino, the regulator, cautioned the parliament over announcing new laws that ultimately promote cryptocurrency trading. He argued that doing so reduces […]

Japan’s central bank — the Bank of Japan (BoJ) — confirmed Monday it has created a new division to research and study the issuance of digital currency. Colloquially the “digital yen,” the development follows days after Japanese parliament members called for increased participation for digital assets and CBDC research. Japan’s digital currency gets a home […]