Japan Financial News

28.03 / 14:27

regulation sanctions Japan plans to tighten crypto exchange regulation to enforce sanctions

Japan plans to amend its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act to bring crypto exchanges under the purview of laws that govern banks, a government official revealed on Monday. The proposed amendment is being carried out to prevent sanctioned countries from taking evasive actions using digital assets.

28.03 / 12:41

Binance coinbase Bitcoin expansion Coinbase Reportedly Nears Mercado Bitcoin Purchase as Binance Readies Rio Expansion

Crypto exchange giants Coinbase and Binance could be set to go head-to-head with their expansion plans in Brazil. The former is reportedly eyeing a major M&A deal to buy one of the biggest crypto exchange platforms in the Latin America region, while Binance has confirmed it will open its own Brazilian operations.

28.03 / 11:57

litecoin LTC Nikkei Santiment Litecoin rallies by 27.54%, thanks to Japan’s…

Even though Litecoin hasn’t been the most-favored cryptocurrency, it has performed decently on the price chart. In fact, regulators and merchants across the globe have held it in high esteem.

26.03 / 14:49

cryptocurrency Digital NASDAQ cryptocurrency news Japan's Coincheck To List On Nasdaq Via Over $1 Billion SPAC Merger

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc has said it would go public in the US

26.03 / 10:23

business coinbase Bitcoin crypto transfers Coinbase to track off-platform crypto transfers in Canada, Singapore, Japan

Citing compliance with local jurisdictions, crypto exchange Coinbase announced to soon collect additional information from users based in Canada, Singapore and Japan.

24.03 / 13:07

Blockchain Provident Digital Platform Japan's Messaging Platform LINE to Launch NFT Marketplace

Japanese social media and messaging platform LINE has launched its Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace dubbed LINE NFT which is set to officially go live on April 13.

24.03 / 11:37

Twitter Digital Career Nintendo Yoshitaka Amano, One of the World's Greatest Illustrator, Character Designer, Joins Gensokishi Online Project

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22.03 / 18:23

Bitcoin news Bitcoin rate Bitcoin Bitcoin Price Cryptoverse: Remember when bitcoin was 'anonymous'?

Bitcoin just isn't anonymous enough for a growing cohort of crypto users who are seeking greater seclusion. A volatile class of crypto known as privacy coins, created with the primary aim of masking the identity of users and details of transactions, has quietly been gaining ground this month as maturing bitcoin inches towards mainstream finance. Monero and Zcash, among the most popular, have respectively gained 7.6% and 46% since March 1, according to CoinMarketCap data, even as bitcoin has lost about 5%.

22.03 / 16:57

business Blockchain Deal Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck eyes Nasdaq listing after $1.25B SPAC deal

Coincheck Inc., a Japan-based crypto exchange with over 1.5 million verified customers, is eyeing Nasdaq listing after a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV, Inc.

22.03 / 16:49

Ethereum litecoin Bitcoin Japan’s Crypto Exchanges Set to Speed Up and Simplify Crypto Listing Process

Japanese crypto exchanges could be set to broaden the selection of coins they offer on their platforms – after a self-governing industry body unveiled plans to “streamline” the listing process for trading platforms.

22.03 / 12:25

Binance coinbase Bitcoin AIM Japanese crypto exchanges aim to catch up with coin listings: Report

Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges are reportedly moving to increase competition with foreign crypto trading platforms by planning to simplify the process of listing new cryptocurrencies.

21.03 / 13:57

cryptocurrency Digital Platform CryptoExplainer Ape NFT Acquired By Universal Music To Become Virtual Music Leader

Universal Music label acquires ape NFT to lead virtual music group

21.03 / 13:09

Blockchain Twitter Digital Platform acquires Universal Music Label Acquires Ape NFT to Build Virtual Music Group

Universal Music Group has bought one of the popular non-fungible tokens (NFT) to build a virtual music group, according to Reuters.

18.03 / 19:55

Ethereum Binance coinbase Bitcoin Another Crypto Exchange Eyes Nasdaq, Polkadot's Parallel Finance + More News

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18.03 / 13:49

COST Costs A Cheeseburger Costs 17 Cents More in Japan, but the BOJ Says the Prices Still Aren’t Right

TOKYO—While the U.S. battles its worst inflation in 40 years, there is still one country where prices aren’t rising as fast as the central bank would like and interest rates are stuck around zero.

18.03 / 05:19

DEX Trading Token P2P bitcci Token Sale is Live on P2PB2B

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17.03 / 22:45

business VISA Funding Crypto Biz: Have you considered a career in crypto? March 11-17

Analyzing the labor market is a passion of mine. In my past life, I worked as a labor market analyst for a Canadian think tank specializing in the IT sector. Tech employees always enjoyed higher demand, higher pay and lower jobless rates than workers in the rest of the economy.

17.03 / 20:53

defi FinTech Jack Dorsey’s Block joins $41M funding for Japanese fintech Kyash

Kyash, a Tokyo-based digital wallet, announced a $41.2 million usd, or 4.9 billion yen, raise in a Series D round. Since launching in 2015, the cashless mobile app and corresponding credit card has grown its total funding to an estimated $108 million, or 12.8 billion yen.

17.03 / 13:23

Reuters VISA MasterCard LSG Group Says Crypto Exchanges Dealing in Russia Could See Setbacks

The head of the London Stock Exchange Group said that cryptocurrency exchanges engaging with Russia could see negative consequences as Western governments look for ways to tackle Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

17.03 / 11:33

UBS KKR KKR agrees to buy Mitsubishi-UBS real estate venture for $2bn

KKR has agreed to acquire a Japanese real-estate joint venture between Mitsubishi and UBS for $2bn, it said on 16 March.

16.03 / 18:50

Central Bank Russia Sanctions May Lead More Countries To Consider CBDCs, Ex-Central Banker Says

Sanctions imposed on Russia as a result of its war in Ukraine could lead more countries to consider digital versions of their own currencies – known as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) – as a counterweight to the dominant role of the US dollar, a former Bank of Japan (BOJ) executive has said.

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