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Animoca Brands Japan Teams up With Square Enix to Market ‘Symbiogenesis’ and Its NFT Collection

23.4.2024
Animoca Brands Japan, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Square Enix to assist in the marketing of the upcoming game Symbiogenesis and its related NFT collection. Square Enix, known for high-profile games like Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, will...

Japan Moves Closer to Allowing Venture Capital Firms to Hold Crypto Assets

19.2.2024
Japan's cabinet approved a bill adding crypto to the list of assets the nation's investment funds and venture capital firms can acquire

Nomura’s Laser Digital Launches ‘Bitcoin Adoption Fund’ for Institutional Investors

21.9.2023
Financial giant Nomura’s digital assets subsidiary, Laser Digital, has announced the launch of its Bitcoin Adoption Fund to provide “long-only exposure to bitcoin whilst being one of the most cost-effective and secure investment solutions.” Laser Digital’s Bitcoin Adoption Fund...

Astar Partners With Polygon to Target Japan’s Web3 Boom With New Scaling Solution

16.9.2023
At the Token2049 conference in Singapore, Astar Network revealed it is joining forces with Polygon Labs to launch Astar zkEVM, a new Ethereum layer two scaling solution utilizing zero-knowledge proof technology. The collaboration aims to drive greater adoption of Web3 applications in the Japanese...

Japan Financial Regulator Moves To End “Paper Profits” Tax On Digital Assets

5.9.2023
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) has proposed key amendments to the nation's tax code relating to profits on digital assets. According to local news outlets, the Agency’s proposal to change the tax code is in line with several calls by industry executives...

Japanese Regulators Greenlight EOS Token Trading, Enabling Pairing with Japanese Yen

30.8.2023
The EOS Network has secured whitelist approval from Japan's crypto regulator allowing EOS token to be traded against the Japanese yen on the regulated crypto exchanges of Japan. The EOS network announced in a blog post that the trading opportunity is slated to become operational in September,...

Japanese Crypto Issuers Won't Pay Taxes on Unrealized Gains, Govt. Clarifies

26.6.2023
Token issuers in the country were subject to a 30% corporate tax for unrealized gains on their own tokens

Japan's Crypto Exchanges Seek Looser Margin Trading Regulations for Growth

20.6.2023
Japan's crypto exchanges are seeking regulations that would allow retail investors higher leverage on margin trading. Japan's Virtual & Crypto Assets Exchange Association revealed that the crypto exchanges in the country are seeking permitted leverage for retail investors of four to ten times. ...

Japan to Enforce Tougher Crypto Anti-Money Laundering Laws Next Month: Report

24.5.2023
Earlier this month, global financial crimes watchdog FATF urged G-7 economies like Japan to lead by example to implement its controversial "travel rule" for crypto transfers

ETHGlobal Hackathon Kicks Off in Tokyo With First Ever Pragma Summit

13.4.2023
As previously announced by ETHGlobal, the first-ever Pragma summit kicked off the wider ETHGlobal Tokyo hackathon on Thursday as a “hub for high-quality talks and as a forum of discussion for builders and leaders from the Ethereum ecosystem and beyond.” The event, emceed by Kartik...

Japan Urges Regulators Worldwide to Subject Crypto Exchanges to Bank-Level Oversight

19.1.2023
Japan has reportedly urged other countries, including the U.S., to regulate crypto exchanges like they do banks. A top official at the Financial Services Agency explained that the recent FTX implosion wasn’t brought on by crypto technology but by “loose governance, lax internal...

Japanese Power Giant TEPCO Explains Crypto Mining Plans

16.1.2023
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), Japan’s biggest power provider, has explained how it is planning to make use of surplus renewable electricity to power its bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin mining operations. TEPCO first unveiled its mining plans late last year, providing a boost to local crypto markets....

Japan set to ease 30% crypto tax on paper profits for token issuers

16.12.2022
As it stands, Japanese crypto issuers are required to pay a set 30% corporate tax rate on their holdings, even if they haven’t realized a profit through a sale

Japan to Relax Cryptocurrency Listing Rules

21.10.2022
The Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA) plans to allow crypto trading platforms to list coins without going through a lengthy screening process. “We hope the latest measure will help revitalize Japan’s crypto assets market,” said the vice chairman of...

Japanese Crypto Exchange Coincheck Partners with Actor Kenji Kohashi for The Sandbox Project

21.9.2022
The Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck has enlisted Kenji Kohashi, a top-billing movie director and event organizer, to design its metaverse space in The Sandbox. In a press release, the exchange explained that Kohashi will become the “creative director” of a project named “Oasis TOKYO,” which...

Coinbase Japan Almost Doubles the Number of Tokens it Lists

16.9.2022
The crypto exchange Coinbase Japan has almost doubled the number of tokens it lists on its platform, taking the total of coins listed from six to 11 – a suggestion that Japanese exchanges could start significantly expanding the number of tokens they handle. On Twitter, the exchange’s Japanese...