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Japanese Football Megastar Keisuke Honda Launches His Own Crypto Token
23.10.2020
Keisuke Honda. Source: a screenshot, Instagram/keisukehonda
Japanese football supremo Keisuke Honda is set to release his own cryptoasset, a company owned by the celebrity has revealed.
Honda currently plays for and captains Brazilian top-flight club Botafogo, and also manages the Cambodian...
Japanese Billionaire and Crypto Exchange CTO to Launch Fintech Venture
21.10.2020
Yusaku Maezawa. Source: Twitter/@yousuck2020
The chief technical officer (CTO) of Japanese crypto exchange DeCurret has teamed up with Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of clothing e-commerce giant ZOZO, to co-create a new fintech payments business.
Maezawa is a Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur...
Japanese Firms Unveil ‘First Real Estate STO’ for New Retirement Home
20.10.2020
Three Japanese companies have teamed up to launch what they said is the “first real estate securities token offering (STO) for retail investors in Japan.”
The collaboration involves security token specialist Securitize, advertising firm and Lifull Homes property listing website operator Lifull...
Japanese messaging giant LINE reportedly working on CBDC platform
20.10.2020
The platform would aid central banks in Asia with developing a central bank digital currency
Japanese payments firm JCB and Mizuho Bank test blockchain-based ID
19.10.2020
Fujitsu has been working on blockchain-based digital identity tools since 2019
Senior Japanese official fears China being ‘first-mover’ in digital currency
9.10.2020
China might gain control over global CBDC standards, a Japanese official warns
Japanese Banking Giant Exec Says Blockchain Is Making ‘a B2B Shift’
9.10.2020
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A senior executive at one of Japan’s biggest banking groups, the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), has talked up the role of blockchain technology in the world of finance – and claims that businesses are now shifting away from business-to-consumer (B2C) offerings...
Japan’s Messaging Giant Line Introduces Crypto Lending Services
7.10.2020
Back in the summer of 2018, the Japanese messaging giant, Line Corp., launched a cryptocurrency exchange with over 30 digital assets. Now Line is introducing crypto lending services with five different crypto assets and a new lineup of decentralized applications (dapps). The Japanese messaging...
Japanese Crypto Exchange TaoTao Agrees to SBI Purchase After Binance Talks End
7.10.2020
The all-stock deal bolsters SBI's crypto exchange services in Japan
Japanese financial giant SBI acquires TaoTao crypto exchange
7.10.2020
SBI now has two licensed crypto trading platforms in Japan
Binance Alliance With Japanese Crypto Platform Abandoned
6.10.2020
A potential partnership between Binance and TaoTao fell through, 10 months after first being revealed
Japanese esports company to pay its players in XRP
30.9.2020
Will this ultimately prove to be a significant step for mainstream adoption, or a publicity stunt?
BitFlyer Opens Japanese Bitcoin Market to European Traders
30.9.2020
The cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/yen trading pair
bitFlyer Links Japanese, European Platforms to ‘Boost Bitcoin Liquidity’
30.9.2020
Japanese market-leading crypto exchange bitFlyer said it has linked its bitFlyer Europe operations with its domestic platform – allowing European traders to access bitcoin (BTC)-Japanese yen trading pairs in what it said is a “world-first.”
“It’s cross-border trading,” tweeted bitFlyer CEO Yuzo...
Japanese Ruling Party Urges Gov’t to Speed up Digital Yuan Issuance
29.9.2020
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will call upon the government to release a digital currency “as soon as possible” – or risk falling behind other nations, including China.
Per Jiji, via the Japan Times, the party, which recently elected Yoshihide Suga to become its leader and the country’s...
Japanese Exchange Operator FISCO Doubles Down on Crypto with New Plans
25.9.2020
Japanese financial news service provider and crypto operator FISCO is set to expand its crypto operations, find new uses for its token, begin staking services and start providing software for online shareholder meetings using blockchain-powered voting technology.
Per Coin Post, FISCO, which...
Where does the next Japanese prime minister stand on crypto?
15.9.2020
Yoshihide Suga is set to replace retiring PM Shinzo Abe
Japanese Crypto Exchange Accuses Binance of Helping Launder $9M From 2018 Hack
15.9.2020
Fisco, formerly Zaif, is suing Binance for "aiding and abetting" the laundering of some of the $60 million stolen in 2018
Most New Customers at Japanese Exchange BitFlyer Are in Their 20s
9.9.2020
More than 30% of new customers at bitFlyer, a major Japanese crypto exchange, are in their 20s, the exchange said
Japanese Companies Team up for Blockchain-based Media Collaboration
9.9.2020
A number of leading Japanese media firms have joined forces with blockchain technology specialists to create a blockchain-powered digital content distribution ecosystem.
Named the Japan Contents Blockchain Initiative (JCBI), the consortium was formed earlier this year with an initial seven founding...