2023-1-12 14:20 |
Vice President of International and Business Development, Nana Murugesan, said that the firm decided to “wind down” the majority of its operations in Japan. origin »
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Coinbase is winding down the majority of its operations in Japan. A few employees are being retained to ensure the safety of customer assets. American crypto exchange Coinbase Inc. will shutThe post Coinbase faces another blow as it winds down most Japanese operations appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-1-11 19:00 | |
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Coinspeaker FTX Japan to Refund Customers & Shut Down Operations in Q1 2023 FTX Japan has created systems to refund crypto assets to customers after suspending withdrawals in the previous month.
2022-12-31 17:41 | |
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The crypto winter is a drawn-out one exacerbated by the collapse of large players such as Terra and the FTX crypto exchange. As crypto businesses continue to feel the effects of the current bear market, another major player, Kraken, has been affected to the point that it has, once again, put a pause on operations in Japan.
2022-12-29 20:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken said it will exit the Japanese market and de-register from the Financial Services Agency (JFSA) as of Jan. 31, 2023.
2022-12-29 12:44 | |
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TEPCO Power Grid is deploying bitcoin mining operations across Japan in a partnership with a local semiconductor company to capitalize on excess power.
2022-12-15 15:43 | |
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The Financial Services Agency ordered that operations stay suspended for another three months.
2022-12-9 15:58 | |
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Japanese authorities have postponed FTX Japan’s suspension deadline because the firm has so far failed to return assets from custody to creditors.
2022-12-10 12:40 | |
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The FSA, in a recent statement, ordered FTX Japan to seize operations amid the crisis facing its Mother corporation. The watchdog claimed that the firm did not abide with the withdrawal regulations placed amid the crisis.
2022-11-13 13:33 | |
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Japanese authorities have asked FTX to suspend its operations. Authorities from The Bahamas have also frozen the exchange's assets. The post FTX Faces Trouble in Japan and Bahamas As Regulators Narrow Their Sights appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-11-11 11:09 | |
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Under the orders, FTX Japan will be required to suspend OTC derivatives transactions and related margins as well as new deposits from Nov. 10 to Dec. 9 unless the FSA steps in.
2022-11-11 19:10 | |
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The Financial Services Agency had ordered the local arm of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange to halt operations until December following a withdrawal halt.
2022-11-11 17:45 | |
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Tokyo-based prominent cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer today announced it had successfully registered as a Type I Financial Instruments Business under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. A Major Milestone for bitFlyer By successfully registering itself as a Type 1 Financial Instruments Business in Japan, bitFlyer can now re-open its margin trading and derivative operations. For theRead More
2021-10-15 16:10 | |
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Immediately after receiving the order to stop operations in Singapore due to lacking the necessary licenses, Binance is now facing the same problem in South Africa. Previously, the exchange hit a wall in a number of other countries, including the US, the UK, Japan, Germany, Malaysia, and more.
2021-9-5 18:59 | |
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Binance made headlines after Japan’s financial regulator warned that the cryptocurrency exchange was not registered to perform operations in Japan. More recently, the exchange halted operations in OThe post Does Binance Coin have the potential to register sharper price movements? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-6-28 21:00 | |
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Japan and Portugal announce approval of new cryptocurrency exchanges in the nations. Portugal has approved two exchanges so far, while Japan has allowed Coinbase to function within the country. Japan Approves Coinbase Coinbase can finally start operations in Japan as the country’s top financial regulator has approved the organization within the nation. As of this […]
2021-6-24 22:16 | |
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Kraken's Japanese subsidiary, Payward Asia Ltd., is expected to launch operations in mid-September.
2020-9-9 19:06 | |
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In a recent interview in Japan, Ripple's Senior Director of Global Operations revealed that XRP does not compete with CBDCs or stablecoins; it chases the same goal
2020-8-19 11:23 | |
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The crypto-scene in Asia, at the moment, is not very pretty. While BitMEX Japan shut down operations recently owing to the newly amended crypto-regulations as per the Japan Payment Services Act, SouthThe post South Korea: Revised crypto-guidance to encourage budding projects, entrepreneurs appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-5-2 16:00 | |
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Germany’s second-largest stock exchange and a major financial services group in Japan have partnered to expand their crypto operations in Europe and Asia. Boerse Stuttgart recently launched its crypto trading platform while SBI has been expanding its crypto business operations for several years.
2019-12-22 15:15 | |
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Japan’s top financial regulator has approved the remaining crypto exchange that was in business prior to the regulation of the crypto industry. Exchanges in this category were allowed to continue operations while their registration applications were being reviewed.
2019-12-4 08:45 | |
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Former Korbit EVP Joon Bhang joins Findora as Head of North Asia Operations - CryptoNinjas Findora, a cryptographic network that enables the secure, fully compliant transfer and verification of financial assets, has announced the appointment of Joon Bhang as Head of North Asia Operations.
2019-9-25 16:39 | |
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Rakuten Group, the largest e-commerce company in Japan, launched a crypto wallet in 2017 via Rakuten Wallet Inc, a subsidiary of the online giant. The company has announced the launch of an exchange, allowing users to trade in BTC, ETH, and BCH using a mobile wallet for Android.
2019-8-20 23:00 | |
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint, owned by Remixpoint, halted all operations on Friday, July 12. The exchange lost $32 million worth of cryptocurrency in a hack. Bitpoint Clients Lose $22.
2019-7-12 17:00 | |
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has been hacked, resulting in the loss of $32 million worth of various digital currencies, Bloomberg reports. The majority of funds lost (approximately $23 million) belonged to customers, while the rest were owned by the exchange.
2019-7-12 14:30 | |
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Japanese messaging company Line Corp is reportedly gearing up to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, The report comes just days after fellow tech giant Facebook announced the launch of Libra. According to Bloomberg, which cites people close to the matter, Line could receive its license this month, with exchange operations expected to begin a few weeks after it gets the green light.
2019-6-20 14:34 | |
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Coinone, hailed in Asia as one of the continent’s “Big Four” cryptocurrency exchanges, is set to join the Ripple family. Announced on June 17, the exchange performs cross-banking services, while implementing Ripple’s xCurrent solution in its operations.
2019-6-17 19:00 | |
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The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
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By CCN. com: Zaif, a Japanese crypto exchange that was hacked in September 2018, is preparing to resume its operations in Japan according to the official document released by the exchange. The document released by Zaif on April 19 stated that all users affected by the hack will be compensated fully.
2019-4-23 17:31 | |
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The virtual currency exchange Zaif will be transferring the business from Tech Bureau to Fisco Digital Asset Group (FDAG). The Japanese exchange was hacked last year and stopped its operations in the market.
2019-4-21 19:28 | |
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The Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has launched a Bitcoin over-the-counter (OTC) trading service for its users, per a post published on its official blog.
2019-4-2 18:26 | |
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Quantstamp, one of the top Y Combinator-backed firms, has announced their plans of setting up a limited liability company, in this case – Quantstamp Japan GK. This branch will be responsible for assisting Far-East enterprises and startups in firing up their operations using Blockchain technology.
2019-3-7 17:42 | |
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Ever since the security breach of Coincheck in January 2018, formerly the largest crypto exchange in Japan, local authorities have imposed a stricter process in granting licenses to trading platforms that support Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
2019-2-11 00:14 | |
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SBI Holdings and R3 have announced that both companies have agreed on establishing a joint venture with its operations in Japan. SBI Holdings has contributed 60% of the capital for the venture whereas R3 has provided the other 40%.
2019-1-30 18:46 | |
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Cryptocurrency mobile wallet provider BRD wants to accelerate its international expansion, and it has secured $15 million to do it. The Series B funding round was raised from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings.
2019-1-26 20:04 | |
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On Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) published guidance for virtual currency businesses operating in the state. The state’s financial agency has decided a money transmission license for cryptocurrency operations is not required.
2019-1-24 21:28 | |
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Huobi Japan, the cryptocurrency exchange re-born as a result of a merger between BitTrade and Huobi Group, has now resumed operations as a wholly-regulated exchange by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), according to a press release on January 17, 2019.
2019-1-19 01:00 | |
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Huobi is back in Japan, this time as a fully regulated exchange under Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA). Following its merger with BitTrade, Huobi Japan Holding Ltd.
2019-1-19 19:03 | |
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Participants in Mongolia’s Bitcoin mining industry plan to significantly expand the scope of their operations, local media report January 11. Japan’s Ginco Doubles Down On Mongolia The East Asian country, known for its cheap electricity and being home to the world’s northernmost desert, will see one of its miners almost treble in size this year alone, despite the ongoing Bitcoin bear market.
2019-1-12 05:00 | |
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Last year ended with major problems in the crypto mining industry, as Bitcoin mining started to become less fruitful. GMO Internet Group, a major force in the IT industry in Japan, recently published a monthly report on the mining operations that happen in-house.
2019-1-9 23:07 | |
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As Bitcoin and crypto prices continue to fall profitability from mining using certain types of hardware inevitably follows suit. Japan has a number of high profile corporations heavily invested in mining operations and it looks like they are about to pull the plug.
2019-1-3 12:00 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has reportedly revealed that 190 firms have shown an interest in becoming operators in the Japanese cryptocurrency market, which makes it a slight increment from the number of companies that had expressed their intention earlier in August, according to a report by Finance Magnates on December 28, 2018.
2018-12-29 11:00 | |
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GMO Internet says it will no longer develop, manufacture, and sell Bitcoin mining hardware following significant losses incurred in Q4 2018. The Japanese IT company will instead focus on its in-house mining activities following a comprehensive revenue review.
2018-12-26 17:00 | |
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Japan’s GMO Internet has postponed the shipments of its two lines of 7nm bitcoin mining rigs. A representative of the company has clarified the situation to news. Bitcoin. com, noting that some refunds have already been issued.
2018-11-14 04:45 | |
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Japan’s GMO Internet has postponed the shipments of its two lines of 7nm bitcoin mining rigs. A representative of the company has clarified the situation to news. Bitcoin. com, noting that some refunds have already been issued.
2018-11-14 04:45 | |
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One of the countries that have been recorded among the top crypto friendly countries is Switzerland. Its government has been able to give free access to banking services to crypto users and companies unlike countries like Japan, South Korea, and China.
2018-11-10 22:41 | |
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Huobi Group revealed at the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai that the company is looking to expand its operations to the Middle Eastern, African and South Asian markets in a bid to provide services to its unbanked or underbanked residents.
2018-10-26 21:07 | |
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Cryptocurrency businesses in Japan can now self-regulate their operations, as per a recent Financial Services Agency (FSA) directive reported by Reuters on October 24, 2018. Japan Turns to Self-Regulation The self-regulation dictum was extended for supporting the growth of the burgeoning digital assets sector in Japan.
2018-10-25 20:00 | |
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The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) today (October 24) approved the self-regulation of the country’s cryptocurrency industry. Based on this decision, the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) can exercise oversight over the operations of virtual currency exchanges in the country.
2018-10-24 14:08 | |
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KULR Technology has invested $21 million in Bitcoin as part of its strategy to allocate 90% of surplus cash to the cryptocurrency. KULR, a U.S.-based company which specializes in thermal management solutions mainly for electronic components and batteries, has acquired…
Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, is confronting a $1 billion lawsuit filed by BiT Global Digital.
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Coinbase’s Project Diamond has adopted the Chainlink Standard to drive institutional adoption of digital assets, according to a Dec. 10 statement shared with CryptoSlate. Project Diamond, managed by Coinbase Asset Management, focuses on serving institutional users outside the US.