2019-12-27 23:17 |
BTCNEXT, an Asian based cryptocurrency exchange, earlier this month announced it received notification from the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) that it must suspend services for Japanese residents. origin »
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Huobi Japan, a licensed Financial Services Agency (FSA) cryptocurrency exchange, today announced plans to raise approximately JPY 500 million (USD 4. 6 million). The funding will be done through a new issuance with Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings (TTFH) in a private placement.
2019-12-27 21:53 | |
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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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Coinspeaker UK-based FinTech Firm Revolut Plans to Raise $500 Million for Global ExpansionPopular for its digital banking services, Revolut is looking to expand its global footprint across the U.
2019-11-14 21:38 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: The Japan-based developer behind popular games such as Sanrio’s (i. e. Hello Kitty) Gudetama Quest, Aerial Legends and Japan’s first blockchain games, Crypt-Oink and CryptoIdols will roll out their initial exchange offering on November 18th, 2019.
2019-10-28 12:05 | |
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Huobi Japan has received $4.6 million in investment from a Tokyo-listed company involved in real estate and financial services.
2019-10-28 09:00 | |
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Huobi Japan has received $4.6 million in investment from a Tokyo-listed company involved in real estate and financial services.
2019-10-29 09:00 | |
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Japan’s oldest brokerage firm has established a blockchain-related partnership with the operator of the nation’s most widely-used messenger service. According to the October 4 announcement, Nomura Holdings, the parent company of Nomura Securities, revealed it...
2019-10-8 11:17 | |
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Nomura hopes to leverage Line's vast user base and high-quality user experience to deliver financial services.
2019-10-8 01:00 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has published draft guidelines for funds investing in cryptocurrencies. Japan is years ahead of the majority of the nations in the crypto game since they realized the potential in crypto back in 2017 and even legalized it for the public use. To give you a perspective, most of the so-called […]
2019-10-4 18:20 | |
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Financial services giant Monex Group announced the establishment of a Japanese Security Token Offering Association alongside five other major securities companies in the country. Major Japanese brokerage firms come together to promote STOs Japan could soon see more useful regulations surrounding security tokens as some of the biggest brokerage companies in the country have joined […] The post Japanese financial services giant Monex Group forms Security Token Offering Association appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-10-2 00:22 | |
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Owner of popular Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck, Monex Group, has now announced it will reward shareholders in the company with crypto. Shareholders are to receive a BTC dividend provided they have a Coincheck account.
2019-9-26 11:10 | |
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Ethereum Devcon presents a perfect showcase for ArcBlock’s team to demonstrate ArcBlock blockchain & dApps platform and recent updates including Blocklets to help developers build dApps quickly while ensuring perfect interoperability with Ethereum.
2019-9-26 04:53 | |
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Japan’s LINE opens new domestic crypto exchange BITMAX - CryptoNinjas LVC Corporation (LVC), a subsidiary of Japan digital technology company LINE Corporation (LINE), and operator of LINE’s cryptocurrency and blockchain-related businesses, announced today that BITMAX, a cryptocurrency exchange for the Japanese market, has gone live.
2019-9-18 16:24 | |
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LINE’s LVC becomes registered cryptocurrency exchange - CryptoNinjas LVC Corporation, a group company of LINE Corporation (LINE) and operator of LINE’s cryptocurrency and blockchain-related businesses, has become a registered cryptocurrency exchanger under Japan’s Payment Services Act, as of September 6th, 2019.
2019-9-9 18:19 | |
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The provider of the most used messaging app in Japan, LINE, has been awarded a crypto exchange lincense by the Japanese government. According to CoinDesk, the company which boasts of about 80 million users per month will now be able to provide crypto exchange services to its clients. The crypto trading platform will referred as […]
2019-9-7 02:02 | |
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The Financial information services subsidiary of SBI Group has announced that it will pay interim shareholder benefits in Ripple’s XRP crypto asset.
2019-9-6 21:54 | |
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FINSUM 2019 kicked off today, at the Japanese capital of Tokyo. Organized by the NIKKEI INC, and Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), the 3-day event is going to be a mega ‘fintech, blockchain, crypto and the future of finance’ bonanza.
2019-9-4 00:06 | |
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Interest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin tumbled 13. 9% in Japan, according to the country's financial regulator. In data posted Sept. 3, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) says the volume of crypto-related inquiries fell in the latest quarter.
2019-9-3 19:10 | |
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed Ryozo Himino, Japan’s top cryptocurrency regulator, as the new head of its Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation. FSA Cryptocurrency Regulator Joins FSB In a press statement issued on Monday (September 2, 2019), the international financial system watchdog announced Himino’s appointment.
2019-9-3 16:00 | |
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bitFlyer, a leading Japanese bitcoin exchange with a presence in Europe and other parts of the globe, has joined forces with Tpoint Japan, a technology services firm. The partnership will see them launch a bitcoin-powered loyalty program, according to a press release, August 20, 2019.
2019-8-21 09:00 | |
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The Central Bank of the Philippines has recently decided to allow two new companies to operate as cryptocurrency exchanges within its boundaries. Now, Telcoin Corpl and Atomtrans Tech Corp will both be able to offer its services in the country.
2019-8-20 23:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Rakuten, the largest e-commerce company in Japan which serves well over 1. 2 billion individuals globally with its e-commerce and payments services, has officially launched a cryptocurrency exchange.
2019-8-19 12:21 | |
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Rakuten Wallet announced the introduction of spot trading services for the virtual asset. Earlier this year, Rakuten, an e-commerce giant in Japan, had revealed that the organization had started accepting new account registrations for its newly launched cryptocurrency exchange, Rakuten Wallet.
2019-8-19 10:00 | |
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Following a major hack in the month of July, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, BitPoint, had closed down its services to prevent loss to wallets. The exchange is back in the news after it announced the resumption of its services, assuring everyone that proper safety precautions had been implemented.
2019-8-6 15:00 | |
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Oki Matsumoto, President of Monex Group, a Japan-based financial services company backing the Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange, is interested in participating in Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project and has submitted an application to that effect, according to a Reuters Japan report on July 26, 2019.
2019-7-28 23:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Japan to Begin Developing SWIFT-like Network for International Cryptocurrency PaymentsJapanese government to create a network similar to SWIFT, for international cryptocurrency payments.
2019-7-18 16:44 | |
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The hacking attempts at cryptocurrency exchanges are becoming more and more prevalent as yet another exchange lost over $32 million USD worth of cryptocurrency funds. The hack on Japan’s BitPoint led to the indefinite closure of withdrawal, deposit and trading services on the platform leading to several questions on the security of the exchange. This […]
2019-7-12 16:38 | |
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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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Following the demise of one of Poland’s largest crypto exchanges last week, news is breaking today that one in Japan has just been hacked. Bitpoint Suspends Services An official announcement today stated that Japanese crypto exchange Bitpoint has suspended services following a heist to the tune of around $32 million in crypto assets.
2019-7-12 12:32 | |
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In 2019 the Financial Services Agency has approved 3 new exchanges, following a year without any new openings.
2019-7-12 23:00 | |
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In May, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) passed a new cryptocurrency bill that gave clarity to the transfer of crypto assets, income taxes, and income-related transactions using digital currencies.
2019-7-11 19:15 | |
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The U. S. is increasingly running the risk of being left behind other nations unless its authorities soon address issues surrounding Bitcoin. One of the main problems facing the cryptocurrency is tax treatment.
2019-7-10 05:30 | |
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Tokyo-based media outlet The Asahi Shimbun’s Takeho Morita published a quintessentially Japanese story last week: many people who rent cars through vehicle-sharing services across the country don’t drive them at all.
2019-7-8 09:29 | |
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BitFlyer suspended its exchange service after an inquiry from Japan's Financial Services Agency.
2019-7-2 23:00 | |
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MXC is a digital trading platform focusing on the exchange of blockchain assets created by Wall Street, Japan, and Europe senior quantitative trading team and senior practitioners of blockchain through decentralized self-organization.
2019-7-2 22:23 | |
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An interview with JPMorgan’s head of digital treasury services and blockchain Umar Farooq has revealed that the financial giant is getting ready to test out their JPM Coin with clients, as per a report from Bloomberg Japan, June 25, 2019.
2019-6-25 20:30 | |
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Despite dividing opinions earlier this year with its “cryptocurrency” JPM Coin, American bank JP Morgan is rolling out its blockchain-based tech to more clients. JP Morgan says potential clients from the US, Europe, and Japan are interested in using its digital coin to speed up securities trading, Bloomberg reports.
2019-6-25 15:41 | |
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Line Corporation, the firm in charge of Japan’s largest messaging app, Line Messenger, is set to be approved for its BitMax bitcoin exchange from the Financial Services Agency (FSA), reports Bloomberg on June 20, 2019.
2019-6-21 20:00 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency may issue a license as early as this month that would allow the messaging app Line to open an exchange, allowing its users to trade cryptocurrency, including Line's native token, Link.
2019-6-21 19:23 | |
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By CCN Markets: Line, the most widely utilized messaging application in Japan with more than 80 million users is set to receive approval from Japan’s Financial Services Agency as early as June to launch a crypto exchange, according to a Bloomberg report.
2019-6-21 16:05 | |
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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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Back in April 2018, it was revealed that Yahoo Japan was planning to launch a cryptocurrency exchange licensed by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA). Now, a year later, Yahoo Japan’s trading platform Taotao is open offering BTC and ETH trading while also providing users with margin trading available in litecoin (LTC), ripple (XRP) and bitcoin […] The post Yahoo Japan-Backed Exchange Launches Crypto-Yen Markets and Margin Trading appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-6-10 19:48 | |
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LINE Pay Corp., the operator of fintech services on major Japanese messaging app LINE, is partnering with Visa on new blockchain and digital payments solutions
2019-6-7 12:23 | |
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Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) like the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed reservations on the approval of a crypto-based Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). the major reason cited by the FSA is the problem of volatility which characterizes the cryptocurrency market.
2019-5-31 02:31 | |
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Coinspeaker Yahoo! Japan and CMD Lab-Backed Crypto Exchange TaoTao Launches This WeekYahoo! Japan and CMD Lab Inc will launch a new cryptocurrency exchange platform, dubbed TaoTao on May 30 in what is Yahoo!’s first crypto-related project and also a first by a large Web services company.
2019-5-28 15:04 | |
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Taotao tweeted on May 27, 2019, that it will officially launch its trading services from May 30, 2019. Yahoo! Japan’s Crypto Exchange Is Coming Soon Staying true to their habit of fidgeting with new technology, the Japanese have typically been one of the loudest proponents of cryptocurrencies.
2019-5-28 11:00 | |
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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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The Financial Services Agency (FSA), which doubles as both Japan’s crypto and financial regulatory watchdog, has ordered all bitcoin trading venues and digital assets exchanges in the region to strengthen their know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money-laundering (AML) measures, as part of preparation for the upcoming G-7 summit and FATF inspection, reports Nikkei on May 22, 2019.
2019-5-24 13:00 | |
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Ahead of next month’s G20 summit, host Japan looks to tighten money laundering regulations, specifically targeting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is also due to inspect Japan’s anti-money laundering regime in the Autumn.
2019-5-23 12:00 | |
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Bybit, Bitget and OKX combined have 877,000 daily active users in the U.S., data from Sensor Tower shows. It's unclear if they are just checking prices, or trading in violation of the rules.
The decentralized exchange for futures and options trading plans to go live on Arbitrum on Jan. 8.
Companies registered in EU nations by year-end will be able to operate in those countries while they secure licenses under MiCA regulations that take effect at the end of the year.
The U.S. presidential election is an important short-term catalyst for Coinbase and the wider industry, and could lead to more regulatory clarity, analysts said.
Crypto exchange Bitget promised to compensate holders of its native Bitget Token (BGB) for losses suffered during a slump of as much as 52% on Monday.
Over 94% of creditors voted in favor of the plan, which promises to return 118% of their claims in cash.
Powell will start in her new role at the crypto exchange in November.