2019-2-28 17:00 |
Reports of suspicious cryptocurrency transactions in Japan soared last year, but were a tiny fraction of the overall total. origin »
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Cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Their advantages over traditional remittances are so extensive that more and more financial institutions are accepting reality, using these technologies to evolve and adapt their products to the needs of.
2019-4-14 19:15 | |
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Suspicious financial transactions filed by Japan-based cryptocurrency exchanges increased ten times over the previous year, according to the National Police Agency. The central enforcement body said Feb 28 that 7,096 out of the total 417,465 suspected money laundering cases mentioned the use of cryptocurrencies in 2018.
2019-2-28 16:41 | |
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In December last year, reports suggested Japan had seen over 6,000 money laundering cases that involved cryptocurrency in the first nine months of the year. Well, the trend continued. In the last three months of 2018, financial regulators received another 1,000-plus cryptocurrency related cases, taking the yearly total to 7,096 cases, the Japan Times reports.
2019-2-28 13:00 | |
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“All payment solutions” will be integrated into an updated payment app from e-commerce giant Rakuten, which acquired a crypto exchange last year
2019-2-17 16:32 | |
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Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is launching a high-throughput blockchain-based payments network next year.
2019-2-13 13:00 | |
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With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games just one year away, Japan isn’t leaving anything to chance. On Friday, the country approved a law that would allow the government to hack into insecure IoT devices, in order to survey the number of easily-hackable gadgets that exist within the country.
2019-1-28 16:35 | |
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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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CoinSpeaker Pavel Durov Set to Launch His Gram Token and TON Blockchain Platform in March Already According to the developers, TON will be released to investors in January. The mainnet launch of Gram is set to commence as early as March this year, with its debut in Japan.
2019-1-23 13:52 | |
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Almost a year after being hacked and losing 58-billion-yen worth of NEM, Japanese digital currency exchange Coincheck has just passed a significant obstacle in its way. The Financial Services Agency of Japan permitted it to run a digital currency exchange platform last Friday officially.
2019-1-14 21:54 | |
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It has been over a year since Japan’s Financial Services Agency last approved a cryptocurrency exchange to legally operate in the country. Coincheck, which was hacked early last year, has become the 17th fully-registered crypto exchange in the country.
2019-1-12 05:10 | |
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It has been over a year since Japan’s Financial Services Agency last approved a cryptocurrency exchange to legally operate in the country. Coincheck, which was hacked early last year, has become the 17th fully-registered crypto exchange in the country.
2019-1-12 05:10 | |
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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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Coincheck is now a bonafide crypto exchange in Japan, capping a year which began with a $530 million hack
2019-1-12 12:35 | |
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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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One of Japan’s ‘Megabank’, Mizuho Bank, has plans of launching its own cryptocurrency by March of this year. The digital asset will be pegged to the Japanese Yen thus joining the stablecoin category of cryptocurrencies.
2019-1-5 12:46 | |
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Do you remember Coincheck? The Japanese crypto exchange was hacked at the beginning of the year, in January. The company had half a billion dollars stolen in cryptos, mostly NEM tokens, was sold to Monex for only $33 million USD back in October.
2018-12-19 20:07 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has decided to approve Coincheck’s cryptocurrency exchange license, Nikkei Asian Review reported on December 19. According to Nikkei, an announcement from the FSA is reportedly due to be released by the end of the year.
2018-12-19 14:22 | |
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The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has estimated that there were around 6,000 cases of suspected money laundering relating to crypto in the nation in the first three quarters of 2018. This figure is more than eight times that of the final nine months of the previous year.
2018-12-7 02:30 | |
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Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) received 5,944 reports on the suspected use of cryptocurrencies for wrongful purposes, such as money laundering, in January-October, Jiji Press reported on December 6.
2018-12-6 17:36 | |
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Japan’s efforts to regulate the cryptocurrency industry might have come a little later than needed, as the country has seen nearly 6,000 cases of money laundering involving cryptocurrency so far in 2018.
2018-12-6 12:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency, Taxes–Earlier today EWN reported on a development by several different countries, including Japan, to impose more severe regulations and protocols for catching so-called “cryptocurrency tax evaders.
2018-12-5 02:01 | |
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Big time cryptocurrency traders in Japan could be getting a letter from the tax man next year. The Japanese government is developing a system to catch those who are not paying the appropriate taxes on the profits made from cryptocurrency trading, according to local news.
2018-12-4 12:43 | |
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The trial over alleged wrongful reversals of seven bitcoin trades that occurred last year has reportedly begun in Singapore. Cryptocurrency exchange Quoine has been sued by a market maker. The plaintiff is seeking to recover 3,085 BTC from the exchange.
2018-11-22 12:05 | |
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The judges at the Greek supreme court have been accused of violating Alexander Vinnik’s rights. The alleged Btc-e operator has been detained in Greece since July last year. The hearing against his extradition to France has also reportedly been postponed.
2018-11-20 07:55 | |
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The judges at the Greek supreme court have been accused of violating Alexander Vinnik’s rights. The alleged Btc-e operator has been detained in Greece since July last year. The hearing against his extradition to France has also reportedly been postponed.
2018-11-20 07:55 | |
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Japan has been fairly welcoming to the cryptocurrency community, but it looks like questions about crypto as a whole from investors are slowing down. The Japanese Financial Services Industry published a report on November 16th, showing the enquiries for the third quarter of this year.
2018-11-17 02:35 | |
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The Venezuelan government has announced that its national digital currency, the petro, can be exchanged into any cryptocurrency if purchased this year. However, the wallet for the petro is still not available and petro buyers receive certificates of purchase.
2018-11-13 08:25 | |
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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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Google Ventures-backed Blockchain is debuting a hardware wallet that integrates with its software services, a press release shared with Bitcoin Magazine details. In a partnership with hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, the cryptocurrency software company has developed what it calls “a custom hardware device.
2018-10-26 19:38 | |
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Introducing The Daily 2, the all new video series by Crypto Daily and proclaimed crypto evangelist, Brian Wilson. Don’t miss a thing, be sure to subscribe to The Crypto Daily Official YouTube channel which can be found here.
2018-10-15 15:00 | |
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Coinbase To Enter Regulator-Heavy Japanese Crypto Market As reported by Ethereum World News in early-June of this year, Coinbase, widely regarded as one of the leading startups in the crypto industry, announced plans to enter Japan.
2018-10-11 04:06 | |
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The most grandiose crypto event of this year is coming! Less than a week is left till the long-awaited World Blockchain Festival, which will take place in Japan on October 13. The Saitama Super Arena, the third largest indoor arena in the world, will gather thousands of crypto adopters from different countries to meet and […] The post World Blockchain Festival: Noah Project Gathers Thousands of Crypto Geeks Under One Roof appeared first on NullTX.
2018-10-11 21:59 | |
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Japan’s tough stance on cryptocurrencies may be a mood killer for most businesses, but Coinbase is loving it. In fact, the company believes the increased scrutiny in the country gives Coinbase an advantage over other cryptocurrency businesses.
2018-10-10 14:03 | |
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GMO Internet Group is working to launch a stablecoin by 2019. In an announcement released on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, the Japanese IT conglomerate said it is putting all gears in place to begin building its stablecoin, called the GMO Japanese Yen (GJY).
2018-10-10 02:10 | |
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Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
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A new change in Google’s advertising policy could reverse the search giant’s crypto ad ban. Imposed in June this year, the ban has only been in effect for a quarter before being done away with. The new policy change coming this October will allow regulated crypto exchanges to buy ads in Japan and the United States.
2018-9-27 16:29 | |
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In this overview, we explore Kraken and its journey from a Mt. Gox alternative to soften the blow of bitcoin’s dependence on just one exchange to becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
2018-9-27 21:21 | |
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After the shocking ~$500-million Coincheck hack — dubbed as the biggest crypto heist ever — early this year, Japan’s Financial Services Agency has been keeping a close eye on the crypto industry, trying its best to bolster the security of crypto firms and, hopefully, prevent another hack from happening.
2018-9-24 18:59 | |
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Altcoins may come and go; hacks may challenge exchanges; mainstream financial advisors might not get it — but even in the face of a protocol bug, Bitcoin perseveres and develops.
2018-9-22 19:33 | |
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When Tokyo-based Mt. Gox got hacked to the tune of 650,000 bitcoin in 2014, Japan learned early on the tough lessons of cryptocurrency theft. Yet, to this day, despite the country’s ongoing efforts to educate investors and ramp up oversight of crypto exchanges, it still feels the sting of hackers.
2018-9-21 23:45 | |
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Japan, often fondly referred to as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’ has this year increasingly become the ‘Land of rising crypto theft,’ with a new report suggesting that the yen equivalent of $540 million has been stolen during the first six months of the year.
2018-9-21 22:00 | |
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Another cryptocurrency heist has shaken Japan. This time, 6. 7 billion yen ($60 million USD) worth of company and user funds have vanished from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform Zaif.
2018-9-21 19:30 | |
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The continuous news of hacking of cryptocurrency exchanges has grown this year when compared to previous years in the cryptocurrency industry. It started with Coincheck a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan where about $500 million worth of NEM token was stolen and now another cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, Zaif exchange in the news after a hack […] The post Japan’s Zaif Crypto Exchange loses about $59.7 Million in Fresh Hack appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-9-20 13:43 | |
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Japan's police agency has released data revealing that cyberattacks leading to thefts of cryptocurrency rose sharply earlier this year.
2018-9-20 13:00 | |
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Hackers have swiped over $540 million (60 billion Yen) worth of cryptocurrency from Japanese netizens over the first six months of 2018. On September 20, Japan’s National Police Agency revealed the number of cryptocurrency-related reported incidents rose to 158 – triple the amount of incidents over the same period last year, local outlet The Asahi Shimbun reports.
2018-9-20 11:47 | |
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Japan has suffered its 2nd major exchange hack of the year, as popular low-fee exchange Zaif has announced today that it was hacked for $60 million on September 14th.
2018-10-5 15:00 | |
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Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus will provide blockchain-based overseas payment services to its subscribers via partnerships in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. The service, based on the cross-carrier payment system (CCPS), is expected to go on trial early next year.
2018-9-20 14:14 | |
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LG’s telecom subsidiary, LG Uplus, has signed a memorandum of understanding that will see it offer its users blockchain-based international payments. The service will begin trial early next year and will enable users to make payments in Japan and Taiwan, the first such product by a Korean telecoms operator.
2018-9-19 18:00 | |
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Japanese Fintech heavyweight SBI Holdings plans to launch a Ripple-powered mobile payment application called MoneyTap. In a tweet shared with his followers, Takashi Okita, CEO of SBI Ripple Asia shared the web page of the new payment application, which promises to offer "easy bank transfer application" without fees.
2018-9-15 22:03 | |
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Japanese investment firm Metaplanet has unveiled a strategic plan to acquire 21,000 BTC by 2026. Metaplanet, a public Tokyo-based investment firm, is setting its sights on becoming one of the largest corporate Bitcoin (BTC) holders in the world. The firm…
Metaplanet CEO Simon Georvich predicts a worldwide rush for Bitcoin accumulation if the United States adopts a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve. In a Jan. 2 post on X, Gerovich stressed the potential chain reaction a US move to embrace Bitcoin could ignite.
In the last 24 hours, Uniswap posted $2. 9 billion in volume across its V3 and V2 contracts, surpassing Balancer’s $1. 39 billion, data from DappRadar shows. Uniswap V3 accounted for $2. 4 billion, with V2 trading over $455 million.
Japan’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to strengthen internal audit processes at financial institutions, including crypto exchanges. According to a recent statement, the agency aims to address industry gaps and align with global standards in regulatory compliance.
Alexander Sudeykin, Co-Founder of EVAA Protocol, joined CryptoSlate’s Editor-in-Chief Liam “Akiba” Wright and CEO Nate Whitehill in a recent SlateCast episode. The discussion centered around EVAA Protocol, its integration with the Telegram ecosystem, and the transformative potential of the TON blockchain in decentralized finance (DeFi).
In a significant shakeup within Japan’s cryptocurrency landscape, DMM Bitcoin, once a burgeoning crypto exchange, has announced its closure following a devastating security breach. Back in May 2024, DMM Bitcoin suffered what has been termed as one of Japan’s largest crypto leaks, with hackers making off with over 4,500 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $320 million […]
Tokyo-listed Metaplanet has purchased another 9. 5 billion yen ($60. 6 million) worth of Bitcoin, pushing its holdings to 1,761. 98 BTC. Metaplanet, a publicly traded Japanese company, has acquired 619.