Tag: Japan
Altcoin News
Japan’s Cryptocurrency Association to Vote on New Regulations This Month
Japan's newly created cryptocurrency association has drafted new rules that aim to prevent insider trading and the trading of crypto assets that can't be...
Altcoin News
Japanese Officials Arrest Three for Injecting Websites With Coinhive Scripts
Japan is a very prominent region when it comes to cryptocurrency. With the government actively monitoring this industry, positive things will happen. That also...
Altcoin News
Bitbank Launches a Bitcoin Lending Service With Annual Interest Rates
Borrowing and lending cryptocurrencies is not a new business model. Several companies try their hand at such a service with varying degrees of success....
Altcoin News
Japan Rejects Application of Cryptocurrency Exchange for the First Time
For the first time ever, the Financial Services Agency of Japan has rejected the application of a cryptocurrency exchange seeking to legally operate within...
Bitcoin News
Japan’s Money Forward Will launch a Cryptocurrency Exchange
Cryptocurrencies remain incredibly popular in Japan. This is mainly because the country legalized Bitcoin and similar payment methods as legal forms of money. As...
Altcoin News
Report: Japan’s Largest Bank to Test Its Digital Currency Next Year
Japan's biggest bank, and the world's fourth largest, is reportedly planning to launch a large-scale trial of its own digital currency as early as...
Blogs
Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Form Association to Rebuild Public Trust
A group of cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan have established an industry association that aims to regain public trust by imposing self-regulations and stricter security.Sixteen...
Decentralized Marketplaces
Kraken to Halt Trading Services in Japan by June Citing Rising Costs for Decision
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced that it will be halting its trading services for Japanese residents, citing rising costs in Japan for the decision.The...
Bitcoin News
Mt Gox Former CEO May Receive Bitcoin Billions Due to Japanese Bankruptcy Law
The former CEO of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has once again apologised for the way he handled things during the exchange's collapse...
Altcoin News
Coincheck Accepts Takeover Offer with Online Brokerage Monex Group
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has announced that it is to accept a takeover offer from Japanese online brokerage Monex Group.At the end of January,...
Blogs
Japanese Man Arrested for Allegedly Opening Cryptocurrency Account He Then Sold to a Criminal Group
A 30-year-old Japanese man has been arrested for allegedly opening a cryptocurrency account that he then sold to a criminal group.Lin Xiaolin, 30, who...
Decentralized Marketplaces
Two Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Withdraw Registration Applications with the FSA
Two Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges are reportedly quitting their operations amid tighter oversight from authorities following the Coincheck hack, which saw the theft of $530...
