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Japan forms unit to oversee digital currencies as it steps up regulation efforts
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22 July, 2021

Japan forms unit to oversee digital currencies as it steps up regulation efforts

The country’s financial services regulator has reportedly established a new unit that will oversee the industry, even as the Finance...
Suspects behind $54M AI-based digital currency scam in Japan arrested
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16 July, 2021

Suspects behind $54M AI-based digital currency scam in Japan arrested

Oz Project claimed to guarantee users that they would get 100% of the principal they put in as well as...
Mt. Gox trustee invites creditors to vote on rehabilitation plan
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5 June, 2021

Mt. Gox trustee invites creditors to vote on rehabilitation plan

In a “Notice of Release of Online Voting Function,” the court-appointed trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has invited creditors to consider and...
Japan warns derivatives platform Bybit over alleged illegal operations
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3 June, 2021

Japan warns derivatives platform Bybit over alleged illegal operations

The Financial Services Agency said Bybit is allowing Japanese residents to register and leverage the exchange, despite not having the...
Bitcoin Association appoints new ambassadors for Japan and the South Pacific to advance Bitcoin SV
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23 April, 2021

Bitcoin Association appoints new ambassadors for Japan and the South Pacific to advance Bitcoin SV

With the addition of George Siosi Samuels as the Ambassador for the South Pacific and Masumi Hamahira as another Ambassador...
Japan central bank kicks off digital yen feasibility study
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7 April, 2021

Japan central bank kicks off digital yen feasibility study

The central bank of Japan has started the first phase of a feasibility study with a goal of testing the...
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