Coincheck to sell BSV holdings, pay users in Japanese yen
The platform first made the announcement after the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork last year, but is now moving forward with payouts of any BSV holdings.
The platform first made the announcement after the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork last year, but is now moving forward with payouts of any BSV holdings.
Lawmakers in Japan have announced new measures around cryptocurrency margin trading, in the latest tranche of legislation designed to structure domestic digital asset markets.
Prosecutors in Japan have charged an 18-year-old male with stealing 15 million yen ($134,310 USD) worth of crypto.
The Japanese court has issued its verdict and it certainly wasn’t what any in the crypto community had expected given the magnitude of the case.
The platform, known as ‘Fitting Hub’, will support a number of different blockchain-powered services.
In this episode of Bitcoin World, Founding President of the Bitcoin Association Jimmy Nguyen and nChain Chief Scientist Dr. Craig Wright hang out in Tokyo, Japan—the home of tech, finance, and the honorific home of the mysterious Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
The National Police Agency reported a total of 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering involving cryptocurrency on the year, up from just 669 cases in the previous period.
Two Japanese corporate giants are teaming up to fight the uniquely Japanese problem of language document forgery.
Japan-based Daiwa Securities Group has completed a blockchain trade matching pilot, completing the second stage of testing of its proof-of-concept model.
While Bank of Japan has no plans for a CBDC at this time, the bank’s new report points out the additional functions crypto offers beyond traditional payments, as well as the wider implications of more efficient, direct blockchain transactions.
Rakuten snuck in a mention that their mobile app will be getting upgraded in March, and with it, crypto payments are on the way.
Huobi Wallet has extended support for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin SV to its customers, now including those based in Japan and Korea.