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Japan’s Coincheck reopens yen withdrawals after $530M crypto heist
Customers withdrew a total of JPY40.1B on Tuesday, the first day Coincheck allowed users to get their money out of the troubled exchange.
Customers withdrew a total of JPY40.1B on Tuesday, the first day Coincheck allowed users to get their money out of the troubled exchange.
Macau-based Blockchain Laboratory runs ICOs for other companies as a means of raising capital for businesses on the blockchain.
Japan isn’t risking another Coincheck-level slip-up.
To ensure that it has enough funds to pay back its customers, members of FSA paid a special visit to Coincheck’s Tokyo office on Friday.
Line currently sees over 168 million users monthly and is expected to leverage its customer numbers in launching its proposed cryptocurrency exchange.
Despite records of theft, a popular Japanese girl band named Virtual Currency Girls stand on its ground with cryptocurrency as they refuse to be paid in anything else.
Should this proceed smoothly, it would be the most graceful handling of a crypto-heist to date.
The South Korea is considering adopting a joint regulatory approach that would create the first regional harmonization of laws surrounding cryptocurrencies.
Over 200 companies have signed up for the consortium, including internationally acclaimed technology institutions.
With BTC shooting past the $17,000 mark, this means Mt Gox’s bankruptcy status needs to be re-evaluated.
In yet another example of Japan doing things right, the Japanese FSA has allowed four new cryptocurrency exchanges to operate—legally—in the country.