An eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt introduced a move-to-earn app, Step, during the conference in Tokyo. According to the press release, an event in Japan welcomed a community of builders, found...
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Japan FSA To Categorize Algorithmic Stablecoins Similar to Bitcoin
Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), plans to categorize algorithmic stablecoins in the same bracket as Bitcoin. Stablecoin issuers will also need licenses that deem it...
Japan Bank To Use Soulbound Tokens for Identity Verification
The second-largest bank in Japan, Sumitomo Bank, plans to trial soulbound tokens for identity verification. Japan has been making big strides in web3 experimentation and research. Japan’s second-large...
Japan recommends against algorithmic backing in stablecoins
After passing its landmark legislation on stablecoins in June, Japanese regulators are considering complementing it by restricting the algorithmic backing of stablecoins. The intention comes as a reco...
Japan’s Financial Watchdog Extends FTX Japan Suspension
10 seconds ago | 2 mins read Exchange News In November, the FSA demanded that FTX Japan halt its activities. The bankruptcy of FTX will not impact the assets held by FTX Japan. On Wednesday, Japan’s F...
Japan’s FSA To Extend Suspension Of FTX Japan Amid Withdrawal Delays
Japan’s Financial Services Agency on Wednesday said it plans to extend the suspension order for crypto exchange FTX Japan. The move comes as Japanese arm is taking more time to resume withdrawals and ...
FTX Japan Enables Users to Withdraw Their Funds
39 seconds ago | 2 mins read Exchange News The funds held in FTX Japan will not be subject to ongoing bankruptcy proceedings in the US. FTX Japan has around $94.5 million in cryptocurrency holdings. T...
America’s Best Hope For Beating China In The Air
The B-21. Northrop Grumman capture The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman rolled out their new B-21 Raider stealth bomber in a ceremony at the Air Force’s secretive Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, ...
FTX Japan to Unfreeze Client Funds and Allow Withdrawals
FTX Japan has announced plans to allow customers to withdraw funds from the exchange soon, meaning they will be among the first to get their money back. FTX investors to have been unable to withdraw t...
Bitcoin falls 1.4% after US payroll data, FTX Japan works to offer liquidity
The biggest news in the crypto-verse for Dec. 2 includes Bitcoin’s negative 1.4% reaction to the U.S. payroll data, FTX Japan’s efforts to bring liquidity back, and Binance’s $3 million freezing as a ...
FTX Japan plan to resume customer funds withdrawals approved
FTX Japan is seeking to resume withdrawals after its parent, the defunct FTX exchange, authorized a plan to repay deposits. Users of the collapsed crypto exchange in Japan may be among the first clien...
Carnival’s Princess Cruises will return to Japan after nearly 3 years
People look out from aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship, operated by Princess Cruises, as it maintains a holding pattern about 25 miles off the coast of San Francisco, California on March 8, 2020. ...
FTX Japan to Unfreeze Withdrawals of Client Funds
Japanese users of failed crypto exchange FTX might soon be able to withdraw their funds as the Japanese subsidiary said it is working to make funds available to their customers. FTX as a whole suspend...
FTX Japan to Soon Resume CustomerWithdrawals
The latest Bloomberg report states that the Japanese subsidiary of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is working to facilitate withdrawals of their funds. If so, this would be a rare case of investors getti...
FTX Japan prepares refund | Blockchain News
Nevertheless, in spite of the fact that it is one of the 134 companies that are now participating in the bankruptcy proceedings of FTX, the Japanese subsidiary has been working on a plan to refund cus...
What Is Next For Hansi Flick?
Questions about Hansi Flick’s future will be asked after Germany was eliminated from the group stage … [+] of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP vi...
Binance Acquires Licensed Japanese Crypto Exchange — Prepares to Enter Japan as Regulated Entity – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has acquired a regulated Japanese cryptocurrency exchange and is now preparing to enter the Japanese crypto market as a regulated entity. “The Japanese market will play...
Binance Sets Foot In Japan With SEBC Acquisition Deal
Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, is expanding its operation in Asia with its latest entrance in Japan. The platform has bought Sakura Exchange BitCoin, which is a Japanese crypto exchange...
Binance acquires regulated crypto exchange in Japan
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance plans to reenter the Japanese market after acquiring a 100% stake in a licensed crypto service provider in the country, Cointelegraph Japan reported. In an official pub...
Binance re-enters Japan, controls over 75% of exchanges’ monthly trading volume
Binance has re-entered the Japanese market with its acquisition of Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC), according to a Nov. 30 announcement. #Binance Acquires JFSA Registered Sakura Exchange BitCoin, Commi...
Domestic and international tourist crowds traveling in Japan
I thought I managed to beat the tourist crowds on my recent trip to Japan. On my first night in Osaka, I managed to get a picture with the famed Glico sign without anyone else in the background. Zoom ...
Bank of Japan to Launch Digital Yen Pilot Program Next Year – Blockchain Bitcoin News
The Bank of Japan is preparing to run a test trial of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yen, with help from three top banks and regional institutions. The pilot program, estima...
Bank of Japan to Experiment with CBDC in 2023
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced that it is working with the country’s top three banks to launch a trial of the digital yen. According to reports by Nikkei, Japan’s central bank has started planning ...
Bank of Japan will test digital yen with three megabanks
Even though Japan is undecided if it would develop a central bank digital currency, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is continuing to test out a digital version of the yen. This is the case despite the fact th...
Japan Intends To Roll Out CBDC Trial in Early 2023
Altcoin News The existing cryptocurrency rules in Japan are being loosened. After two years of testing the digital pilot, the central bank will make a decision. There has been a series of recent occur...
Bank of Japan set to test virtual Yen, plans to utilize three giant banks – crypto.news
In 2026, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) intends to decide if it should launch virtual money. The apex bank is still testing a prospective virtual Yen amidst Japan’s uncertainties as to when to adopt a blockc...
Japan CBDC Trial Set to Rollout with Major Banks in 2023
The Bank of Japan will roll out a pilot program for its central bank digital currency project to three major Japanese banks in spring 2023. The pilot’s launch will dovetail with the bank’s one-year CB...
Bank of Japan to trial digital yen with three megabanks
Despite Japan’s uncertainty on whether to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Bank of Japan (BoJ) continues experimenting with a potential digital yen. The Japanese central bank has star...