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ForkLog 36 01.03.2021

Rakuten Begins Accepting Cryptocurrency Payments in Japan

The Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten gave its customers the ability to pay with digital assets at thousands of points of sale across the country.

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ForkLog 9 26.01.2021

Report: Japan’s top brokers lift earnings thanks to proprietary Bitcoin exchanges

Three leading online brokers in Japan—SBI, Rakuten, and Monex—are competing with cryptocurrency exchanges for a share of the digital-asset market, according to a new Messari report.

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ForkLog 9 20.01.2021

Messari: Asia remains the epicentre of cryptocurrency market activity

Asia accounts for 43% of global crypto transactions, 70% of Bitcoin hash rate, and six of the ten unicorns, according to Messari's review.

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ForkLog 22 14.01.2021

Japan regulator says XRP is not a security

The Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) regards XRP as a cryptocurrency, not as a security. The regulator first designated the token's legal status in a letter to The Block.

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ForkLog 12 24.11.2020

SBI Holdings’ subsidiary launches bitcoin-lending service

SBI VC Trade, a subsidiary of the Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings, announced the launch of a cryptocurrency-lending service.

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ForkLog 5 19.11.2020

Japanese companies and banks to pilot private digital currency

Major Japanese companies have agreed to participate in the experiment to issue a private digital currency on a single platform. The project is set to begin in 2021, Reuters reports.

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ForkLog 15 05.11.2020

Shelf AP launches blockchain car trading in Asia and Oceania

Shelf AP, the unit of the decentralised auction Shelf.Network, opened a blockchain trading platform for selling used cars from Japan to countries in Asia and Oceania. ForkLog reported, citing Lasha Antadze, founder of Shelf.Network.

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ForkLog 6 02.11.2020

Survey finds 9% of Japanese investors have invested in NFT tokens worth more than ¥1 million

A tenth of surveyed Japanese residents bought NFT tokens worth more than ¥1 million (over 700,000 rubles). The figures come from a survey conducted by the local Blockchain Content Association among 2,395 cryptocurrency holders.

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ForkLog 13 23.10.2020

Bank of Japan sets condition for issuing a digital currency

Japan will abandon issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) if the idea does not gain public support. Bloomberg reports, citing Kazusige Kamiyama, head of the Payment Systems Department of the local regulator.

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ForkLog 7 22.10.2020

Kraken resumes operations in Japan

The Kraken cryptocurrency exchange resumes services for residents of Japan.

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ForkLog 7 12.10.2020

A wave of false bomb threats in Japan demands Bitcoin as ransom

Since July 2020, Bitcoin extortionists have sent emails threatening bombs to at least 18 prefectures in Japan. The targets of the extortion were schools and rural-area administrations, according to Japan Today.

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ForkLog 8 07.10.2020

SBI Holdings acquires the TaoTao cryptocurrency exchange.

The Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings has become the owner of the TaoTao cryptocurrency exchange. It has been folded into the SBI Liquidity Market subsidiary, according to a press release issued on Wednesday, October 7.

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