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Cryptocurrency News From Japan: June 14 - June 20 in Review
20.6.2020
A new report on Japanese crypto regulation, an institutional crypto custody service, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Japan: SBI to Issue Blockchain-powered Local Gov’t Gift Certificates
19.6.2020
SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial giant, crypto exchange operator and Ripple’s biggest Asia-based partner, is to begin developing blockchain-powered gift certificates with the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Per Fisco, via Kabutan, the initiative will be conducted in the city of Ukhia...
NFT Marketplace Opens Korea's Multi-Billion Gaming Industry to Crypto
8.6.2020
A Korean blockchain game company has launched a native NFT marketplace for Korea’s multi-billion dollar game sector
Hashpower Could Migrate From East to West as Global Mining Landscape Changes
30.5.2020
The head of Ripple SBI Asia asserts that hashpower is migrating from east to west, however, notes that significant tensions remain between Chinese and U.S. mining firms
Japanese Crypto Exchange SBI VC Trade Offers New Customers Free XRP
30.5.2020
Japan’s newest crypto players are getting increasingly aggressive in their marketing efforts – with financial giant SBI now offering all new crypto customers handouts of the XRP token.
SBI operates the SBI VC Trade crypto exchange, and per an official tweet, anybody opening an account between June...
Ripple Settlements Are Coming to Japanese ATMs
17.5.2020
SBI wants to use Ripple-powered settlement to make it easier for Japanese consumers to access funds regardless of banking affiliation
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: May 10 - May 16 in Review
16.5.2020
SBI Holdings started a joint venture fund with Redstone Digital, BitFlyer exchange aired a commercial, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
SBI Holdings CEO: Ripple Partners Could Help Pandemic Supply Chain
11.5.2020
SBI Holdings is proposing Ripple partner with multinational corporations to increase transparency and traceability across supply chains
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: April 26 - May 2 in Review
3.5.2020
Several exchanges gained regulatory paperwork, VC Trade exchange announced a 1,700% spike in pre-tax fiscal year profit, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Japanese Financial Giant SBI and SMFG to Partner for Digital Banking
28.4.2020
According to the Nikkei newspaper, SMFG will acquire a 20% stake in an SBI Holdings subsidiary to facilitate the partnership
Another Japanese SBI-backed Crypto Exchange Set to Begin Trading
23.4.2020
The Japanese crypto scene is set to welcome its 23rd license-holding exchange after the heavily backed FXCoin platform announced it would begin trading next month.
In an official statement, FXCoin stated that it was now accepting applications from traders wishing to open accounts on the platform...
SBI to Use Corda Blockchain for Forex Trading
16.4.2020
Ripple’s Japanese partner SBI Holdings says it will use Corda blockchain technology to power forex trading on its platform.
Per a Nikkei report and a joint press release, SBI – a securities giant that also operates banking and crypto exchange services – says that the deal will involve Corda’s...
SBI Crypto Shares of Bitcoin SV Post Halving Rise to 15.28%
13.4.2020
Shares of BSV held by SBI Crypto have jumped from 4.4% to 17.36% following the cryptocurrency’s rewards halving last week
Ripple Friendly SBI Chief in Talks About Launching an STO Exchange
2.3.2020
Yoshitaka Kitao. The CEO of SBI, one of Japan’s biggest financial companies, has spoken of his intention to co-launch a securities token offering (STO) exchange platform within the current financial year.
Per newspaper Jiji, SBI Holdings chief Yoshitaka Kitao, who is also a long-term Ripple partner...
SBI Subsidiary Boosts XRP Handouts by 67%
21.2.2020
The SBI Group, one of Japan's biggest financial services providers, will offer shareholders of its Morningstar subsidiary larger end-of-year XRP benefits. The current fiscal year ends on March 31.
The move marks the second time Morningstar, a financial news provider, has handed out XRP benefits...
XRP Friendly Giant SBI in Deal to Use ‘World’s Largest Bitcon Mine’
14.2.2020
Crypto-keen Japanese financial giant SBI has confirmed plans to collaborate with Whinstone, an American company that is currently building what will become the United States’ largest data center – and what its operators claim will be the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining facility.
The deal,...
SBI Crypto Subsidiary Partners With Northern Data on Mining Project
13.2.2020
SBI Holdings’s subsidiary SBI Crypto is partnering with German tech company Northern Data AG and Texas-based data centers operator Whinstone US Inc
Big-hitting Crypto Companies SBI and GMO Reveal Results and Plans
5.2.2020
Source: iStock/Sean_Kuma
Two of Japan’s biggest crypto operators - SBI and GMO Internet - have revealed details about their Q3 financial performance – and claim they will expand their cryptocurrency operations in 2020.
Financial giant SBI presented its latest financial report to shareholders....
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: Jan. 26–Feb. 1 in Review
2.2.2020
This week’s news from Japan includes Coincheck topping app download rankings, Japan’s central bank forecasting CBDC demand and more
Financial Firm SBI Holdings to Offer XRP Cryptocurrency as Shareholders’ Benefit
31.1.2020
Japan's crypto-friendly financial firm SBI Holdings is to give shareholders the option to receive the XRP cryptocurrency as a benefit. They can alternatively accept health supplements