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Japanese Government, Central Bank Readying CBDC Legislation

30.1.2024
Japan is nearing the launch of its CBDC, the digital yen, with the government and central bank laying the legislative groundwork for a rollout. Neither the Bank of Japan (BoJ) nor the government has yet officially committed to a CBDC launch. However, the BoJ has recently sped up the development...

Our Fave Cosplay Looks From Holiday Matsuri 2023

25.1.2024
Holiday Matsuri (or Holmat) is an annual cosplay convention held in Orlando, Florida that tends to close out the year with a bang. As it’s the biggest cosplay convention in the state, and always falls near the end of December (it’s nice and toasty in Florida that time of year, trust me), HolMat...

Japanese Crypto Advocate Wins Parliament Seat

23.1.2024
A leading Japanese crypto advocate has won a seat in the House of Councilors, the nation’s lower parliamentary house. Per CoinPost, Takeshi Fujimaki, a former lawmaker who lost his seat in the 2019 election, has been restored to the house under proportional representation rules. Fujimaki,...

Japanese E-commerce Heavyweight Mercari to Accept Bitcoin Payments

8.1.2024
Source: vladim_ka/Adobe Mercari, one of Japan’s biggest e-commerce platforms, says it will start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) from June this year. Per a report from Nikkei, the firm will process Bitcoin payments via its Tokyo-based crypto subsidiary Melcoin. Melcoin will convert all BTC payments into...

Our Favorite Cosplay From Anime NYC 2023

5.1.2024
It may be 2024, but we haven’t forgotten about 2023's Anime NYC, the three-day anime convention that takes place in the same hallowed halls as New York Comic Con. Anime NYC 2023 took place in mid-November, and drew 60,000 people to the Javits Center on the west side of Manhattan. As you might...

Japanese Firms Collect Crypto Donations for Earthquake Victims

5.1.2024
Source: momius/Adobe Some of Japan’s biggest crypto firms are building donation platforms to help victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Per the Japanese news outlet CoinPost, crypto donors have already given “tens of millions of yen” worth of tokens to charities aiding earthquake victims. These...

Monex Group Secures Majority Stake in Canada-based 3iQ

29.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Japan-based Monex Group is set to acquire a majority stake in Canadian crypto asset manager 3iQ. According to a press release published Thursday, 3iQ will collaborate with Coincheck, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange acquired by Monex Group back in 2018, to bolster the digital...

Japanese Crypto Newbies ‘Flock to Mercari, Rakuten Wallet’ – Survey

28.12.2023
Source: mehaniq41/Adobe First-time Japanese crypto investors are most likely to choose exchanges operated by Mercari and Rakuten, a new study has found. The survey was conducted by Mobile Marketing Data Labo, who asked 30,000 Japanese men and women aged between 20 and 69 about their crypto exchange...

Japan’s Government Abolishes Crypto Tax on Unrealized Corporate Gains

25.12.2023
Source: Pixabay / Pharaoh_EZYPT Japan‘s cabinet has recently approved a key change in the fiscal 2024 tax policy, removing the tax on unrealized gains for corporate-held crypto assets, according to Nikkei. In the fiscal 2024 tax reform approved by the Japanese cabinet, the tax on unrealized...

Japan’s SBI Holdings and Saudi Aramco Explore Joint Digital Asset Ventures

12.12.2023
Source: Adobe Stock Japanese financial services firm SBI Holdings announced last Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with oil giant Saudi Aramco for potential collaboration on digital asset investing. According to the document, SBI’s agreement with the state-owned...

Japan to Exempt Companies From Unrealized Crypto Gains Tax – Report

6.12.2023
Source: Pixabay Japanese lawmakers discussed Tuesday on plans to exempt companies from paying tax on unrealized cryptocurrency gains. The proposal is set to be included in the fiscal 2024 tax reform plan. According to a Nikkei report, the proposal is being discussed by the country’s ruling...

Here’s Why Gamers Are Splurging on Square Enix’s Quirky NFT Characters

5.12.2023
Source: symbiogenesisPR / Twitter The Japanese gaming giant Square Enix has sold all character non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the first auction for its upcoming game Symbiogenesis. Square Enix is the publisher of titles such as Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Dragon Quest. The company’s...

Solomon Islands and Soramitsu Unveil Partnership To Launch CBDC Pilot 

1.12.2023
Source: Pixabay The Central Bank of Solomon Islands has revealed a partnership with Japanese blockchain Soramitsu to launch a proof-of-concept for a CBDC named Bokolo Cash. In a Keynote speech on Tuesday, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said his country was embarking on the CBDC...

Circle Signs MoU With SBI Holdings to Expand USDC Circulation in Japan

27.11.2023
Source: Pexels Circle, stablecoin issuer behind USD Coin (USDC), has joined forces with Tokyo-based financial services firm SBI Holdings to facilitate the strategic expansion of USDC into the Japanese market. This collaboration, solidified through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed...

Japanese Tax Agency Investigates Hundreds of Crypto Tax Violations

27.11.2023
Source: umaruchan4678/Adobe The Japanese National Tax Agency (NTA) has revealed it has recently investigated hundreds of crypto tax violations. The NTA released its annual report on tax investigations ahead of the weekend, including a section on crypto taxation. The data in the report, and also...

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