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Japanese Court Orders Conditional Confiscation of Coincheck Hack Funds
19.8.2020
A court in Tokyo, Japan, has ordered the conditional seizure of some USD 46,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) and NEM’s XEM token that has been traced back to the Coincheck hack of 2018 – the first-ever court-ordered crypto seizure in the nation's legal history.
Per Kyodo, a branch of the Tokyo District...
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: August 2 - August 8 in Review
8.8.2020
Coincheck's CEO expressed optimism toward the company's upcoming shareholder meeting app, GMO Coin announced negative leverage trading fees and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Coincheck Revenues Down, Operator Launches Crypto Lending in US
30.7.2020
Coincheck, one of Japan’s leading crypto exchanges, has reported that its revenues are down by over a third on last year’s figures – although its operator has launched crypto lending services in the United States.
Per a financial report from its operator the Monex Group, Coincheck said that...
Crypto Exchange Coincheck Supports Trading for BAT Tokens
14.7.2020
Coincheck joins Japan-based exchanges GMO Coin and BitFlyer in supporting trading for Brave’s Basic Attention Token starting on July 21
Report: Japanese Blockchain Sector Grows Over 30% Since 2019
1.7.2020
The number of crypto and blockchain-related companies in Japan increased by more than 30% this year, data from Monex Group's Monex Crypto Bank shows
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: June 21 - June 27 in Review
27.6.2020
SBI announced a crypto investment fund, Bitflyer Holdings used blockchain-based voting for a shareholder meeting, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: May 31 - June 6 in Review
6.6.2020
Two exchanges saw unauthorized access issues, Japan ranked second in 24-hour Bitcoin trading volume for May globally, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Coincheck Halts Crypto Remittance to Investigate Latest Data Breach
3.6.2020
Coincheck suffered a data breach that may have leaked users’ emails and personal information, including date of birth and phone number
Coincheck Customers Fall Victim to Data Breach After Domain Account Error
3.6.2020
Coincheck's .com domain had been "in a state where it could be acquired." No funds have been lost, the firm said
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: April 19-25 in Review
25.4.2020
FXCoin announced XRP remittance testing, one company began its security token initiative, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
ShapeShift Acquires Portis, McAfee's New Coin, Coincheck Re-arrest + More News
14.4.2020
Erik Voorhees, CEO of ShapeShift. Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Exchanges news
Crypto exchange ShapeShift said it acquired Portis, an Israeli startup that built...
Prosecutors Charge Two Men over Coincheck Hack, But Not For Hacking
2.4.2020
Tokyo prosecutors have formally charged two men with handling stolen cryptoassets as part of the investigation into the January 2018 hack on crypto exchange Coincheck – still the biggest crypto heist in human history.
Per media outlet Nikkei, the two men, an Osaka-based 39-year-old and a doctor...
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: March 22-28 in Review
28.3.2020
This week’s news from Japan included blockchain-based steel pipe tracking, added exchange features and more
Monex Grants Small Amount of Bitcoin as Year-End Shareholder Benefit
23.3.2020
Monex Group, the financial services firm that owns crypto exchange Coincheck, plans to give Bitcoin as a shareholder year-end benefit for 2019
Police Reveal Details about Coincheck Hack Suspects + More News
12.3.2020
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Crime news
Police in Tokyo have released further details about the two men it arrested yesterday...
Tokyo Police Arrest 2 Men for Buying Cryptocurrency Tied to $530M Coincheck Hack
11.3.2020
Tokyo police arrested two individuals on Wednesday for acquiring stolen NEM from the 2018 Coincheck hack. On Jan. 26, 2018, the Japanese trading platform Coincheck noticed an “illicit transfer” of 523,000,000 NEM and it was the largest cryptocurrency exchange hack since Mt Gox....
Two Japanese Men Arrested for ‘Fencing’ NEM From Coincheck Hack
11.3.2020
Japan arrests two men who helped Coincheck hackers launder their proceeds
2 Arrested in Japan for Obtaining Crypto Linked to Coincheck’s $530 Million Hack
11.3.2020
The men are alleged to have been offloading NEM taken from Coincheck since February
Suspected Coincheck Hackers Arrested After Selling XEM for Bitcoin
11.3.2020
Tokyo police say they have arrested two men over the hack of Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck. The platform was raided for some USD 400 million worth of NEM (XEM) tokens in January 2018, in what remains the world’s biggest-ever theft of cryptocurrency.
Police have been chasing the perpetrators...
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: March 1-7 in Review
7.3.2020
This week’s news from Japan includes a blockchain proposal from the Federation of Economic Affairs, Rakuten Wallet margin account registrations and more