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More Japanese Pro Gamers Agree to Receive Salaries in XRP
7.11.2020
Japanese securities giant and Ripple partner SBI has recruited four more pro gamers to its SBI eSports roster – with three teams so far all agreeing to receive their salaries in the XRP token.
Per an official release, the latest batch of recruits is a four-member Apex Legends team. Apex Legends...
Japanese Exchange FXCoin and SBI to Pilot Crypto Remittance Platform
4.11.2020
Japanese crypto exchange FXCoin is teaming up with a number of companies including the financial giant and exchange operator SBI to work on a price volatility-resistant cryptoasset remittance solution.
Per Nikkei, the exchange will begin a pilot for its new solution later this month, with...
IOTA joins Japanese gov’t on blockchain-based maintenance project
27.10.2020
The IOTA blockchain finds a use case in industrial maintenance
Japanese soccer star Keisuke Honda launches his own crypto
23.10.2020
Crypto and blockchain matter for the global soccer community
Japanese Football Megastar Keisuke Honda Launches His Own Crypto Token
23.10.2020
Keisuke Honda. Source: a screenshot, Instagram/keisukehonda
Japanese football supremo Keisuke Honda is set to release his own cryptoasset, a company owned by the celebrity has revealed.
Honda currently plays for and captains Brazilian top-flight club Botafogo, and also manages the Cambodian...
Japanese Billionaire and Crypto Exchange CTO to Launch Fintech Venture
21.10.2020
Yusaku Maezawa. Source: Twitter/@yousuck2020
The chief technical officer (CTO) of Japanese crypto exchange DeCurret has teamed up with Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of clothing e-commerce giant ZOZO, to co-create a new fintech payments business.
Maezawa is a Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur...
Japanese Firms Unveil ‘First Real Estate STO’ for New Retirement Home
20.10.2020
Three Japanese companies have teamed up to launch what they said is the “first real estate securities token offering (STO) for retail investors in Japan.”
The collaboration involves security token specialist Securitize, advertising firm and Lifull Homes property listing website operator Lifull...
Japanese messaging giant LINE reportedly working on CBDC platform
20.10.2020
The platform would aid central banks in Asia with developing a central bank digital currency
Japanese payments firm JCB and Mizuho Bank test blockchain-based ID
19.10.2020
Fujitsu has been working on blockchain-based digital identity tools since 2019
Senior Japanese official fears China being ‘first-mover’ in digital currency
9.10.2020
China might gain control over global CBDC standards, a Japanese official warns
Japanese Banking Giant Exec Says Blockchain Is Making ‘a B2B Shift’
9.10.2020
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A senior executive at one of Japan’s biggest banking groups, the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), has talked up the role of blockchain technology in the world of finance – and claims that businesses are now shifting away from business-to-consumer (B2C) offerings...
Japan’s Messaging Giant Line Introduces Crypto Lending Services
7.10.2020
Back in the summer of 2018, the Japanese messaging giant, Line Corp., launched a cryptocurrency exchange with over 30 digital assets. Now Line is introducing crypto lending services with five different crypto assets and a new lineup of decentralized applications (dapps). The Japanese messaging...
Japanese Crypto Exchange TaoTao Agrees to SBI Purchase After Binance Talks End
7.10.2020
The all-stock deal bolsters SBI's crypto exchange services in Japan
Japanese financial giant SBI acquires TaoTao crypto exchange
7.10.2020
SBI now has two licensed crypto trading platforms in Japan
Binance Alliance With Japanese Crypto Platform Abandoned
6.10.2020
A potential partnership between Binance and TaoTao fell through, 10 months after first being revealed
Japanese esports company to pay its players in XRP
30.9.2020
Will this ultimately prove to be a significant step for mainstream adoption, or a publicity stunt?
BitFlyer Opens Japanese Bitcoin Market to European Traders
30.9.2020
The cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/yen trading pair
bitFlyer Links Japanese, European Platforms to ‘Boost Bitcoin Liquidity’
30.9.2020
Japanese market-leading crypto exchange bitFlyer said it has linked its bitFlyer Europe operations with its domestic platform – allowing European traders to access bitcoin (BTC)-Japanese yen trading pairs in what it said is a “world-first.”
“It’s cross-border trading,” tweeted bitFlyer CEO Yuzo...
Japanese Ruling Party Urges Gov’t to Speed up Digital Yuan Issuance
29.9.2020
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will call upon the government to release a digital currency “as soon as possible” – or risk falling behind other nations, including China.
Per Jiji, via the Japan Times, the party, which recently elected Yoshihide Suga to become its leader and the country’s...
Japanese Exchange Operator FISCO Doubles Down on Crypto with New Plans
25.9.2020
Japanese financial news service provider and crypto operator FISCO is set to expand its crypto operations, find new uses for its token, begin staking services and start providing software for online shareholder meetings using blockchain-powered voting technology.
Per Coin Post, FISCO, which...