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FSA Warns of Bybit Operating Unregistered Crypto Services in Japan

May 31, 2021

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued a warning letter to a Singapore-based major cryptocurrency exchange, Bybit, alleging that it has been running unlicensed services in the country. The Japanes...

Japan’s FSA Aims to Limit Crypto Margin Leverage

January 13, 2020

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) is planning to tighten crypto margin trading in Japan by limiting leverage to a maximum of twice the deposits of traders. Reported by The Japan Times on Friday, this regul...

Japan’s Financial Regulator Tightens Grip on Crypto Exchanges

May 23, 2019

The Japanese Financial Services Agency has increased its anti-money-laundering (AML) efforts, taking a particularly tough stance on cryptocurrency exchanges, according to local news source Nikkei. The new AM...

Japan’s FSA Investigates Huobi Japan and Fisco

April 24, 2019

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) raided two crypto exchanges – Huobi Japan and Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange – last week, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The regulator investigated the exchanges to ...

Crypto Exchange Zaif to Resume Services under Fisco Ownership

April 22, 2019

Zaif, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Japan, is now under new management, as the firm has signed over its business to Fisco, a publicly listed Japanese investment firm, this Monday. According to a stateme...

Japan’s FSA Announces New Chief Sustainable Finance Officer

March 15, 2019

Japan’s Financial Services Agency announced the appointment of a new Chief Sustainable Finance Officer (CSFO) this Friday. Satoshi Ikeda, who is Director of the regulator’s International Affairs Office, will...

FSA Launches Investigation into $60 Million Zaif Hack

September 21, 2018

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) released a statement this Friday saying it is investigating security procedures at the exchange, in response to Thursday’s $60 million hack of cryptocurrency exchange Z...