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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 Tightening Crypto Exchanges’ Oversight on Funds

April 16, 2019

Japan’s financial watchdog is planning to increase the internal oversight of the digital asset storage of cryptocurrency exchanges, according to Reuters. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) is evaluating the...

Bithumb’s Parent Secures $200 Million from Japanese Blockchain Fund

April 15, 2019

The operator of South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has secured $200 million in funding from Japan’s ST Blockchain Fund. According to an April 15 Cointelegraph report, the Blockchain Exchange Alliance (BXA)...

Rakuten to Launch Crypto Exchange in April

March 26, 2019

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is set to launch its digital asset exchange after completing registration with the country’s financial regulator. According to the press release published on March 26, the c...

Japan’s Crypto Exchange Taotao Set to Launch in May

March 25, 2019

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Taotao is going to start trading services in the coming May. Initially, the crypto exchange will introduce two digital currencies for trading – Bitcoin and Ethereum. In addit...

Japan Tightens Rules for Crypto Margin Trading

March 19, 2019

In a bid to tighten the regulatory grip around crypto trading, Japan’s regulatory agencies have approved new rules for digital currency margin trading. According to a March 18 Nikkei report, the Cabinet of J...

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...

Japan’s Second-Largest Securities Brokerage Completes DLT Pilot

February 20, 2019

Daiwa Securities Group has completed a blockchain-based proof-of-concept (PoC) to implement the decade-old technology in the trade matching of post-trade processing. According to the February 19 press releas...