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Binance Won’t Shut Down Japan Operations, But Must Become Compliant

March 23, 2018

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued a warning to the Hong-Kong based Binance cryptocurrency exchange for operating in the country without proper registration and licensure. The warning is ...

Nikkei: Binance to be Thrown Out of Japan

March 22, 2018

Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, will be warned by the Japanese financial regulator to halt its operations in the country on pain of criminal charges, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. Binance...

DMM Group Officially Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange

January 12, 2018

DMM Group’s emergence as a cryptocurrency player continues, as the company has expanded its blockchain operations, by officially launching its heralded crypto exchange. Toward the end of 2017, DMM announced t...

SBI Ripple Asia Forms Credit Card Industry Consortium in Japan

December 27, 2017

SBI Ripple Asia has signed a partnership agreement with some of the largest credit card companies in Japan ‎in a bid to bring Ripple’s enterprise blockchain solutions to the Japanese market of payment cards. ...

DMM Bitcoin, Japan’s New Crypto Exchange, Coming in January

December 24, 2017

DMM.com is to launch its own cryptocurrency exchange, DMM Bitcoin, according to a report in Bitcoin.com. The company said in a statement: “DMM Bitcoin will launch a new service site for virtual currency trad...

Japan’s GMO Internet Launches Crypto Mining Business

December 20, 2017

Today, Japan’s internet service giant GMO Internet Group has officially launched a new cryptocurrency mining business through its European legal entity. It will continue running mining operations in Northern...

Japan’s DMM Enters Cryptocurrency Mining Race

September 11, 2017

It appears that regulatory changes in Japan, favorable towards Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, has ignited a mining race between the country’s internet giants. DMM.com Inc. has announced the establis...

Japan’s GMO Expands Cryptocurrency Business with Bitcoin Mining

September 7, 2017

Japanese online giant GMO Internet has announced its latest venture in the cryptocurrency space today – a Bitcoin mining business. GMO will operate a Bitcoin mining center in Northern Europe utilizing 7 nano-...

Japan’s Largest Bank Joins $10.5m Funding Round in U.S Exchange Coinbase

July 10, 2016

San Francisco headquartered Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has secured an additional $10.5 million in capital at its latest funding round. The new funds came from a small group of Japanese investors including Sozo...

Rakuten CEO at Tokyo Conference: We Will Probably Accept Bitcoin

February 23, 2015

Hiroshi Mikitani, chief executive at Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten, reaffirmed his company’s willingness to accept bitcoin. Rakuten’s e-commerce operation is the largest in Japan and one of the la...