The payments network Ripple could be about to pick up a large share of the Japanese currency transfer market. The firm is looking to launch the MoneyTap application with support from the SBI Ripple Asia Japanese Bank Consortium later this year. MoneyTap App Looks to Reduce Fees Associated with Traditional Money Transfer Services Although the…
Japanese lawmaker Satoshi Yamada has called on the government to consider adopting Bitcoin as part of its foreign exchange reserves, joining a growing global conversation about cryptocurrency's role in national financial strategies. On December 11, Yamada, a member of Japan’s House of Councillors, formally questioned the government on its stance regarding Bitcoin reserves. He referenced…
It goes without saying that the crypto industry is built on and by its users, but a majority of the world’s population have yet to interact with blockchain technology, and subsequently, cryptocurrencies. However, one of the largest social media giants on the globe intends to amend this problem, recently launching a series of protocols, platforms,…
The decentralized nature of crypto assets ensures that transactions and activities involving the assets have no third parties interference. This has remained a leveraging feature that decentralized finance uses against its centralized counterpart. Yet, most criminal activities relating to cryptocurrency are scaling through based on its decentralized characteristics. One of such prevalent crimes is money…
Denmark-based cryptography specialist Sepior has partnered with Japanese online financial services firm SBI Group to jointly develop a proprietary wallet on SBI’s Virtual Currencies exchange platform, VCTRADE. Cryptography Specialist Sepior Agrees to Boost VCTRADE’s Security With Threshold Wallet Technology The financial services giant licensed Sepior’s Threshold Wallet technology, which addresses online wallet and transaction security using…
Grandshores Technology Group, a Hong Kong-based public blockchain investment company, is planning to raise $12.7 million through a digital token fund in an effort to finance a yen-backed cryptocurrency project. More Stable Coins Into The Crypto Pot Grandshores Technology was initially a contracting company that pivoted to the blockchain industry after being acquired by SHIS,…
Following the demise of one of Poland’s largest crypto exchanges last week, news is breaking today that one in Japan has just been hacked. Bitpoint Suspends Services An official announcement today stated that Japanese crypto exchange Bitpoint has suspended services following a heist to the tune of around $32 million in crypto assets. A Boomberg…
Japan has long been a hotbed for crypto adoption. Not only is the pseudonym of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, Japanese, but some of the largest cryptocurrency companies have called the Asian country their home over the past decade. That’s not to mention that Japan is a technologically advanced society ready to adopt innovation.It should come…
Two of the most crypto friendly nations on the globe have been revisiting their regulatory frameworks this week. Japan has reclassified its terminology of cryptocurrencies while over in Hong Kong regulators want more oversight on exchanges and crypto companies. FSA to Change Moniker for Crypto Japan’s Financial Services Agency has made moves to label Bitcoin…
SBI Remit, a Japanese money transfer company, is teaming up with a venture-backed firm to use its new treasury management service that uses the blockchain for increased transparency and liquidity to small and medium-sized businesses operating between Japan and Africa. SBI Remit and BitPesa The service is provided by BitPesa, which has raised $10 million to…