2025-7-4 11:58 |
Japanese digital bank Minna is reportedly exploring the use of stablecoins and Web3 wallets for real-world payments. According to a July 4 X post from digital asset infrastructure company Fireblocks, the bank is collaborating with Fireblocks, Solana Japan, and Japanese… origin »
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Bank of Japan Deputy Governor addresses the importance of adapting to the ever-changing financial climate, particularly with the emergence of stablecoins in the global economy. On Oct. 21, Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said to Reuters that he…
2025-10-21 10:30 | |
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Bank of Japan officials are beginning to acknowledge what once seemed outlandish: that cryptocurrencies could one day become a major part of everyday payments in Japan—and perhaps even challenge the yen itself.
2025-6-22 17:07 | |
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Bitcoin opens the week in the red as comments from the Bank of Japan and a sharp sell-off in equities markets negatively impact BTC price.
2024-9-4 23:20 | |
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The largest cryptocurrency ticked down for a couple of hours after a report that the Bank of Japan was mulling a change to its yield curve control policy before regaining ground.
2023-7-28 01:11 | |
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The second-largest bank in Japan, Sumitomo Bank, plans to trial soulbound tokens for identity verification. Japan has been making big strides in web3 experimentation and research. The post Japan’s Second-Largest Bank To Use Soulbound Tokens for Identity Verification appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-12-8 11:03 | |
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The move comes as the Bank of Japan wants to roll out a digital yen CBDC by the end of next year.
2021-12-7 00:35 | |
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Japan's Central Bank could issue its central bank digital currency (CBDC) by the end of next year. This was made known by Hideki Murai, who runs the Liberal Democratic Party's panel on cryptos.
2021-7-6 19:08 | |
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Coinspeaker Japan Must Reform Central Bank Laws to Accelerate CBDC IssuanceThe Bank of Japan stated that it would start conducting research in the following financial year on how to develop and operate its CBCD.
2020-10-13 19:04 | |
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There is no public demand for a central bank digital currency in Japan, according to Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda
2019-12-4 13:52 | |
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While China continues to work towards launching its own stablecoin, Japan practices caution. According to a report, the Governor of Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kurado, has said that the central bank has nThe post Bank of Japan's Governor supports digital currency research, not issuance appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-11-19 16:30 | |
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In a major setback to the Ripple-XRP ecosystem, Japan’s Resona Bank announced that they would be discontinuing cooperation with Money Tap, an xCurrent-powered payment service by Ripple which facilitates faster and seamless payments in Japan.
2019-4-12 14:00 | |
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Recently, it was announced that several banks would join the SBI-backed Money Tap app for the purposes of bettering… The post Ripple: First Bank in Japan To Cancel Cooperation With Money Tap Powered By Ripple Tech appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-12 09:29 | |
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Philippines’ Central Bank Approves 3 Crypto Exchange Platforms, Brings Total To 10 Soon, the Philippines will have as many approved crypto exchange platforms as Japan. The country’s central bank has already granted permits to 10 digital trading platforms, a figure that will inevitably grow in the future. In other news, one of the biggest banks […]
2019-4-11 02:23 | |
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The Philippines is catching up to Japan with a growing number of approved cryptocurrency exchanges. The central bank has green-lighted 10 crypto exchanges so far. Meanwhile, one of the country’s largest banks now has a bitcoin ATM at one of its main branches.
2019-4-10 08:15 | |
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The Philippines is catching up to Japan with a growing number of approved cryptocurrency exchanges. The central bank has green-lighted 10 crypto exchanges so far. Meanwhile, one of the country’s largest banks now has a bitcoin ATM at one of its main branches.
2019-4-10 08:15 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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Japan Railways Group, the biggest railway and subway operator in Japan that is used by millions of Japanese individuals on a daily basis, is considering the integration of crypto assets like bitcoin as a payment option.
2019-3-30 15:55 | |
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Crime isn’t supposed to pay, but sometimes the wages of sin are paid in bitcoin. Last week, Japanese police reported that 2018 saw a tenfold increase of cryptocurrency money laundering.
2019-3-20 16:49 | |
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In this edition of The Daily we cover a planned U. S. regulated cryptocurrency exchange from Riot Blockchain, the arrest of a hacker in Japan who allegedly stole 15 million yen of monacoin, and a couple of new investors in Coinflex.
2019-3-17 15:01 | |
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In early 2017, Mizuho bank, one of the largest and pro-blockchain bank in Japan, experimented on the tech. Set to disrupt traditional set ups, the bank successfully completed a trade transaction sending documents blockchain from.
2019-3-8 16:01 | |
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In early 2017, Mizuho bank, one of the largest and pro-blockchain bank in Japan, experimented on the tech. Set to disrupt traditional set ups, the bank successfully completed a trade transaction sending documents blockchain from.
2019-3-8 16:01 | |
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The securities unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of Japan’s largest banks, purchased $500 million in bonds only to fumble up in the red. A move against its competitor Credit Suisse Group AG, the company fought hard to garner what they thought would yield solid profits in 2027, only to receive a mediocre response from investors and $15 million in losses on the table.
2019-3-9 13:00 | |
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Several crypto media outlets have reported that Japan’s Mizuho, the country’s largest bank, and dozens of others are launching a blockchain product. According to Quartz, however, these reports are false in the extreme: J-Coin has nothing to do with cryptocurrency or even blockchain in general.
2019-3-7 22:26 | |
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Money laundering cases related to cryptocurrencies in Japan have increased significantly in 2018. Nevertheless, their number remains a fraction of the total. According to the Japanese press, the majority of reported money laundering instances actually involve banks and other traditional financial institutions.
2019-3-1 21:30 | |
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CoinSpeaker SBI CEO: ‘Every Bank In Japan Will Use Ripple’s XRP By 2025’ Ripple‘s XRP token currently bears further uplifting news as SBI, which is a Ripple enthusiast, has planned to have a few banks in Japan and utilize the token by the 2025 Osaka Expo.
2019-2-27 17:01 | |
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Fresh from being listed on Coinbase Pro, Ripple’s XRP token now bears further good news as SBI, a backer… The post SBI CEO Wants Every Bank in Japan to Use Ripple’s XRP appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-2-28 10:17 | |
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Fresh from being listed on Coinbase Pro, Ripple’s XRP token now bears further good news as SBI, a backer… The post SBI CEO Wants Every Bank in Japan to Use Ripple’s XRP by 2025 appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-2-27 10:17 | |
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Mizuho Bank just announced that they will be making the move to blockchain by creating their own cryptocurrency. The J-Coin Pay platform will be used by more than 60 institutions and reach 56 million users across Japan.
2019-2-23 06:20 | |
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) has issued a working paper that details the numerable pros and cons of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Published on February 19, 2019, the paper explores hypothetical problem areas, how and when CBDC’s can be used, as well as speculating on the economic implications.
2019-2-21 21:00 | |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has completed a successful proof of concept on R3’s Marco Polo trade platform, according to a press release dated February 18, 2019. Done and Dusted A successful proof-of-concept (PoC) has been completed by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Japan’s second-largest bank by assets, as performed on an R3 platform.
2019-2-21 22:00 | |
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Major Japanese investment bank announced the successful completion of a blockchain-based pilot project for post-trade processing of securities
2019-2-21 13:54 | |
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Two types of CBDCs are in view, but only one is a wild card.
2019-2-20 21:18 | |
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Two types of CBDCs are in view, but only one is a wild card.
2019-2-20 21:18 | |
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In a recent report, Japan’s central bank examines the effect of central bank digital currencies
2019-2-19 18:19 | |
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The only Japanese member of blockchain consortium R3’s Marco Polo — SMBC — has completed a trial of the technology, the bank has confirmed
2019-2-19 11:06 | |
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Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the fifth largest bank in the world with more than $2 trillion in assets, is collaborating with Akamai Technologies Inc. , to launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based payments system called Global Open Network, according to a press release on February 13, 2019.
2019-2-14 18:00 | |
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The biggest financial group in Japan, which holds position #5 among global peers, plans to set off with a DLT-powered network for payments in 2020
2019-3-27 16:29 | |
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CoinSpeaker Financial Giant MUFG Set to Launch New Payment System Based on Blockchain Japan’s largest bank, MUFG, will collaborate with Akamai Technologies to introduce a new blockchain-based payment network in 2020.
2019-2-13 15:26 | |
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Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is launching a high-throughput blockchain-based payments network next year.
2019-2-13 13:00 | |
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Three of Japan’s biggest banks have canceled a joint project of a blockchain-based peer-to-peer money transfer service. The three so-called Japanese ‘megabanks’, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group, said the joint venture was a duplication of their individual efforts.
2019-2-5 13:25 | |
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Cryptocurrency mobile wallet provider BRD wants to accelerate its international expansion, and it has secured $15 million to do it. The Series B funding round was raised from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings.
2019-1-26 20:04 | |
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Ripple is currently at the Silicon Valley Japan Platform (SVJP) working so as tobridge the gap between the Valley and Japan. Emi Yoshikawa, Global Ops & Partnership at Ripple discussed how Ripple and the Japan Bank Consirtium are disrupting the payment industry in the country.
2019-1-12 21:02 | |
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One of Japan’s ‘Megabank’, Mizuho Bank, has plans of launching its own cryptocurrency by March of this year. The digital asset will be pegged to the Japanese Yen thus joining the stablecoin category of cryptocurrencies.
2019-1-5 12:46 | |
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CoinSpeaker Japan’s Mizuho Bank to Launch Its Own Stablecoin by March 2019 Mizuho is launching its new stablecoin pegged to the Japanese Yen in 1:1 ration that will promote the spread of cashless digital systems in the country.
2018-12-29 19:34 | |
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Mizuho Bank, Japan’s second largest financial institution, is readying the infrastructure for a stablecoin launch in March 2019, as reported by Asia Nikkei Review. The coin is aimed at increasing low-cost cross-border transfers and remittances.
2018-12-29 13:50 | |
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According to a report published by Finance Magnets, on December 26, 2018, Japan-based company Mizuho Financial Group is primed to launch its yen-pegged cryptocurrency in March 2019. Mizuho’s Stablecoin to Be Launched in March 2019 The cryptocurrency being introduced by Mizuho will have parity with the Japanese yen and can be used to make and receive payments through a mobile.
2018-12-28 06:00 | |
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Japan's LINE Chat App to Bank with Mizuho and Partner with Tencent for Mobile Payments Japan's LINE Chat App to Bank with Mizuho and Partner with Tencent for Mobile Payments Bitstamp Crypto Exchange to Utilize Irisium's Market Monitoring Analytics Bitstamp Crypto Exchange to Utilize Irisium's Market Monitoring Analytics Bitcoin (BTC) Price Could Reach as Low […]
2018-11-28 05:50 | |
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India’s supreme court has set a new date to hear the petitions against the cryptocurrency banking ban by the country’s central bank. Meanwhile, the crypto community in India is campaigning on social media for “positive regulations” and the rollback of the banking ban.
2018-11-25 07:05 | |
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The central bank of Singapore has finalized the country’s new regulatory framework for payment services, which now includes cryptocurrency. Crypto payment service providers, which fall outside of the current regulatory framework, will need to be licensed under the new regime.
2018-11-20 09:55 | |
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Major corporate developments, shifting market sentiment in Asia, and fresh moves in the AI landscape are happening on Tuesday. Disney races to secure a stable succession plan for CEO Bob Iger, Apple announces a significant leadership change in its artificial intelligence division, OpenAI initiates an internal “code red,” and Asian markets react cautiously to global […]
IRC App teams up with Soneium and TGC to transform idol culture, digital fandom, and event engagement with blockchain, rewards, and immersive participation.
Cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan would be required to set aside dedicated reserves to cover potential liabilities under a new mandate that Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to introduce next year to protect investors. With a number of high-profile security…
Japan is quietly preparing the most pro-crypto shift of any G7 nation. According to multiple reports from local media, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) is drafting a sweeping reclassification of digital assets that would bring Bitcoin, Ethereum, and around 100 other tokens under the same umbrella as stocks and investment funds.
Japan Exchange Group is considering stricter oversight measures for publicly listed companies that accumulate large cryptocurrency holdings, according to a Bloomberg report citing sources familiar with the matter.
Chainlink and SBI Digital Markets are moving closer together in their work on tokenized finance. The two companies have signed a new partnership aimed at linking traditional financial systems with blockchain-based asset markets.
Bybit is sacrificing short-term user acquisition in Japan, opting instead to redirect resources toward a comprehensive internal review aimed at eventually satisfying the FSA’s rigorous and evolving regulatory expectations.