All posts tagged "Japan"

Japan is BACK in the game! Could this spark the next bull run?

Sony to Resume Operations of Acquired Japanese Cryptocurrency Firm ‘WhaleFin’

Japanese tech giant Sony is preparing to operate a cryptocurrency exchange business through WhaleFin, which it acquired in 2023. With this, Sony will be testing rougher...

CEO of ODX, Japan’s secondary security token market, says a public blockchain is needed – Ledger Insights

Last Christmas, Japan’s Osaka Digital Exchange (ODX) launched its START secondary market for security tokens. During a recent Tokenomy Korea event, ODX CEO Kimio Mikazuki discussed...

Tether co-founder Brock Pierce teases a possible return to Hong Kong and says China will open up to cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency investor Brock Pierce, who co-founded stablecoin Tether in Hong Kong a decade ago, has teased that he is looking to return to work in the...

Japanese Crypto Exchange DMM Bitcoin Suffers $305 Million Hack

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Japanese investment firm sees huge leap after embracing Bitcoin

Lately, the spotlight has been on Japan, which is slowly adopting Bitcoin and other digital assets. A few days ago, the share price of Metaplanet (Japan...

Elon Musk’s deepfake crypto scam highlights risks to Hong Kong as AI fraud rises

Last week, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has warned of a scam using deepfakes of Elon Musk advertising a cryptocurrency trading platform called “Quantum...

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet adopts Bitcoin (BTC) as strategic reserve asset as Japan struggles with debt burden

The announcement comes at a time when the yen, one of the top five global reserve currencies, is bearing the brunt of Japan’s fiscal recklessness. The...

Germany’s KfW will sell its first Blockchain-based digital bond

German State Development Bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau is preparing to issue its first blockchain-based digital bond in the form of crypto security. KfW has already issued...

Ripple partners with HashKey DX to finance blockchain-based supply chain in Japan

Crypto company Ripple is expanding its XRP Ledger (XRPL) enterprise solutions in Japan through a strategic collaboration with HashKey DX, the Tokyo-based specialty consultancy of the...