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Kraken Relaunches Crypto Trading in Japan After Two-Year Break

The exchange had shuttered its Japanese services after Coincheck's $530 million hack in 2018 spooked regulators and prompted a crackdown.

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Japan's LINE Launches CBDC Development Platform: Report

LINE reportedly said it has several "major" Asian nations in discussions over using the CBDC platform.

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BOJ's Kuroda Says Central Bank Will Start CBDC Experiments in Spring: Report

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday the central bank will begin experiments on a digital yen in the spring.

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Spate of Bitcoin Extortion Bomb Threats Hits Government, Schools in Japan

The extortionists demand a payment in bitcoin to avoid the detonation of an explosive device, per a report.

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SBI Subsidiary to Hold Security Token Offering Later This Month

The Japanese financial group is also mulling other business lines around tokenized securities.

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BitFlyer Japan's Assets Under Custody Reach Highest Point Since 2018

A new report from bitFlyer Japan states the exchange is now custodying more than 161.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion) on behalf of its clients, a two-year record for the company.

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Japanese Crypto Exchange TaoTao Agrees to SBI Purchase After Binance Talks End

The all-stock deal bolsters SBI's crypto exchange services in Japan.

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Japan’s LINE Starts Crypto Lending Service

The makers of Japan's popular messaging app LINE is launching a crypto lending service through its BITMAX exchange.

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Binance Alliance With Japanese Crypto Platform Abandoned

A potential partnership between Binance and TaoTao fell through, 10 months after first being revealed.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks during Consensus.

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BitFlyer Opens Japanese Bitcoin Market to European Traders

The cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/yen trading pair.

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