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Japanese crypto exchanges report 669 suspected money laundering cases

By Henry Hughes

February 23, 2018

The 16 Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges have reported 669 suspected money laundering cases between April and December 2017, says Nikkei Asian Review. The data was collected after the new ...

Glitch lets Zaif users get bitcoins for free, one grabs $20 trln worth of coins

By Henry Hughes

February 21, 2018

Zaif, one of Japan’s major cryptocurrency exchanges, said seven clients managed to get bitcoins for free, during a 20-minute system glitch last week, reports Reuters. During the period ...

Japan’s cryptocurrency industry to self-regulate

By Henry Hughes

February 16, 2018

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Following the example of its UK peers and the heist of Coincheck, Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchange operators and other industry players announced plans to form a self-regulatory body ...

Japan’s FSA warns Blockchain Laboratories ICO company

By Henry Hughes

February 14, 2018

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Japan’s Financial Services Authority (FSA), which is also in charge of overseeing the cryptocurrency operators in the country, has warned the Macau-based company Blockchain Laboratories to stop soliciting ...

Japan’s messaging app Line to launch cryptocurrency exchange

By Henry Hughes

February 1, 2018

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The company behind Japan’s messaging application Line is planning to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, the company said. It has already filed an application with the Financial Services Agency ...

Quoine gets Japanese crypto license

By Henry Hughes

September 29, 2017

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The Singapore-based cryptocurrency fintech company Quoine announced it has become the first crypto fintech to obtain an official license from the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA). Quoine is ...

Japan’s regulator warns of XM, TradeView, FXDD, binary options brokers

By Henry Hughes

June 12, 2017

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Japan’s financial markets and services regulator, the Kanto bureau of the country’s Finance ministry, has warned of several forex and binary options brokers who do not have a ...

Z.com Coin bitcoin exchange finally opens, high traffic takes site offline – media

By Henry Hughes

June 7, 2017

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Z.com Coin the much anticipated cryptocurrency exchange of Japan’s largest forex broker GMO Click Securities, has finally launched its service, to overwhelming traffic, which eventually brought the platform ...

Forex.com Japan to move FOREXTrader customers to Advantage Trader, offers more forex pairs, tools

By Henry Hughes

June 1, 2017

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The Japanese branch of the popular retail forex brokerage Forex.com said it will transfer the clients trading on the FOREXTrader platform to Advantage Trader on August 12. After the ...

Japan’s Coincheck exchange launches interest-paying bitcoin deposit accounts

By Henry Hughes

May 12, 2017

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Japan’s cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced it is launching the first in the country deposit accounts in bitcoin that pay interest. According to the report of Nikkei Asian Review, ...

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