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CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2020
Hacking spree alarms experts concerned about Twitter's security
The company statements confirmed the fears of security experts that the service itself — rather than users — had been compromised.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 11, 2020
Tokyo police arrest two for receiving stolen NEM cryptocurrency
Tokyo police arrested two men on Wednesday for alleged possession of NEM, a cryptocurrency, that they knew was stolen in a massive cyberattack on a Japanese startup in 2018, according to investigative sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2020
Facebook weighs Libra revamp to win over reluctant regulators
Facebook Inc. and its partners are considering re-designing the Libra cryptocurrency project so that the network accepts multiple coins, including those issued by central banks, in an effort to woo reluctant global regulators and rebuild momentum for the plan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 25, 2020
Japanese asset manager SBI Holdings leads funding boost for Taiwanese crypto-security firm CoolBitX
Financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. has led a group of investors participating in a Series B, $16.75 million funding round for CoolBitX, a Taiwanese blockchain security company offering services to help crypto-exchanges comply with more stringent international standards for the collection of user...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 22, 2020
Japan's financial and monetary authorities taking hard look at minting digital currencies
The Finance Ministry, Financial Services Agency and Bank of Japan have met to promote research on digital currencies for possible issue by central banks, it has been learned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2020
Letter bombs explode in ABN Amro and Ricoh offices in Netherlands alleged bitcoin extortion
Two letter bombs exploded on Wednesday at two separate locations in the Netherlands but nobody was hurt in the incidents, which police blamed on an extortionist who had demanded payment in bitcoin.
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2020
Bank of Japan to ramp up research with an eye on its own cryptocurrency
The Bank of Japan has said it aims to accelerate research on digital currencies in cooperation with foreign central banks, amid rapid developments in financial technologies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 23, 2020
Suspects arrested by Tokyo police over ¥78 million bitcoin theft
Tokyo police have arrested two men for allegedly stealing some ¥78 million in bitcoin from an overseas cryptocurrency exchange, it was learned Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 12, 2019
China's bitcoin miners scoop up two-thirds of crypto-network's processing power
China's bitcoin miners now control two-thirds of the crypto-network's processing power, research showed on Wednesday, a growing share that is likely to benefit the country's miners.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2019
Cryptocurrency exchanges across China halt services amid crackdown
China's latest crypto-crackdown is already claiming its first casualties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 5, 2019
Facebook's Libra digital currency loses its first member: PayPal
U.S. payments processor PayPal said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 24, 2019
World needs to end risky reliance on U.S. dollar, BoE's Mark Carney says
Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney took aim at the dollar's "destabilizing" role in the global economy on Friday and said central banks might need to join together to create their own replacement reserve currency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 16, 2019
Chinese cryptocurrency demand feeding off trade tensions, weaker yuan, market players say
Trade tensions between the United States and China and a weakening yuan are boosting demand for cryptocurrencies among Chinese investors, market players from Asia to New York said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 6, 2019
Amid global market turmoil, bitcoin becomes surprising sanctuary for investors
Investors the world over are finding an unusual place to hide as the trade war between the United States and China roils global markets: bitcoin.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 12, 2019
¥3.5 billion hacked from Bitpoint cryptocurrency exchange
Like previous attacks, the hackers cleaned out the Japanese exchange's “hot wallet,” forcing it to suspend all services. Customers lost u00a52.5 billion in Ripple and other cryptocurrencies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 24, 2019
Guardians of money bristle at Mark Zuckerberg's new financial order
Facebook Inc. was hours away from the formal announcement of its ambitious foray into financial services, but French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire was already broadcasting his discontent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2019
Japan crypto-exchange license approval nears for Line
Line Corp., the nation's largest messaging app, is close to obtaining a license to launch a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2019
Facebook reveals plans for Libra cryptocurrency, targeting first half of 2020 for launch
Facebook Inc. revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2019
Binance says hackers stole 7,000 bitcoin worth $40 million from its exchange, one of the world's largest
Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said hackers withdrew 7,000 bitcoin worth about $40 million via a single transaction in a "large scale security breach," the latest in a long line of thefts in the digital currency space.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2019
Thai navy tows floating home of fugitive U.S. 'seasteader'
Thailand's navy on Monday began towing to shore the floating cabin of a fugitive U.S. citizen and his Thai girlfriend, both prominent members of the "seasteading" movement who face possible death sentences for setting up their offshore home.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
Most Japanese teens struggling with school find end of summer ‘painful’
Some 93.1% of Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life said they felt like they “wanted to disappear from the world" at the end of summer vacation ahead of the start of a new term, according to a recent survey released by Yokohama-based nonprofit Daisan Kazoku.
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, U.S. appeals court rules
Workers hang a large poster of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the Department of Labor headquarters building in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
YouTube Music Weekend is where Japan’s internet-born performers go global
Headlining the second day of YouTube Music Weekend is Vocaloid artist Kikuo, who, with 1.46 million YouTube subscribers, is one of the most popular artists in the genre.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.

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