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Is bitcoin creator writing a book? Cryptic note indicates yes
Is the unknown creator of bitcoin writing a book about it? That could be concluded from a cryptic message posted Friday at a website possibly linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the person or people who released the original bitcoin white paper in ...
In fintech bet, Line to launch overseas cryptocurrency exchange
The firm sees a key role for financial services in its growth strategy, and plans to integrate them into its messaging app used by 75 million people in Japan.
Mt. Gox creditors get new avenue in years-long attempt to recover bitcoin losses
Things may be looking up for creditors of Mt. Gox, which was the world's biggest bitcoin exchange before going in flames after saying thousands of bitcoins had disappeared. The Tokyo District Court on Friday approved the start of civil rehabilitation proceedings, meaning the bankruptcy process ...
The move suggests that operators registered under the revised payment services law, enacted in April last year, have not yet established adequate internal control systems.
The Financial Services Agency is expected to take administrative action this week on some registered cryptocurrency exchange operators in Japan, including industry leader bitFlyer Inc., it was learned Tuesday. The upcoming punitive action suggests even operators registered under the revised payment services law, enforced in ...
16 in Japan found to be using PCs of others for cryptocurrency mining via embedded website programs
Sixteen people in Japan have been found to have embedded computer programs on their own websites to use personal computers of viewers for cryptocurrency mining without their consent, police said Thursday. These people have been accused of violating the law banning the use of computer ...
More than 300 cryptocurrency traders logged over ¥100 million in income in 2017: National Tax Agency
More than 300 cryptocurrency traders reported over ¥100 million in miscellaneous income in their 2017 tax returns as a result of trading bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to data released last week by the National Tax Agency. While 331 of them each reported miscellaneous income ...
Bitcoin for otaku: Tokyo startup to launch cryptocurrency to serve communities
Cryptocurrencies may be making worldwide headlines as high volatility assets that have seen dazzling stretches of growth and stunning falls, but the CEO of Tokyo Otaku Mode Inc. believes they have a different kind of potential. Naomitsu Kodaka says cryptocurrencies can serve as cross-border digital ...
Seven men arrested for alleged scam that cost company president bitcoins worth ¥190 million
Seven men in Hyogo Prefecture have been arrested on suspicion of swindling a man out of bitcoins worth around ¥190 million ($1.8 million), police said Wednesday. The police believe the men, all in their 20s, conned a Tokyo marketing firm president in his 40s into ...
Fintech can address Asia's inequality
Innovations in finance technology can increase the level of access to capital and financial inclusion in Asia.
Online brokerage Monex to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck
Troubled exchange that was hit by a massive cybertheft earlier this year will be sold for ¥3.6 billion and become wholly owned subsidiary.
Japan's cryptocurrency exchanges held back by shortage of engineers
When cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. explained how hackers were able to make off with $530 million (¥56.7 billion) in digital money, it noted that part of the problem had been beyond its control; the firm had struggled amid Japan's shortage of software engineers. Coincheck said ...
