Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) will approve the first yen-denominated stablecoin as early as this fall, according to a Nihon Keizai Shimbun report on Sunday.Fintech company JPYC will register as…
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Japan’s FSA is expected to approve JPYC's yen-backed stablecoin, making it the first regulated one in the country.
Circle’s USDC entered the Japanese market earlier this year in partnership with…
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings plans to launch the country’s first dual-asset cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF), offering exposure to both Bitcoin and XRP.In its earnings report Thursday, the company outlined…
Japan’s regulatory bottlenecks, not taxes, are the real reason crypto innovation is leaving the country, according to Maksym Sakharov, co-founder and CEO of decentralized onchain bank WeFi.Sakharov told Cointelegraph that…
As ACNNewsWire reveals about Quantum Solutions, it has declared that it plans to open a Bitcoin treasury. The Japanese listed corporation intends to purchase 3000 BTC in a span of…
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Kitabo Co., a century-old Japanese textile firm, plans to buy Bitcoin worth ¥800 million (approx. $5.4 million).
The move aligns with a broader trend in Asia, where traditional firms like…
Metaplanet, the largest corporate bitcoin holder outside North America, has purchased an additional 797 BTC, worth around $96 million, bringing its total bitcoin holdings to 16,352. Simon Gerovich, CEO of…
Japanese real estate investment firm GATES Inc. unveiled plans to tokenize $75 million of income-generating properties in central Tokyo using the Oasys blockchain to make it easier for foreigners to…
The yield on the superlong Japanese debt has surged significantly since Friday, warning of volatility in bond markets across advanced nations. This situation typically leads to financial tightening and zaps…
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Minna Bank, Japan’s first digital-only bank, is piloting stablecoin and wallet use cases with Fireblocks, Solana Japan, and TIS.
The study will assess the issuance of stablecoins on Solana and…