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Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett announced that his company has purchased a 5% stake in five Japanese trading companies: Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui & Co, and Sumitomo.As the investors, countries and global economy prepare for post-COVID-19 era, Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK.A), led by Warren Buffett has been
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The vast majority of Japanese crypto traders who started getting into the market in the last year may be investing solely in Bitcoin.According to data published on Aug. 19 from the Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA), Bitcoin’s dominance relative to altcoins in the Japanese market reached more
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Already live on SBI's forex trading platform, the contracts for difference (CFDs) are available in bitcoin, ether and XRP flavors. Source
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The Tokyo District Court has issued Japan’s first ever crypto seizure. $46,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) was expropriated in relation to a hack suffered by the Coincheck exchange in 2018.Kyodo reported that police have already seized the BTC, which was held by a doctor from Hokkaido and an executive from
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Japanese users will soon be able to earn Basic Attention Token (BAT) by viewing Brave ads. On July 30, major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange BitFlyer partnered with Brave Software International SEZC, a subsidiary of Brave Software — the maker of the crypto-enabled browser Brave.Within the partnership, the firms co-developed a crypto asset
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Ripple Labs Japanese partner SBI Holdings has set up its new S coin token platform. The platform works on the Corda blockchain. Corda is an enterprise blockchain owned by U.S. company R3.Japanese Bank SBI Holdings Inc. (TYO: 8473), which is a Ripple Labs partner, has introduced its new token platform.
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Formed to connect fans of Japanese animation, the Otaku Coin Association has announced leading figures from the anime and the blockchain industry will join its leadership team.According to a July 27 article in Japanese news outlet AdverTimes, executives from Dentsu Japanimation Studio and the Hakuhodo Blockchain Initiative will be joining
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The federal agency in charge of regulating digital assets in Japan, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has given
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has officially announced it will hire Ryozo Himino as its next leader.In a July 20 update to the Financial Services Agency’s executive directory, Himino is now listed as the commissioner of the watchdog group. The regulator was formerly the agency’s International Financial Deputy Counselor and
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The Japanese government is expected to include consideration of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in its official economic plan. The news comes 10 days after the Bank of Japan’s announcement that it will start experimenting with the digital yen to check its feasibility from a technical perspective.According to Nikkei,
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