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Japanese blockchain developer HashPort has raised 1.2 billion Japanese yen ($8.5 million) in a Series C funding round led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners and Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa. The new round brings HashPort’s total funding to 2 billion yen ($14.2 million). According
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Binance will re-enter the Japanese market for the first time since 2018 following its November 2022 acquisition of Sakura Exchange BitCoin. Crypto exchange titan Binance will launch fully compliant digital asset services for users in Japan by
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Japanese multinational video game firm Sega Corporation is withdrawing from blockchain-based games as play-to-earn games are “boring,” according to Shuji Utsumi, the company’s co-chief operating officer cited by Bloomberg on Friday. See related article: Play-to-earn game developers pivot to engaging fansFast factsUtsumi reportedly said Sega will be withholding its biggest franchises
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Sony continues to make its mark in the emerging technologies space with its recent announcement of a new investment in building a global infrastructure to support Web3. On June 28, Sony Network Communications — a subsidiary of Sony — and Japanese Web3 infrastructure tech company Startale Labs revealed a new business
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On June 26, Japan's financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), announced a partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for the joint regulation and pilot testing of cryptocurrency projects in accordance with the latter's "Project Guardian" initiative. The participation will be limited to observer capacity for the FSA
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Mizuho Bank said that it will use the AI tool in the bank’s brokerage unit. The Japanese banking giant will conduct an “ideathon” next month and brainstorm various ways to experiment with the technology. On Tuesday, June 27, Japan’s third-largest banking institution Mizuho declared that it will allow all of
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Token issuers in the country were subject to a 30% corporate tax for unrealized gains on their own tokens. Original Source
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The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology plans to allow schools from elementary to high school level limited usage of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms. According to a local news outlet, a source close to the matter said that generative AI tools, such as the popular chatbot
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Megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has announced that its stablecoin issuance platform “Progmat Coin” will soon be used by Japanese banks to launch Yen-pegged stablecoins on several public blockchains.Japanese banks have recently outlined intentions to either look into or launch stablecoins following new regulations that came into effect this
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Japan's largest airline group holding company All Nippon Airways (ANA) has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace featuring aviation photography, digital collectibles and more on the Ethereum blockchain. At launch, the marketplace supports the MetaMask wallet as well as payments with fiat currency via credit card. Source
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