Tag: Japan
Japanese payments app Kyash picks up $8.5m
Japanese payments and remittance startup Kyash has raised more than ¥1bn ($8.5m) in a Series A round. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com
Japanese blockchain consortium grows to more than 100 members
Over the past few months Japan has become a hotbed for blockchain exploration and concern. Read more: www.coindesk.com
Android Pay is now available in Japan
Android Pay is available to users in the U.S., UK, Ireland, Poland, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and New Zealand. Read more: www.techcrunch.com
Japan could drop 8% bitcoin sales tax by mid-2017
Japan’s plan to drop an 8% sales tax on bitcoin purchases could take effect as early as July 2017, according to documents obtained by CoinDesk. Read more: www.coindesk.com
Europe and Japan’s central banks partner for blockchain
The Bank of Japan has revealed a new joint research project with the European Central Bank to study potential use-cases of blockchain technology. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
JPX to form Japanese blockchain consortium
Japan Exchange Group is to form a consortium of financial institutions to run trials of the use of blockchain technology in capital markets infrastructures. Read more: www.finextra.com
Bitcoin exchanges and users can now get insured in Japan
Japanese Bitcoin exchanges and their customers will soon be insured by Tokyo-based insurance firm Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance. Read more: Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
Bitcoin exchange Gemini launches in Japan & South Korea
Bitcoin and ether exchange Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has opened shop to users in Japan and the Republic of Korea. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
Hyperledger eyes mobile blockchain apps
A blockchain project developed by startup Soramitsu and IT giant Hitachi has been accepted into the Hyperledger blockchain initiative. Read more: www.coindesk.com
Blockchain trading sees securities exchange trial
A major securities brokerage in Japan is reportedly testing a blockchain-based stock trading system in Myanmar. Read more: www.coindesk.com