The makers of Japan's popular messaging app LINE is launching a crypto lending service through its BITMAX exchange.
A potential partnership between Binance and TaoTao fell through, 10 months after first being revealed.
The cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/yen trading pair.
Messaging app company LINK has started a rewards program where people can get LINK tokens by using its remittance and investment mobile apps.
A report shared with CoinDesk Japan revealed the number of bitFlyer users exchanging loyalty points for bitcoin hit a record high in August.
Fisco, formerly Zaif, is suing Binance for "aiding and abetting" the laundering of some of the $60 million stolen in 2018.
In an interview with CoinDesk Japan, a former Bank of Japan official said the country has many reasons to seriously consider a digital yen.
Kraken's Japanese subsidiary, Payward Asia Ltd., is expected to launch operations in mid-September.
Already live on SBI's forex trading platform, the contracts for difference (CFDs) are available in bitcoin, ether and XRP flavors.
Messaging giant LINE has launched a blockchain platform where developers can issue tokens and run decentralized applications, and a wallet that helps users manage digital assets.
Major Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck aims to launch its first Initial Exchange Offering project for Hash Palette, a content distribution platform for Japanese comic and graphic novels, anime and music by next March.
The blockchain subsidiary of the messaging app giant has made its LINK (LN) token available to Japan-based traders for the first time.
The incoming commissioner of the Financial Services Agency has said the regulator will not soften rules on cryptos.
The comments mark a shift in priority for Japan as it seeks to counter the economic threat from regional rival China.
The world's fifth largest bank is set to go ahead with a digital currency launch in collaboration with Indeed.com parent firm Recruit Group.