Bitget set to exit Japan, close all remaining positions by year-end
The crypto trading platform, ranked fifth on CoinGecko, stopped accepting new registrations on Sunday and plans to shut down all r...
Rising JGB Yields Put Japan’s Debt Strategy and Global Markets at Risk
TLDR: Japan’s ¥1.3438 quadrillion debt load leaves its fiscal strategy increasingly exposed to rising JGB yields. Higher Japanese...
Amazon Japan supplier AZ-Com Maruwa to adopt yen stablecoin JPYC for payments
The Japanese logistics firm plans to pay 2,300 partners, including truck drivers, using JPYC in Japan’s first large-scale corporat...
Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire
The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that incl...
Japan’s Upper House Backs Crypto Bill Targeting ETFs and Lower Taxes
Japan shifts crypto oversight from payment law to investment rules under the Financial Instruments Act. Exchanges face stricter re...
Japan reclassifies crypto as a financial asset, paves way for tax cuts
Lawmakers said crypto has outgrown its role as a payment method and requires rules designed for investment products.
Japan’s biggest card network taps Circle to bring stablecoins to 40 million merc...
JCB and Circle will explore using USDC for cross-border payments and merchant transactions as Japan ramps up efforts to bring stab...
SBI Holdings' blockchain initiative pivots to Solana for tokenization, stablecoi...
The SBI Solana Global joint venture now includes the Solana Foundation, the Swiss organization that oversees the layer-1 network.
Metaplanet explores bringing bitcoin-backed digital credit to Japan
The bitcoin treasury company is working with JPYC and Progmat to explore tokenized credit products backed by bitcoin, aiming to cr...
Bank of Japan may speed up rate hikes, pushing borrowing costs above 2%, ex-BOJ...
Former BOJ official issues interest-rate warning as yen continues to slide against the dollar.