Nomura-backed Laser Digital wins Japan's first crypto approval in four years
Laser Digital Japan will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned to follow as th...
Japan's Metaplanet launching U.S. bitcoin treasury company through $135 million...
The deal involves Metaplanet contributing 2,100 bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash, valuing the initial investment at $134.6 million...
MUFG to test real-time blockchain settlement for Japanese government bond trades
MUFG is preparing a proof-of-concept for onchain JGB transactions using the Canton network.
Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet unveils BitBonds with $1.3 million private d...
The inaugural unsecured bonds offer annual interest of up to 4.3%, while exposing investors to metaplanet’s credit and bitcoin-lin...
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...