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SBI Holdings has completed its takeover of Bitbank, making the Japanese crypto exchange a wholly owned subsidiary after the final share transactions were carried out on Oct. 1. According to Bitbank’s announcement on Wednesday, the exchange completed the repurchase of…
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The Japanese yen has fallen past 158 against the dollar after traders cut expectations for another Bank of Japan rate hike this month, keeping yen funded carry trades attractive for now while raising the risk of another abrupt reversal that…
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Binance Pay has opened crypto payments to eligible overseas users at millions of PayPay supported merchant locations across Japan through the HIVEX payment network. Binance said on Sept. 30 that the service gives approximately 48 million eligible Binance Pay users…
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Citi has expanded its blockchain based Token Services into Japan, giving institutional clients access to 24/7 US dollar transfers at a time when Japanese banks and companies are building stablecoins for some of the same payment uses. According to Citi,…
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Japanese police arrested two suspects in a fake police scheme that allegedly stole 81 million yen in cryptocurrency from a woman.
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Japan has expanded its push to bring yen stablecoins into everyday business use, with 26 companies, financial institutions and local government bodies joining a six month program that will test EJPY and other stablecoin use cases across payments, remittances and…
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Japanese government bond yields have climbed to levels not seen in decades after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates last week, adding another source of pressure for cryptocurrencies already dealing with rising US Treasury yields and renewed Federal Reserve…
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Bitcoin traded above $77,400 after the BOJ raised rates to 1.25%, while spot ETFs added $159.5 million and momentum cooled.
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Kyobo Life and SBI completed a Canton Network test of direct yen-won stablecoin settlement without using the U.S. dollar as an intermediary
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency has made the adoption of blockchain-based on-chain finance a policy priority for its 2026 program year, with plans covering payments, securities settlement, tokenization and cross-border transfers. The Financial Services Agency outlined the direction in its 2026…
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PayPay has added UnionPay QR at Japanese merchants, while SMBC is deploying an OpenAI-powered interpreter for multilingual banking.
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Japan’s Digital Agency has disclosed a cyberattack on a government network that may have exposed personal information belonging to approximately 246,000 public servants, contractors and other people involved in government work. The Digital Agency said on Sept. 11 that an…
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Bitget Wallet has joined Japan’s Blockchain Collaborative Consortium as the country develops new rules for crypto services and regulators examine how self-custodial platforms should be treated. In a statement shared with crypto.news, Bitget Wallet said its membership in the Blockchain…
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Japan’s rising bond yields could redirect domestic capital from U.S. Treasuries, increasing borrowing costs and pressure across risk markets.
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Japan’s new crypto law and SHIB’s wider exchange access support its standing, but no Japanese regulator has approved a Shiba Inu ETF.
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“Saint Seiya” creator Masami Kurumada has sued his former manager and other defendants for roughly 2.89 billion yen ($19.6 million) after alleging that billions of yen were diverted from his companies over six years, with some of the money believed…
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