Hisashi Oki

2021 may be the year of natural selection for the Japanese crypto industry.

“Old-time” Japanese crypto traders are coming back as Bitcoin recovers to $10K.

A new partnership between BitFlyer and Brave enables Japanese users to earn BAT by watching ads on the Brave browser.

U.S. online brokerage TradeStation will soon launch its own cryptocurrency lending service.

China’s digital yuan looks to be scaling smoothly but its core political slogan may disrupt further development.

COVID-19 relief money does not seem to have been spent by many Japanese on cryptocurrencies.

Japan may need to rely on the United States to have some influence over the development of digital currencies.

The increasing use of HFT may help explain Bitcoin’s record low volatility.

The Japanese government is getting serious about a CBDC.

Japanese holdings of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, XRP, and Ether all surged during the coronavirus pandemic.

Brave has found a major partner in Japan to explore the growing Japanese market with.

Major Japanese online securities firm Monex Securities is the first Japanese firm to offer a cryptocurrency CFD.

The Japanese government will appoint Ryozo Himino as the next commissioner of Japan's Financial Services Agency.

In the time of DeFi boom, how will Beam’s confidential DeFi stand different from others? Beam CEO Alexander Zaidelson spoke to Coinpectra.

The Bank of Japan announced on Thursday that it would experiment with a CBDC to check its feasibility from a technical perspective.

While decentralized platforms provide a viable alternative to YouTube, Theta Labs' Wes Levitt believes there is still a place for centralized platforms.

The number of crypto and blockchain-related companies in Japan increased by more than 30% this year, data from Monex Group's Monex Crypto Bank shows.

BitFlyer Holdings held a general shareholders meeting by using a blockchain voting app which went “without any troubles.”

Core Scientific signs deal to buy Bitcoin mining machines from mining hardware producer Bitmain, company says, as American mining interest goes up.

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, a major Japanese traditional financial institution, is working towards launching a digital security exchange in Japan.

Japan's top idol is now part of bitFlyer cryptocurrency exchange's aggressive new advertising campaign.

Yuya Hasegawa, a Market Analyst at an FSA licensed crypto exchange in Japan, analyzed whether XRP will ever reclaim its throne.

Hironao Kunimitsu, the founder of Tokyo social gaming firm Gumi, spoke about the future of gaming and NFTs at Coinpectra Japan’s Traders Live last week.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc partnered with Itochu Corporation to start building a blockchain-based system to trade electricity surpluses.

Last Monday, Chinese media reported that police in Guangdong froze thousands of bank accounts belonging to over-the-counter traders.

Takeshi Fujimaki, a former adviser to George Soros, said it was "not a surprise" to hear Paul Tudor Jones' Bitcoin revelation.

A day after a Tokyo court upheld charges against him, Mark Karpeles, the former owner and CEO of Mt. Gox, spoke to Coinpectra.

bitFlyer Blockchain revealed a new blockchain-based new app to allow fair voting at virtual shareholders meetings.

Bitfury is planning to launch a Bitcoin mining fund in Japan following a rollout of the offering in North America last month.

Major cryptocurrency exchange Biannce has entered negotiations regarding a partnership in the Japanese market.