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Japan Considers Regulating Virtual Currencies as Conventional Currency Equivalents

This post is by Krystle Vermes.Japanese legislators officially proposed handling virtual currencies as methods of payment on February 23, Nikkei reports. This would mean...

Japanese Cryptocurrency Management Platform Raises $2.3 Million

Japanese cryptocurrency management service provider and SmartCoin operator Orb hasraised US $2.3 million in seed funding from leading Japanese venture capital firms and angel...

False Alarm: Why The Japanese Ruling May Not Spell Doom for Bitcoin Ownership Rights

This is a guest post by Drew Hinkes, an attorney at Berger Singerman. Drew is also frequently published and cited for his work on...

Popular Japanese Q&A Site OKWave to Integrate Bitcoin Tipping Across Platform

OKWave, the largest Q&A site in Japan with more than 40 million monthly visitors, has announced that the company will integrate bitcoin to allow...

Formal Claims Process for Customers of Mt. Gox Begins

It’s been a long time coming, but Mt. Gox customers who lost their funds can finally make claims against the exchange, which filed for...

Japanese E-commerce Giant Rakuten to Accept Bitcoin Through Bitnet

Rakuten announced that it plans to enable customers to choose bitcoin as a payment option by integrating Bitnet’s payment processing platform on a number...

Bitcoin Regulation In Japan

Different governments have taken different stances on Bitcoin. For example, Bangladesh has outlawed it and Germany considers it “private money.”Within the US, different states...
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