FSA clarifies Guidelines for Administrative Processes of virtual currency exchanges
On June 21, the Financial Services Agency of Japan (the “FSAâ€) issued a draft partial amendment to the Guidelines for Administrative Processes of virtual currency exchanges. The FSA is planning to clarify the contents of the Guidelines for Administrative…
Pros and Cons of Using Bitcoin for Online Gambling
4.2 billion people have gambled at some point in their lives. About a quarter of that number do so on a regular basis. It used to be that those that loved to gamble had to road trip to their nearest…
Japan’s leading foreign exchange brokerage makes a subsidiary of a cryptocurrency exchange
On June 14, Money Partners Group (securities code : 8732), one of Japan’s leading foreign exchange brokerages, announced that an agreement had been reached to acquire all the shares of a special-purpose company that owns all the shares of COINAGE,…
The Best Ways to Utilize Your Bitcoin in Vegas
If you haven’t heard of Bitcoin you must have been hiding under a rock. At this moment in time, one Bitcoin is worth 8,540 US dollars. Bitcoin is listed as the world’s first cryptocurrency and, despite some up and downs,…
PARSIQ announces a new blockchain monitoring platform which could be used to reverse crypto hacks
PARSIQ today announced its monitoring and event tracking platform to address the fundamental problems of analyzing complex blockchains in realtime, a problem that leads to reduced trust in the technology and increased instances of fraudulent activity. PARSIQ’s platform is used…
Stellerro is set to issue tokenized equity through Spanish-regulated Security Token Offering (STO); Public sale opens June 17th
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 17th, 2019– Stellerro, an alternative investment banking platform, automated, in-scale, determined to bring liquidity to the digital era will launch its STO on Monday, June 17th, 2019 at noon ET. —- Stellerro, a Spanish-Israeli based alternative investment banking platform is pleased to…
Bank of Japan Governor shows a willingness to promote financial and technological innovation at G20
On June 8, the Bank of Japan released the closing remarks of Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the G20 High-level Seminar on Financial Innovation entitled “Our Future in the Digital Age.†According to information…
The cryptocurrency enters the world of soccer
Benfica, the historical Portuguese soccer team widely respected all around Europe, is also going to enter the world of cryptocurrencies. The club has in fact formed an alliance with the payment platform UTRUST that will allow fans from around the…
Hedge Against the Stock and Crypto Markets with This Massive (Tokenized) Copper Mine
Investing in traditional global industries is a privilege that’s inaccessible to most of the world’s population today, even as global poverty continues to drop in the 21st century. Less accessible still is the private equity sector, a category of investment…
SMARTVALUE launches GaaS, a blockchain-based resident ID platform
On May 31, SMARTVALUE (securities code: 9417), a Japanese company primarily engaged in the mobile business, which operates DOCOMO shops (Japan’s leading wireless telecommunications service provider including mobile phones), announced the launch of GaaS—a resident ID platform (Government as a…