Japan’s biggest brokerages are looking to compete with the country’s crypto-native exchanges for digital asset market share.
BitFLyer News
BitFlyer is a cryptocurrency exchange platform. The company was founded in 2014 in Japan and currently it is one of the leading platforms by trade volume in Asia. The majority number of trades of Bitcoin on BitFlyer are conducted in the national Japanese currency yen (JPY). The company is also well known for Miyabi — BitFlyer’s development of the fastest enterprise-grade blockchain technology. According to BitFlyer’s COO, Miyabi is able to operate over 1,500 transactions per second while Bitcoin processes only two and Ethereum only seven transactions per second. BitFlyer offers two trading platforms for different purposes. The first, Bitcoin Easy Exchange, is aimed at those who just need to buy Bitcoin and is very convenient for newbies. The second platform, BitFlyer Lightning, has a range of special tools for various kinds of trading.
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bitFlyer Europe has added one more fiat deposit option.
7716The reasons behind these changing tides were not immediately apparent, however.
3637BitFlyer USA has almost all the U.S. covered now.
11627A new partnership between BitFlyer and Brave enables Japanese users to earn BAT by watching ads on the Brave browser.
2975BitFlyer Holdings held a general shareholders meeting by using a blockchain voting app which went “without any troubles.”
5626SBI announced a crypto investment fund, Bitflyer Holdings used blockchain-based voting for a shareholder meeting, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.
3056Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, a major Japanese traditional financial institution, is working towards launching a digital security exchange in Japan.
3797Japan's top idol is now part of bitFlyer cryptocurrency exchange's aggressive new advertising campaign.
7193bitFlyer Blockchain revealed a new blockchain-based new app to allow fair voting at virtual shareholders meetings.
4563Bitflyer showed 2019 losses, blockchain startup LayerX raised millions, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.
7020Taking advantage of a memorable day in cryptocurrency history, BitFlyer decided to donate pizzas to folks in need.
2732Survey says the amount of Europeans who believe crypto will still exist in 10 years has edged up from 63% in 2019 to 66% in 2020.
4437With new laws on digital assets taking effect soon in Japan, a bitFlyer subsidiary started offering consulting on blockchain technology.
7082GMO Coin reported record volume, Tokai Tokyo Securities joined the Japan STO Association, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.
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