FSA News

Seung-beom Koh said that fintech experts across the globe “find it difficult to see virtual currencies as a financial asset.”

The new regulation will be designed to provide better protection to Japanese investors.

Japan’s newly appointed Financial Services Agency Commissioner, Junichi Nakajima, believes Bitcoin is a quick way to transfer cash, but people use BTC for speculation and investment.

Crypto exchange giant Binance is the latest platform to receive a warning from regulators in Japan for operating in the country without a license.

The warning comes in response to Bybit’s marketing campaign that reportedly targeted Japanese investors.

Japan has been a member of the FATF since 1990.

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

Ryozo Himino, the International Financial Deputy Counselor at Japan’s financial watchdog, will take over as the agency’s new commissioner.

Tosei real estate and Tokyo Financial Holdings issued an asset-backed digital financial product, Coinage registered with Japanese authorities as an exchange and more headlined news from Japan this past week.

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

SBI announced a crypto investment fund, Bitflyer Holdings used blockchain-based voting for a shareholder meeting, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.

A new report on Japanese crypto regulation, an institutional crypto custody service, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.

Nomura Research Institute launched Japan’s first blockchain bond, Zaif exchange delisted three assets, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency has launched a Bitcoin Governance Initiative Network to foster the “sustainable development” of the DLT sector.

Japanese exchange Bitpoint released data on its massive 2019 deficit, the country’s FSA pointed out tightening regulations, and more in news from Japan this past week.