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Japan’s Financial Regulator: Local Impact From FTX Collapse ‘Minimal’

November 16, 2022
Japan to Propose Limiting Stablecoin Issuance
Cryptocurrency // December 06, 2021

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) will propose legislation in 2022 to make it so only banks and wire transfer companies can issue stablecoins, a Tuesday (Dec. 7) Nikkei Asia report says. The FSA says limiting the stablecoin issuance will help cut down on risks, as...

Bitcoin Daily: Japan Mulls Crypto Wallet Regulation, Twitter’s Bitcoin Scam Done Via Third Party
Bitcoin // November 18, 2018

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) had a plan for crypto wallet service regulation on its meeting agenda for a recent gathering of its crypto study group, bitcoin.com reported. As it stands, crypto wallet providers aren’t currently treated the same way as cryptocurrency exchanges as they...

Japan Levies Administrative Punishment on Crypto Exchanges
Bitcoin // March 07, 2018

Japan’s Financial Services Agency is sending what Reuters terms “administrative punishment notices” on several of the nation’s cryptocurrency exchanges and some may be forced to suspend operations, the newswire reported, citing Nikkei’s business daily. Among the regulatory actions, one exchange, Coincheck, which had been tied...

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Japan’s Financial Regulator: Local Impact From FTX Collapse ‘Minimal’

November 16, 2022
Aiming to determine Japan’s exposure to FTX, the country’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has reportedly asked local cryptocurrency exchanges if the collapse of FTX and its affiliated companies has affected their businesses. The financial regulator has found “minimal impact” upon the local exchanges, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. 16), citing an unnamed official. The report comes […]

Japan to Propose Limiting Stablecoin Issuance

December 06, 2021
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) will propose legislation in 2022 to make it so only banks and wire transfer companies can issue stablecoins, a Tuesday (Dec. 7) Nikkei Asia report...

Bitcoin Daily: Japan Mulls Crypto Wallet Regulation, Twitter’s Bitcoin Scam Done Via Third Party

November 18, 2018
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) had a plan for crypto wallet service regulation on its meeting agenda for a recent gathering of its crypto study group, bitcoin.com reported. As it...

Japan Levies Administrative Punishment on Crypto Exchanges

March 07, 2018
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is sending what Reuters terms “administrative punishment notices” on several of the nation’s cryptocurrency exchanges and some may be forced to suspend operations, the newswire reported,...