Wed, May 28

Remixpoint Approves $7M Bitcoin Purchase, Boosts Holdings to $84M

A management consulting services company from Japan, Remixpoint, has given the green light to the purchase of an additional 1 billion Japanese yen or $7 million in Bitcoin, raising its total holdings to 12 billion Japanese yen or $84 million.  After a board resolution on May 26, the firm announced

May 26, 2025 2 mins read

Tether Launches USDT on Kaia Blockchain via LINE’s Mini Dapps

A blockchain-enabled platform, Tether, has publicized the positioning of its native USDT stablecoin on Kaia blockchain, a layer 1 network launched in August last year on May 7. As per the announcement, USDT will be amalgamated into the Japanese messaging app LINE’s Mini Dapp platform and self-custodial wallet.  Tether posted

May 7, 2025 2 mins read

SBI Holdings Inc. Weighs Reducing Its Stake in B2C2 Crypto Unit

Japanese financial conglomerate made it to the headlines today as the information regarding its plans to sell a minority stake in B2C2 crypto unit surfaced. Bloomberg reported that people familiar with the matter, who wish to stay anonymous, revealed the news.  SBI Financial Services Inc. is an affiliate of SBI

April 8, 2025 2 mins read

Japan Prepares to Redefine Crypto Under Financial Regulations by 2026

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan is about to classify crypto assets as financial products. With this action, insider trading will be regulated, and investors will be given more protection. As a Nikkei report states, the FSA will submit these legislative amendments to the parliament by 2026. The amendments

March 31, 2025 2 mins read

Bank of Japan Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged, What to Expect From FOMC?

Bank of Japan made headlines today with its decision to keep interest rates steady at 0.5%. Meanwhile, the crypto industry is eagerly awaiting today’s FOMC meeting on US interest rate decisions. Bitcoin price reacted little to the BOJ news, trading at $83,900 with a price rise of 0.38% today.  The

March 19, 2025 2 mins read

Japanese Gaming Firm Gumi Makes a Bold Move into Bitcoin Investment

Tokyo-listed mobile game studio Gumi Inc. has announced that between the months of February and May 2025, it intends to purchase Bitcoin (BTC) worth around 1 billion Japanese yen, about $6.58 million. Gumi Inc. points out that Bitcoin investment is one of the measures to consolidate the node operation business

February 11, 2025 1 min read

Japan’s Metaplanet Issues 21 Million Shares to Purchase More BTC

Metaplanet, also known as Japan’s Microstrategy, once again turned all the eyes towards it with its latest announcement. The company plans to acquire more Bitcoin, increasing its existing holdings. While Microstrategy is the pioneering global firm to relentlessly purchase BTC, Metaplanet is making headlines following in its footsteps.  *Metaplanet Issues

January 28, 2025 2 mins read

Metaplanet Eyes to Dominate Bitcoin Ecosystem with 10K BTC Goal

This week brings glad tidings to the crypto community in the form of the largest cryptocurrency surpassing $100K. Bitcoin has gone full bullish as it reclaimed the $102K zone, though briefly, for the first time this year. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor has suggested an intriguing proposition to increase the cryptocurrency’s value

January 6, 2025 2 mins read

Japanese Government Has No Plans to Consider Bitcoin Reserves

Amidst raising institutional adoption of Bitcoin and global countries considering it for creating a reserve fund, Bitcoin is struggling to regain its previous highs. After falling to the lows of $92,000 price range, Bitcoin is slowly recovering and is trading in the $98k range today.  Considering the limited supply and

December 26, 2024 2 mins read