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Seoul sends bitcoin on rollercoaster ride
AFP, Published on 11/01/2018
» Bitcoin and other virtual currencies were sent on rollercoaster rides in South Korea Thursday as the government said it was planning to ban cryptocurrency exchanges, before later backtracking.
7,000 cryptocurrency laundering cases reported in Japan in 2018
Published on 28/02/2019
» Over 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering linked to cryptocurrency were reported to Japanese police in 2018, the National Police Agency said on Thursday.
Japan's digital currency exchanges to form new body
Published on 02/03/2018
» TOKYO: A group of digital currency exchanges in Japan said on Friday they will form a new organisation with the aim of establishing industry-wide standards for security and compliance.
Japan inspects digital currency exchanges
Kyodo News, Published on 09/02/2018
» TOKYO: Japan's financial regulator has begun on-site inspections of multiple digital currency exchanges to check their risk management systems, following a massive theft of digital money worth 58 billion yen ($533 million) from Coincheck Inc, a minister said Friday.
Bitcoin slides 14% on crackdown fears
Reuters, Published on 16/01/2018
» LONDON: Bitcoin slid as much as 14% on Tuesday to hit a four-week low below $12,000, as fears grew of a regulatory crackdown after reports that South Korea's finance minister had said banning trading in cryptocurrencies was still an option.
Seoul weighs shuttering all virtual currency exchanges
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2018
» SEOUL: South Korea's financial regulator chief said the government is considering shutting down all local virtual currency exchanges in a national policy committee meeting on Thursday.
Uproar over bitcoin crackdown bid divides S.Korea
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2018
» SEOUL: With a tech-savvy population quick to adopt the latest gadgets and a young generation facing dim prospects in the conventional workplace, South Korea has been a fertile ground for virtual currencies.
MUFG to launch virtual currency service
Kyodo News, Published on 03/01/2017
» TOKYO - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc will issue a virtual currency in the fiscal year through March 2018 to provide a money transfer service at lower fees, becoming the first major Japanese banking group to launch such a business, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.