Japanese banks will test issuance and operations with stablecoins. This was announced by G.U. Technologies is the developer of the Japan Open Chain blockchain, on the basis of which the experiment will be conducted. Japan Open Chain is an Ethereum compatible network that G.U. Technologies was developed jointly with advertising holding Dentsu, digital bank Minna...
The announcement on the site’s website states that the withdrawal of fiat currencies and crypto assets became available to FTX Japan customers through the Liquid Japan web platform on February 21. In early December last year, FTX Japan announced that it plans to resume local customer withdrawals, which were suspended on November 8th. The exchange...
Japan, a nation where foreign stablecoins like Tether are prohibited, plans to begin its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot in April 2023. It aims to include private businesses and test a model of a CBDC ecosystem. On Feb. 17, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) released the opening speech of its executive director Shinichi Uchida...
