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Finance

Coinbase to Require Recipient Information for Crypto Transfers From Users in Canada, Singapore and Japan

Customers in those countries who send crypto outside their Coinbase accounts must provide recipients' names and addresses starting in early April.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: In this photo illustration, a flipped version of the Coinbase logo is reflected in a mobile phone screen on November 09, 2021 in London, England. The cryptocurrency exchange platform is to release its quarterly earnings today. (Photo illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Coincheck to List on Nasdaq via $1.25B Merger

The proposed listing will be through a deal with a blank check company.

Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood (segawa7/Shutterstock)

Policy

Japan Sets Penalties on Crypto Exchanges for Violating Russia Sanctions: Report

Fines could reach as much as 1 million yen ($8,500), with executives facing up to three years in prison.

The National Diet Building, home of Japan's national legislature, in Tokyo (Shutterstock)

Videos

Russian Attack Hits Crypto: MUFG to Close Blockchain Venture

Crypto market drops after Putin announces military operation in Ukraine. Japan’s biggest financial group to shutter blockchain payment venture. Chinese authority makes clarification over crypto mining ban. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Finance

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Ends Blockchain Payment Network Plan

Slow growth in transaction numbers caused by COVID-19 made it difficult to expand the business at the pace originally planned.

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Videos

Bandai Namco Plans IP Metaverse; Russia’s Crypto Flip

UN approves Chinese NFT standard. Japan’s Bandai Namco to create IP metaverse. Russia U-turns on crypto, but will it last? We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Videos

Bithumb Goes for Olympic Gold; India Crypto Tax Questions

Japanese megabank to take advantage of stablecoin law. Korea’s Bithumb gets in on Winter Olympics action. Lack of clarity clouds India crypto tax. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Finance

Japan's Biggest Bank to Issue Yen-Pegged Stablecoin for Settlement: Report

The trust banking arm of Mitsubishi UFJ plans to use blockchain technology for securities trading with the stablecoin acting as a payment instrument.

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Finance

Japanese Trading House Mitsui to Launch Gold-Linked Cryptocurrency: Report

ZPG coin will also be used for digital payments, Nikkei Asia reported.

A view of Tokyo tower. (Image credit: Jaison Lin/Unsplash)

Markets

Nintendo President Vague on Company's Metaverse Plan

Shuntaro Furukawa remains noncommittal to the metaverse, while investors target Nintendo's stock as an undervalued metaverse play

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