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The explosion of NFT popularity in 2021 is continuing apace in the new year.

People on Twitter were accusing Pranksy of wash-trading a CryptoPunk NFT, Dolce & Gabbana is auctioning luxury NFTs to “approved bidders,” and FTX was spammed with tokenized fish.

Japan’s biggest brokerages are looking to compete with the country’s crypto-native exchanges for digital asset market share.

Marubeni unveiled blockchain steel pipe tracing tests, multiple exchanges added leverage trading, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.

Japanese government agencies held a crypto meeting, Coincheck added Qtum, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.