Metaplanet leans into Bitcoin debt play with fresh $130M to buy more BTCThe fresh debt draw shows how Metaplanet is using both debt and preferred equity to accelerate Bitcoin purchases and income-generation strategies.Ezra ReguerraNov 25, 2025
Japan Exchange Group alerts against imposter crypto trading platformsJapanese investors are advised to look out for fraudulent companies replicating the JPX brand names, logos and URLs to offer crypto trading.Feb 22, 2022Arijit Sarkar
Crypto City: Guide to TokyoYour guide to the crypto culture, infrastructure and people in global hotspots.Oct 1, 2021Turner Wright
Japan’s Kanto Region to Track Surplus Solar Energy with Power LedgerAustralian energy tech firm Power Ledger to run blockchain-enabled energy trading trial in Japan’s Kanto region by December 2019.Oct 3, 2019Helen Partz
Wolf of Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles Faces Music in TokyoDisgraced Mt.Gox CEO Mark Karpeles’ trial for charges of embezzlement and data manipulation begin this week with the high-flying Frenchman expected to plead not guilty.Jul 10, 2017Darryn Pollock
IBM and Bank of Tokyo Start Blockchain Revolution in Banking, Aim for Complete AutomationBusiness embraces Blockchain big-way with IBM and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ implementing smart contracts, Singapore emerges as center of Blockchain development.Sep 16, 2016Shivdeep Dhaliwal
Bank of Tokyo, Hitachi Team Up For Singapore Blockchain Project to Digitalize BankingBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Hitachi are starting the Blockchain project in Singapore to digitalize banking.Sep 2, 2016Angus Leung
AUG 6 DIGEST: Tokyo Court Says Bitcoin Not Subject to Ownership; Intel Hiring Crypto ResearcherA Tokyo judge has ruled that bitcoin’s are not subject to ownership; Intel is hiring a researcher to investigate hardware and software to advance decentralized ledgers; and more newsAug 6, 2015Aaron van Wirdum
