Japan has always been a crucial region for bitcoin and other crypto assets. That situation will only grow more interesting following Rakuten’s new initiative. The retail giant has embraced bitcoin quite some time ago. A Big Gamble by Rakuten It is an accepted payment method on the online store, but the company looks well beyond...Read More
Japan has long been a hotbed for crypto adoption. Not only is the pseudonym of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, Japanese, but some of the largest cryptocurrency companies have called the Asian country their home over the past decade. That’s not to mention that Japan is a technologically advanced society ready to adopt innovation.It should come...Read More
Photo: PriceMinister / Flickr Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has completed registration of its cryptocurrency exchange Rakuten Wallet, which will go live next month, the company confirmed in a press release. Rakuten, which follows several major Japanese tech players in entering the crypto exchange market, renamed its product from Everybody’s Bitcoin earlier this month. The company...Read More
Tokyo-based electronic commerce and Internet company Rakuten has revealed that it has launched its own exchange which supports cryptocurrency spot trading. The Japanese company announced today that its Rakuten Wallet has gone live, and the platform supports trading in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and bitcoin cash (BCH) against the Japanese yen. The app is currently...Read More
According to an announcement earlier today, Japan’s version of Amazon – Rakuten – has publicly launched its own crypto trading platform which could see millions entering the space. Three Crypto Assets Supported The official announcement a few hours ago stated that a consolidated subsidiary of Rakuten Group and operator of a crypto asset exchange business,...Read More
Japan’s biggest e-commerce website is officially launching its cryptocurrency exchange. .| Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Rakuten, the largest e-commerce company in Japan which serves well over 1.2 billion individuals globally with its e-commerce and payments services, has officially launched a cryptocurrency exchange. The official statement of Rakuten read: “Rakuten Wallet, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary...Read More
