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Crypto Resilient to Omicron, Japan Speeds Up on CBDC

China's Qihoo 360 builds a crypto mining tracker. Crypto market proving resilient in the face of Omicron concerns. Japan to pick up the pace with CBDC. 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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Omicron Hits Markets, Japanese Novel Released as NFT

Singapore’s Coinstore enters India despite ongoing regulatory wrangling. Crypto markets hit by Omicron variant. Japanese sci-fi novel Pure released as NFT. 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

Soccer Star Andrés Iniesta Warned by Spanish Regulator After Promoting Binance

“I’m learning how to get started with crypto with @binance,” Iniesta told his 25 million Twitter followers.

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Policy

Japanese Consortium Plans to Issue Bank Deposit-Like Digital Yen by End of Next Year

Mitsubishi Corp. will lead a trial that is expected to start in January.

Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood (segawa7/Shutterstock)

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Circle Invests in JPYC, Baby Shark NFTs Announced

Axie Infinity earnings drop below minimum wage level in the Philippines. USDC issuer Circle to invest in Japanese yen stablecoin. Baby Shark creator announces an NFT series. 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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Circle’s New VC Fund Backs $4.4M Funding Round for Japanese Stablecoin Issuer

The investment in JPYC, whose coin is pegged to the Japanese yen, is the fund’s first.

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Finance

Huobi Japan Gets Regulators’ Go-Ahead to Offer Derivatives

Japan’s top financial watchdog has some of the strictest rules for crypto in the world.

Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood (segawa7/Shutterstock)

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The State of Crypto and Blockchain in Japan

Takaaki Kato, global head of Sales and Trading at bitFlyer, one of Japan’s largest crypto exchanges, shares insights into the Japanese crypto regulatory landscape that led to a declining trend in leverage for retail and institutional investors.

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Policy

Bank of Japan Seeks ‘Plain, Easy-to-Cook’ CBDC Model

An executive director has stressed that the BoJ has “no plans to issue a CBDC at this time,.

Monex Group CEO: Bank of Japan 'Seriously Working' on Digital Yen

Finance

Japan’s SBI Holdings to Launch Crypto Fund: Report

The fund could reach several hundred million dollars and include bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrencies.

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