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In a surprise move that will spur further adoption of cryptocurrencies in Asia and globally, the Japanese can now donate unlimited amounts of cryptocurrencies to politicians and need not disclose this to the authorities. This was made known by Sanae Takaichi in a press conference two days ago. Sources indicate that she said that cryptocurrency donations don’t fall under the purview of the Political Funds Control Law and as such don’t need to be disclosed and can be donated without limit to...

In what seems like a first for the global cryptocurrency world, six Japanese cryptocurrency heavyweights have come together to create what is now known as the “Japanese Security Token Association”. The founding members include Monex Inc, Rakuten Securities, Nomura Securities, SBI Securities, Daiwa Securities, and Kabu.com Securities.Headquartered in Tokyo, the new self-regulating organization will work towards seeing that corporate bodies raising finance using the STO model will adhere to...