Japan’s National Police Installing Crypto Transaction Tracking System
The Japanese National Police Agency is reportedly installing a system to track the flow of crypto transactions in order to aid investigations of cryptocurrency-related cybercrime. The system is expected to be limited to major cryptocurrencies, according to local media. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Tracking Crypto Transactions Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) announced on August 30 that...
Rakuten Acquires Crypto Exchange to Fast-Track Into the Japanese Market
Japanese mega e-commerce and internet company Rakuten Inc. is entering the crypto space. Instead of submitting a new application to the country’s financial regulator, Rakuten is acquiring an existing crypto exchange to fast-track into the Japanese crypto market. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Rakuten to Operate Crypto Exchange Rakuten Inc. announced Friday that “it decided to acquire...
Viabtc CEO Proposes BCH Organization to Establish Standards
On August 31 the CEO of the firm Viabtc, Haipo Yang, published a blog post proposing the establishment of a standardization organization like the World Wide Web’s W3C consortium. Haipo Yang wants to start a similar group called the Bitcoin Cash Standard Organization (BCSO) in order to create standards and achieve better transparency when it comes to BCH consensus proposals. Also read: How to Monitor the BCH Stress Test and...
Kiev’s Bessarabsky Market Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Groceries
Bessarabsky market, a landmark of Ukraine’s capital, is introducing crypto payments. Fruits and vegetables are already sold for a number of cryptocurrencies including bitcoin cash (BCH). The initiative to offer the alternative payment option aims to show how simple it is to use cryptocurrency in everyday life. Also read: New Bill Clarifies Crypto Taxation in Poland BCH and BTC Accepted for Fruits and Vegetables...
August 2018 Volume Rankings Report: ETC and Dash Top Ten
During August, the monthly volume posted by the majority of leading cryptocurrency markets continued to decline. Despite such, the ETC and Dash markets again defied the trend to post an increase in trade volume, with XRP also bucking the downward trend this month. Also Read: 160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter Japanese Market, Regulator Reveals Top 5 Most Traded Cryptocurrency Markets Posts Month-Over-Month Decline in Volume Trade...
