Japan Has Become a Big Player Within the Bitcoin Economy

[posternut]

Over the past year, Japan has been laser focused on digital currency and blockchain solutions. Moreover, the country has recently become the second largest Bitcoin trading region in the world. Now one of Japan’s largest IT conglomerates plans on entering the Bitcoin industry with a new wallet and exchange service.

When it comes to Bitcoin, a lot has changed in Japan since the Mt Gox days. Back in May of 2016, the country’s government defined digital currency as money. Since then, exchanges like Bitflyer, Zaif, and Coincheck have been trading a lot of bitcoin. Alongside this, digital currency and blockchain-related investments within the region have been announced regularly throughout the past year.

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[kellyon]

thanks for the useful info! I'm going to visit Japan next week. I'm going to make several big purchases with bitcoin there. First time in Japan. I think it's the most technologicaly advanced country in the wold.

[mjglqw]

Interesting. Hopefully this also happens to other countries. Not sure how bitcoin is currently doing in countries like Russia, netherlands, etc