Launch of Digital Currency DCJPY Settlement Transactions
DeCurret DCP, GMO Aozora Net Bank, and Internet Initiative Japan announced that IIJ has started digital assetization of environmental…
Norbert Gehrke
Oasys secures funding from SBI Holdings
Oasys has formed a strategic partnership with SBI Holdings, one of Japan’s largest financial conglomerates, and has successfully secured…
Pyth Network first to integrate price feed into Soneium Blockchain
Pyth Network, the public decentralized data infrastructure that empowers the next generation of financial applications, and Sony Block…
Unwinding of Cross-Shareholdings: MS&AD & Toyota
As announced on July 23, 2024, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings determined at a meeting of its Board of Directors held on the same date to…
Soneium Minato Testnet is live
Sony Block Solutions Labs (SBSL) has launched Soneium Minato, a new Ethereum layer-2 solution. In an effort to bootstrap a thriving Soneium…
double jump.tokyo secures over USD 10m in funding from SBI Investment and Sony
double jump.tokyo has secured over USD 10m in funding in its Series D first closing, with SBI Investment leading the round. Participating…
Japan FinTech Observer #74
Welcome to the seventy-fourth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.
DAO Tokyo — Foundations of Multichain Governance
The fifth panel of DAO Tokyo (and our last event report) delved into the intricate world of governance in Layer 2 (L2) scaling solutions…
Highlights of FSA Meetings with Industry Groups: July 2024
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) held several meetings with Japanese financial industry groups in July 2024, covering a wide range of…
Podcast Highlights: Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific Construct
Welcome to the 140th edition of the eXponential Finance Podcast. Whether you listen to us for the first time, or are a regular, we…
DAO Tokyo — Unstoppable Protocol
The fourth panel of DAO Tokyo revolves around the key differences, advantages, and limitations of centralized finance (CeFi) and…
MUFG sells shares in US Bancorp
MUFG Bank, the core banking subsidiary of MUFG, has sold 24 million shares of U.S. Bancorp (“USB”) common stock it had additionally…