Tokyo/Otemachi Crypto Roundtable Recap We discussed the history of Bitcoin and the mechanics of blockchains The main topics that we discussed during the June 5 Roundtable were related with the birth and history of Bitcoin and the basic technology that make blockchains work. During the one hour discussion, we got to touch on technical topics such as hash functions, which is one of the elements that make a blockchain, a […]
Mandatory English Financial Disclosures Coming to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Starting with English disclosures of quarterly financial information A Nikkei article on March 15, 2019 caught our attention. “Tokyo Stock Exchange to reduce first section listings by 30% – Market cap requirement to be raised and English disclosures mandated” https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Tokyo-Stock-Exchange-to-reduce-first-section-listings-by-30 There is an ongoing deliberation at the Tokyo Stock Exchange to reduce the number of companies listed on the first […]
New Crypto Regulation Coming: Make Room for the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act We attended the 2019 Japan International Banking & Securities System Forum The event was heavily focused on Cryptos, Blockchains and DLTs (Distributed Ledger Technologies). This is apparent from the speakers and sponsors of the event. One of the topics that was being discussed in a panel titled “Blockchain/DLT for Financial Trading” was implementing DLTs to perform the […]
JVCEA (Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association) Releases Statistics on Japanese Exchanges We visualized some interesting data that was released by the JVCEA on February 20, 2019 The stats released by the JVCEA is a compilation of December 2018 transaction data provided by the members of the association. XRP stands out as the most popular coin in Japan Looking at the data, XRP makes up more than half (51.45%) of the […]
Is the SEC Taking a Laissez-faire Approach in Regulating Crypto? Supportive comments for crypto from Crypto-mom, SEC Commissioner, Hester M. Peirce On February 8, 2019, the content of a speech given by SEC commissioner Hester M. Peirce was posted on the SEC website. Find the full speech at the following link. https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/peirce-regulation-view-inside-machine The content of the speech was welcomed by the crypto community because it was full of positive ideas […]
Real World Application of Blockchains – The Po.et Project (Follow Up) Empowering Content Creators – Po.et – Mainnet Release Reclaiming Value to the Content Creators Through the Use of Blockchain Technology In a previous post, we introduced the Po.et project as an example of a real world application of blockchains. Real World Application of Blockchains – The Po.et Project The challenge in claiming rights to digital content stems from the […]
Crypto Tax – Heading into Tax Season Three important points Crypto Tax Has Many Areas for Improvement According to the current announcements by the tax authority in Japan, crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto trades are both considered tax events. Though this is the global trend with crypto-taxes, when you think about how crypto technically works, it’s difficult to wrap your head around why one would consider crypto-to-crypto trades taxable. Technically speaking, when […]
CryptoGain Website Now Released Pre-register available Released On New Year! You were probably wondering what we were up to since BlockChainJam. The CryptoGain website is now live! It’ll be a while before you can start playing around with the App. But we hope the website will give you an idea of what’s in the works. In the meantime, keep your private keys safe! Go See Website! https://mycryptogain.io Beta Release […]
We’re Open During the New Years Business as usual Happy Holidays! Today was the last business day for most companies in Japan. Looking at the markets, 2018 was the first year the Nikkei index was in the red for the year since the start of “Abenomics”. It has also been a brutal year for crypto as it has gone through and currently still is in the middle of a 90% […]
BlockChainJam 2018 Looking Back Got to take a sneak peek into the future BlockChainJam 2018 that took place on October 21, 2018 was a huge success with a jam packed audience and great speakers. Thank you to everyone that stopped by the event and showed us support! Congratulations to the organizers of the event on a job well done! It was amazing and also educational to be able to hear […]