Week in Japan Crypto #2
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Let’s go to Week in Japan Crypto covering the happenings mainly from April 1–7, 2019.
⛓ Startups
- Liquid Group raised series C at $1B+ valuation led by IDG Capital, participated by Bitmain — Link
They said they will focus on development for its existing services and STO platform. This holding company owns QUOINE, which operates a licensed cryptocurrency exchange in Japan.
💱Exchanges
- Coincheck has launched OTC trading service for large size customers — Link
Their OTC trading desk will allow customers to buy and sell a minimum of 50 bitcoins on weekdays between 10 am and 3 pm local time.
👩🎓Academics
- Keio University will start a blockchain course “Beyond Blockchain basic/applied“ from this April with the professor Jun Murai and Kenji Saito sponsored by Ceres, Inc. — Link(JP)
Keio University is one of the top private universities in Japan
📖Regulation
- International crypto AML regulation framework will be discussed and established during G20 Summit at Fukuoka, Japan in this June — Link
👋Meetups / Events
- Teamz Conference on April 6–7th. — Link
- Deconomy was held in Seoul on April 4–5th and several Japanese community members participated. — Link
Nao Kitazawa, the CEO of Coinbase Japan spoke on a panel, NodeTokyo became a Japan partner, and several top Japanese developers and media attended.
- April 9th: Web3 Foundation and CryptoAge to organize “Tokyo DOT day” at DMMcom HQ office. — Link
Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood from Parity / Web3 Foundation and several other core developers will provide tech talks for developers in Japan.
That’s all for now. See you next week! — Obi
