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Digital asset liquidity provider B2C2 has entered into a strategic collaboration with South Korean infrastructure firm NextBlock to supply global digital asset liquidity to the domestic market. Under the agreement, NextBlock will integrate its proprietary smart order routing engine, NextRoute, with B2C2’s global liquidity network to support institutional execution.
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Welcome to the one hundred eightieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Here is what we are going to cover this week: * Venture Capital & Private Markets: Tokyo FinTech Paytner secures JPY 2.3bn in Series D round ahead of planned IPO; GMO VenturePartners secures JPY 10bn interim close for
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Laser Digital, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura Group, has announced a strategic partnership with DeFi infrastructure provider Keyring to develop institutional-grade fixed income products on-chain. The collaboration targets institutional lending and borrowing markets, aiming to resolve core barriers that have historically stalled institutional adoption of decentralized finance
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Dutch-registered public entity Coincheck Group (NASDAQ: CNCK) and wallet infrastructure provider DFNS have announced a strategic partnership aimed at deploying institutional-grade digital asset custody services in Japan. Under the agreement, Coincheck Group plans to integrate DFNS’s wallet-as-a-service technology into its Tokyo-based retail crypto
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Welcome to the one hundred seventy-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Having reached Japan's Northernmost point today, I can confidently predict that things will only be going South for me over the next week or so. As for the carry trade, the AI trade, the oil
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank has partnered with institutional staking provider Figment to power its domestic staking service, allowing Japanese customers to generate yield on exchange-held digital assets without maintaining independent validator infrastructure. Bitbank, an ISMS-certified operator registered with local regulators, selected Figment following a due diligence review of
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Welcome to the one hundred seventy-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. "Economists have predicted nine of the last five recessions" is a quote often attributed to Paul Samuelson. The same can be said of those forecasting a stock market crash. And more recently, of those either
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Toyota Finance Corporation has issued its second publicly offered digital security token bond, titled the "TOYOTA Wallet Tsumugu Bond." Marking the Toyota Group's first self-offered bond issue, the product allows investors to subscribe directly through the TOYOTA Wallet smartphone application without opening a traditional brokerage
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Laser Digital Japan, the digital asset subsidiary of Nomura Group, has officially completed its registration with the Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau to operate as a crypto asset exchange service provider. The milestone ends a four-year hiatus in new exchange registrations in Japan, marking the country&
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Welcome to the one hundred seventy-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Marie Kondo has reached the Japan FinTech Observer. Curating a weekly newsletter undoubtedly has the benefit that we do not have to chase every headlines at every hour, and rather take the opportunity to contemplate thoroughly about
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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), through its subsidiaries MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, has launched a proof-of-concept (PoC) to bring Japanese Government Bond repurchase transactions on-chain. The initiative is being conducted in collaboration with blockchain infrastructure providers Digital Asset
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Welcome to the one hundred seventy-sixth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. While we are right in the middle of earnings season, we have kept this edition free of financial results, and hope to bring you a consolidated view once the majority of companies has reported (and we have