Bank of Japan Ends Eight-Year Negative Rates Regime; Bitcoin Slides to $62.7K
The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.
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Bitcoin-Yen Pair Hits Record High, Reflects Stress on Japan’s Fiat Currency
Bitcoin’s ongoing rally is telling of current market perceptions about fiat currencies, with sentiment being weakest for the Japanese yen.
Japan’s Cabinet Proposes Scrapping Corporate Tax on Unrealized Crypto Gains
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has been considering submissions on how best to encourage the industry’s development, which it sees as a pillar of economic ıslahat.
How Japan Is Leading the Race to Regulate Stablecoins
Japan’s new law tries to address one of the biggest fears about major stablecoins: Do issuers really have the assets to back them?
Why Binance and Banking Giant MUFG Want to Issue Stablecoins in Japan
Binance Japan and Mitsubishi UFJ bank want to help with the country’s Web3 ambitions by issuing stablecoins.