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I’m Obi( @obnty ), the founder of NodeTokyo, the first tech-focused international blockchain conference in Japan and the dev/student blockchain community CryptoAge.
On to this week’s update covering the happenings mainly from June 4-10, 2019.
⛓ Startups
INDETAIL partnered up with Hokkaido Electric Power to build electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations - Link
💱Exchanges
Coincheck has officially started listing MONA on June 5
Binance has blocked Japan from its DEX and margin trading services - Link
💼Enterprises
Recruit Invests in Breez, a provider of lightning network wallet - Link
Major banks in Japan, US and Europe has partnered up to start immediate settlement of overseas remittances using an electronic-currency - Link
MUFG and SMBC has participated from Japan
Japanese listed company Asteria introduces a blockchain-based voting system for its general meeting of shareholders - Link(JP)
First kind of initiative for a governance of a public company
📖Regulation
National Tax Agency has asked at least 30 companies and 50 individuals for undeclared crypto gain of 10 billion yen ($93 million) - Link
National Tax Agency also plans to set up a special team of 200 people to check income from online services including video streaming, e-commerce, and crypto tradings etc. - Link
👋Meetups / Events
NodeFukuoka was held on June 8th at LINE Fukuoka office - Link(JP)
DecryptTokyo hackathon was held on June 8-9th - Link
Aimed to bring more non-blockchain developers into the ecosystem.
100+ attendees(40% were students), 20 teams
📝Sidenotes / Others
Rakuten Payment has partnered up with JR East for integration with SUICA - Link
That’s all for now. See you next week! - Obi
Japan Blockchain Ecosystem Landscape - April 2019 Edition
You can check out the past issue #1 from here.