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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 May 14-20, 2019.
⛓ Startups
LayerX’s paper on CBC Casper was accepted at Crypto Valley Conference 2019 - Link
The paper was led by their researcher Ryuya Nakamura
BlockBase has partnered up with a digital record label Maltine Records for music distribution using NFT - Link(JP)
💱Exchanges
bitFlyer will change the maximum leverage allowed on their margin trading platform from 15x to 4x on May 28th - Link
Liquid has established a joint venture with Virtual Currency Partners to expand to the US market - Link
Major licensed exchanges published their recent financial statements:
.@bitFlyer Japan has published their recent financial statement from Jan 2018 - Dec 2018: * Opearting revenue: ¥14.85B = $128.4M * Operating profit: ¥5.33B = $48.6M * Net income: ¥2.14B = $19.5M * Retained earnings: ¥11.79B = $107.5M仮想通貨取引所 bitFlyer 決算公告(第5期) https://t.co/LzbJ7MERYK bitFlyerの2018年1年間の数字出ました。仮想通貨バブル期も入っているので結構大きい数字。純利21億 第5期決算公告 営業収益 140億8,500万円 営業利益 53億3,500万円 当期純利益 21億4,600万円 利益剰余金 117億9,500万円官報ブログ @kanpo_blogThe following table contains the published financial reports from other exchanges:
📖Regulation
Japan’s FSA published the contents from the Blockchain Round-Table which was held in March 2019 - Link
Attendees include IMF, Banque de France, Department of Finance - Government of Ireland, Dubai Financial Service Authority (DFSA), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Bank of Japan (BOJ) and scholars from Georgetown University, University of Cambridge, Keio University, Kyoto University, Meiji University, Ritsumeikan University, and The University of Tokyo.
📝Sidenotes / Others
NHK, Japan's national public broadcasting organization has covered Bitcoin on May 20th due to the recent price surge.
That’s all for now. See you next week! - Obi
Japan Blockchain Ecosystem Landscape - April 2019 Edition
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