Cryptocurrencies

Japan's financial watchdog turns up the heat on unregistered cryptocurrency exchanges.
Cryptocurrencies

Japan warns Hong Kong-based crypto exchange

Criminal charges to be filed if Binance fails to halt Japan operations

23 March 2018
While the NEM snatched from Japan's Coincheck has been tracked to various accounts, not all such wallets can be linked to users. (Photo by Rie Ishii)
Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency group gives up search for Coincheck loot

Most NEM taken from Japanese exchange operator apparenty laundered

21 March 2018
The market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is now half its peak marked at the beginning of the year.
Cryptocurrencies

Coincheck aims to resume operations next week

Regulator's conditions include paying compensation to heist victims

9 March 2018
Coincheck President Koichiro Wada (left) and Chief Operating Officer Yusuke Otsuka at a news conference on Thursday. The company announced that it will repay 46.6 billion yen to victims of the January NEM virtual currency heist.
Cryptocurrencies

Coincheck to start repaying heist victims next week

Announces payback of 46.6bn yen is "in line" with February announcement

8 March 2018
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Cryptocurrencies

Japan regulator punishes 7 cryptocurrency exchanges over security

Two unregistered operators hit with business suspension orders

8 March 2018
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Cryptocurrencies

Japan's cryptocurrency markets start policing themselves in April

New trade association to set ground rules for security and coin offerings

3 March 2018
Suspicious communications between Tokyo-based Coincheck and servers outside Japan went on for weeks before a $542 million cryptocurrency theft, a new finding suggests.
Cryptocurrencies

'White hat' hackers team up in hunt for stolen virtual currency

Dozens of computer whiz kids work to identify Coincheck thieves

21 February 2018
The formation of a new business group was prompted by the hack and heist of digital currency marketplace operator Coincheck.
Cryptocurrencies

Japan's cryptocurrency industry to embrace self-regulation

New governing body only open to operators approved by financial watchdog

21 February 2018
Coincheck Chief Operating Officer Yusuke Otsuka addresses journalists in Tokyo on Feb. 13.
Cryptocurrencies

Coincheck offers no timeline for repaying hack victims

Cryptocurrency transactions will resume when safe, embattled marketplace says

14 February 2018
Japan's FSA has repeatedly advised Blockchain Laboratory to halt its activities in the country.
Cryptocurrencies

Macau cryptocurrency exchange hit with warning in Japan

Watchdog turns up the heat on unregistered players

13 February 2018
Tether's claim to a 1-to-1 conversion rate with the dollar is being questioned.
Cryptocurrencies

Chinese traders' key link to cryptocurrency market in trouble

Investigation of Tether could put further downward pressure on bitcoin

12 February 2018
Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller says bitcoin is unlikely to be around 100 years from now.
Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin unlikely to last 100 years, says Nobel-winning economist

Taming cryptocurrency chaos requires government regulation, Robert Shiller says

11 February 2018
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust are both mulling cryptocurrency services.
Cryptocurrencies

Guardians of the cryptos: Japan trust banks eye new role

Services would protect assets from hackers and exchange bankruptcies

11 February 2018
The perpetrators of a hack on cryptocurrency marketplace Coincheck are believed to have converted some of their loot into other virtual coins.
Japan-Update

Coincheck hackers turned $4.6m of NEM into other cryptocurrencies

Darknet website facilitating laundering of stolen virtual currency

10 February 2018
A darknet site where NEM can reportedly be bought for bitcoin or Litecoin.
Cryptocurrencies

Coincheck loot being turned into bitcoin

Tens of thousands of dollars in stolen NEM now exchangeable for cash

9 February 2018
The FSA raided Coincheck's office on Feb. 2.
Cryptocurrencies

Japan plans more raids on virtual currency exchanges

Stronger oversight seen prompting operators to focus on consumer safety

8 February 2018
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Cryptocurrencies

North Korean malware email seen behind Coincheck theft

Hackers plant software that steals customer info, South Korean spy agency says

7 February 2018
North Korea is suspected of involvement in the theft of cryptocurrency in Japan.
Cryptocurrencies

North Korea suspected in Coincheck cryptocurrency heist

Hack on Japanese exchange provider follows similar thefts in South last year

6 February 2018
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Cryptocurrencies

Coincheck can't yet say when it will resume withdrawals

Hacked cryptocurrency exchange to decide date after confirming technical safety

3 February 2018
Japanese financial regulators raided the office of hacked virtual currency exchange Coincheck on Feb. 2.
Cryptocurrencies

Regulators raid hacked Tokyo virtual currency exchange

FSA checks if Coincheck has sufficient funds to compensate customers

2 February 2018
Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck offers an app.
Cryptocurrencies

Coincheck thieves stay hidden via anonymous digital wallets

Hackers cover tracks even as accounts holding stolen funds are identified

2 February 2018
India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley details plans concerning the recapitalization of public-sector banks in New Delhi, India.
Politics

India hints at curbs on cryptos to end illicit activities

Exchange says it adheres to anti-money laundering rules but new controls loom

1 February 2018
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The Big Story

Inside Asia's bitcoin economy

Crypto startups scramble amid regulatory pressure

31 January 2018
Japanese regulators are leery of registering cryptocurrency exchanges supporting anonymous currencies such as Zcash (bottom right).
Cryptocurrencies

Hacked exchange Coincheck grapples with 'anonymous' cryptocurrencies

Regulatory approval remains elusive amid concerns over money laundering

31 January 2018
Coincheck executives apologize following the world's largest cryptocurrency heist (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
Cryptocurrencies

Japan cryptocurrency hack highlights oversight challenges

Coincheck lost $533m in just 20 minutes, drawing rebuke from finance minister

30 January 2018