{"id":35,"date":"2016-05-03T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/bitcoin-officially-recognized-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T01:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:42:07","slug":"bitcoin-officially-recognized-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/bitcoin-officially-recognized-in-japan.html","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin officially recognized in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FXl0E6VBWN4\/VyjIP_NucZI\/AAAAAAAAAaY\/zglxb2zm6dYiFDT4DChSGtNHPYju8QHegCLcB\/s1600\/tokyo05-1-1447810.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"japan bitcoin\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/tokyo05-1-1447810.jpg\" alt=\"japan accept bitcoin officially\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Japan<\/b> is going to officially recognize <b>bitcoin<\/b> and other <b>cryptocurrencies<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previously in March, the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2016\/03\/04\/business\/tech\/japan-oks-recognizing-virtual-currencies-similar-real-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japan Times <\/a><\/b>announced that the <b>Japanease Cabined<\/b> approved some bills that would help banks to expand their business related to <b>fintech<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cabinet also recnognized the importance of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, so it aims at recognizing them as method of payment, so the government is going to bring digital currencies under the overview of the <b>Financial Services Agency<\/b> (FSA), who also control the Yen.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This system will also provide a registration of exhchanges to avoid money laudering and to protect the bitcoin users, specially after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2014-02-28\/mt-gox-exchange-files-for-bankruptcy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mt. Gox debacle<\/a> back in 2014, when the company was handling 70% of all bitcoin transactions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This way, Japan has just given virtual currencies legitimacy, and we hope this news will allow lots of other countries to do the same in the near future.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The open-minded Japan<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To be honest, this news is not so shocking, as in February the Japanese regulators stated the decision to propose bitcoin among the methods of payments, so to define the digital cryptocurrencies as conventional currency.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div><b><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/Japan-wants-to-regulate-bitcoin-as-currency.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full news.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Multicurrencies Wallet<\/h3>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4022 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/HTBannerOrange-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Bitcoin is the most important and popular cryptocurrency at the moment, together with Ethereum.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So you may need an online walletwhere you can store your bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/\">Sign here for free and create your HolyTransaction wallet.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here you can store several digital currencies as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/page\/%D1%81reate-Blackcoin-wallet-online-register-free-best-exchange-multicurrency-Bitcoin\">Blackcoin<\/a>, Dogecoin, Litecoin and more.<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 Japan is going to officially recognize bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. 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