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The Animoca Brands team in Hong Kong (Animoca)
Animoca Brands' Japan Unit Raises $45M for NFT Licensing, Investment
Animoca Brands Japan raised the funds from its parent firm and MUFG Bank.
The Animoca Brands team in Hong Kong (Animoca)

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Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Ends Blockchain Payment Network Plan
Slow growth in transaction numbers caused by COVID-19 made it difficult to expand the business at the pace originally planned.
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Coinbase Launches in Japan, Binance Users Take Legal Action
Coinbase partners with MUFG to launch in Japan Users band together to take legal action against Binance after an outage And the founder of Finder com offers crypto as a COVID 19 vaccination incentive We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of The Daily [...]
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Japan’s Banking Giant MUFG Plans to Launch Blockchain Payment Network in 2021
Japanese banking giant MUFG plans to launch its blockchain payment network across the country in 2021 with U.S.-based fintech company Akamai.
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Japanese Financial Giant MUFG to Launch Digital Currency in 2020
The world's fifth largest bank is set to go ahead with a digital currency launch in collaboration with Indeed.com parent firm Recruit Group.
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Anthony Pompliano, Pomp, Morgan Creek
Pompliano Joins Board of Blockchain-Based Lending Firm After $103M Raise
Blockchain-based consumer lender Figure added Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano to its board following a $103 million funding round.
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MUFG Plays Down Reports of Digital Currency Launch
Japan's MUFG Bank and Recruit Holdings were said to be launching a digital currency as part of a new payments venture. MUFG has now put that claim in doubt.
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Leading Japanese Firms Partner on Security Token Research
MUFG launched a 22-member research consortium of security issuers, broker dealers and tech companies to set standards for security token management.
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Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo
Token Tech firm Securitize Raises $14 Million from Santander, MUFG
The SEC-regulated firm raised $14 million from notable investors across traditional and blockchain finance.
Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo

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Japan's Biggest Bank Invests in Crypto Sleuthing Startup Chainalysis
Japanese bank MUFG has backed an additional Series B raise for crypto analytics startup Chainalysis, bringing its round total to $36 million.
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