Rakuten

Venture Capital

Tencent, Fidelity Back $20 Million Round for Blockchain Firm Everledger

Daniel PalmerSep 24, 2019

Blockchain provenance startup Everledger has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by internet giant Tencent.

Exchanges

Rakuten’s Crypto Exchange Has Launched for Trading in 3 Cryptos

Daniel PalmerAug 19, 2019

The Japanese e-commerce giant's Rakuten Wallet exchange has gone live for spot trading of bitcoin, ether and bitcoin cash against the yen.

Travel

ShareRing Brings Its Blockchain Identity Solution to Rakuten Travel Bookers

Sebastian SinclairNov 11, 2020

The integration will mean Rakuten Travel Xchange customers can opt to use ShareRing's self-sovereign identity app to access bookings.

Exchanges

Rakuten Brings in Compliance Partner for New Crypto Exchange

Yogita KhatriMay 29, 2019

E-commerce giant Rakuten has partnered with blockchain analytics firm CipherTrace to ensure AML compliance for its soon-to-launch exchange platform.

Exchanges

E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Opens Its New Crypto Exchange to Customers

Yogita KhatriApr 17, 2019

Japan's Amazon equivalent, Rakuten, has started accepting limited account registrations for its new cryptocurrency exchange.

Rakuten

Exchanges

E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Wins License for New Crypto Exchange

Yogita Khatri

Japan's Financial Service Agency has licensed a cryptocurrency exchange being rebranded and relaunched by internet giant Rakuten.

Exchanges

Rakuten Is About to Buy a Bitcoin Exchange for $2.4 Million

Wolfie Zhao

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is planning another step into the cryptocurrency industry with the acquisition of a local bitcoin exchange.

Payments

E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Is Launching Its Own Crypto

Annaliese Milano

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten is launching Rakuten Coin to use as part of its loyalty rewards program.

E-Commerce

Rakuten Acquires Bitcoin Startup Team for Blockchain Lab Launch

Stan Higgins

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has acqui-hired bitcoin startup Bitnet as part of a bid to staff its new blockchain development lab in the UK.

Bitcoin Protocol

Consensus 2015: What the Internet Can Teach Blockchain Innovators

CoinDesk

A pioneer in internet security will discuss lessons for digital currencies in the adoption of a protocol as a technical standard.

Japan

Retail Giant Rakuten Enables Bitcoin Payments for US Customers

Yessi Bello Perez

The Japanese e-commerce giant has integrated with payment processor Bitnet, enabling customers based in the United States to pay with bitcoin.

Asia

E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Says Bitcoin Acceptance Likely

Jon Southurst

The CEO of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has repeated his conglomerate’s intention to “probably” accept bitcoin at some stage, at a company financial conference in Tokyo today. Without disclosing a specific timeframe in which it might happen, company CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said: “We are thinking about [accepting bitcoin] and we probably will.” The CEO, one of Japan’s wealthiest individuals, previously […]