Bitcoin News today and further to Japan legalizing Bitcoin in April 2017, approximately 50 Bitcoin Exchanges have registered with the Japanese Financial Services Agency and all will be reviewed. There are startups that operate Bitcoin exchanges like Bitflyer and Coincheck, however, there is also a growing number of large corporations adding Bitcoin exchanges as part of their services.

 

Since the Government legalized Bitcoin as a payment system in Japan, adoption by merchants, consumers, institutions, and investors have soared. The Japanese Yen continues to dominate Bitcoin trading volume globally. More info on currency split - click here

 

 

Other News headlines:

 

Some governments are leading with innovation. The Chinese Government who recently partnered with Alibaba Health Information Technology or Ali Health. They will collaborate with the government of the city of Changzhou in eastern China in order to connect the city’s existing infrastructure of medical treatment systems.

 

The World’s First Government ICO: Estonia Could Offer Its Own Token - A few years ago, Estonia offered its e-residency program and now considering a way of offering currency to e-residents.

 

A high-end ASIC chip manufacturer and bitcoin mining operation, Bitmain's customer data was breached and sent out this message:-

“Dear users
Because our other old system attacked by hackers, part of user data leaked. We recommend you reset your credential information immediately. Any other account use the same credentials should also be updated immediately.
We apologize for the inconvenience.”

 

and hacking of another kind here...

 

Identity Thieves Hijack Cellphone Accounts to Go After Virtual Currency

"Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal"

 

It is vital for us to keep our digital footprint safe. There are innovations such as the BitVault, the worlds first crypto communicator, newly launched Cryptodoc which allows users to encrypt their document, spreadsheet and presentation files and of course, EOT - a cryptocurrency designed for encryption - the list of use cases for EOT continue to grow.

 

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