# Japanese megabanks join consortium launching yen-based digital currency

# Japanese megabanks join consortium launching yen-based digital currency

“# Japanese megabanks join consortium launching yen-based digital currency ” A consortium of roughly 70 Japanese companies, including the country’s biggest financial institutions, have joined forces to trial and launch a new yen-based digital currency in fiscal 2022, sending a strong signal that the private sector was embracing blockchain-based payment systems.  The new digital currency,…

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# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform

# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform

“# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform ” LINE, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of the South Korean internet search engine company Naver, is building a platform for developing central bank digital currencies, South Korean news agency The Chosun Ilbo reported on Oct. 19. Sources familiar with the matter reportedly told The Chosun that LINE aims…

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