{"id":93246,"date":"2020-10-20T11:34:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T08:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/japanese-messaging-giant-line-developing-cbdc-platform\/"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:34:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T08:34:54","slug":"japanese-messaging-giant-line-developing-cbdc-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/japanese-messaging-giant-line-developing-cbdc-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5ldS1jZW50cmFsLTEuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjAtMTAvNDZjZWU1YTUtYmE3ZS00ZDFmLWIyZjQtYWJiNmNjMDQwNmM5LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-5a136f3a=\"\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency The Chosun Ilbo <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/it.chosun.com\/site\/data\/html_dir\/2020\/10\/18\/2020101800844.html\">reported<\/a> on Oct. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the matter reportedly told The Chosun that LINE aims to support the development of a so-called \u201ccustomized CBDC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The messaging company is discussing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication of its blockchain-based CBDC platform with several central banks in major Asian countries, according to the report. LINE executives said that they cannot disclose the exact countries that are considering the platform\u2019s application.<\/p>\n<p>A LINE spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the firm aims to &#8220;provide a blockchain platform that is fit for CBDCs based on LINE Blockchain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LINE has been actively exploring the crypto and blockchain industry. In August 2020, it\u00a0launched a blockchain development platform for decentralized applications and services and a digital asset wallet named Bitmax. Earlier this year, LINE\u2019s crypto subsidiary LVC Corporation launched trading of its proprietary cryptocurrency Link (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/link\/\">LN<\/a>) in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Asian countries are making plans for their own CBDCs. On Oct. 9, the central bank of Japan officially announced that it will start a CBDC proof-of-concept in 2021. On Oct. 7, the South Korean central bank\u00a0reportedly claimed that it will begin the distribution phase of its CBDC pilot scheme next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/japanese-messaging-giant-line-reportedly-working-on-cbdc-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;# Japanese messaging giant LINE developing CBDC platform &#8221; 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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2020-10\/46cee5a5-ba7e-4d1f-b2f4-abb6cc0406c9.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[75046,75022,75159,76426,76425,20618,72420,4965],"class_list":["post-93246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-cbdc","tag-central-bank","tag-digital-currency","tag-line","tag-yen","tag-japan","tag-south-korea","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}