Takao Asayama: Japanese People Thought Bitcoin Was Evil
The Japanese market is a young and developing one. Therefore, it’s not surprising that it faces some problems and obstacles during its development. Takao Asayama, the CEO of Zaif and creator of Mijin, a Blockchain technology service, talked to CoinTelegraph about the current problems of Japanese Bitcoin and Blockchain markets. Currently, there are two groups of influence in Japan – The Japan Authority of Digital Asset (JADA) and a group of independent companies that includes Zaif, BitBank and BTC-Box. Each group is searching for its own ways to communicate with the government and FSA.....
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