Japanese Politician to Crowdfund Bitcoin Research Tour
Image from Mineyuki Fukuda's crowdfunding campaign page. Japanese politician and bitcoin supporter Mineyuki Fukuda has taken a novel approach to bitcoin research, launching an online crowdfunding campaign to conduct a research tour of bitcoin businesses in the US. So far, Fukuda has raised 52% of his target ¥600,000 ($5,785) needed to fund the mission, which he is conducting independently. By taking the tour as a private citizen, he is not drawing any taxpayer funds. Fukuda, a member of parliament with the governing Liberal Democratic Party, has been a pioneer for digital currency....
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