Japan’s Money Partners Group Invests $450k in Bitcoin Exchange
Bitcoin seems to be part of whatever these companies have planned well, which could boost cryptocurrency adoption in Japan over the coming months and years. People active in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency will have heard of the Zaif exchange before, which has become a popular Bitcoin platform in Japan. Money Partners Group has invested in TechBureau, the parent company of Zaif, for the sum of JPY 49 million. It is not the first time the name Money Partners Group (TYO:8732) is used in combination with the Bitcoin industry. Just last month, the forex brokerage invested in Payward –....
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