Unexpected Bitcoin Player: Japanese Nail Salon Targets $3-B In BTC Holdings
A nail salon company in Japan has become the latest name in corporate Bitcoin buying. Convano, listed in Tokyo, has revealed plans to spend about ¥434 billion ($3 billion) to accumulate 21,000 BTC, equal to 0.1% of the total supply. Related Reading: Insider Trading Suspicions Mount As Crypto Treasuries Balloon – Report Reports said the […]
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PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com, the go-to web portal for everything bitcoin, announced it reached a cooperation agreement with Japanese media CoinOtaku. A subsidiary of Beat Holdings Limited, CoinOtaku (CoinPartner) has over 900,000 views per month in its cryptocurrency portal and thousands of subscribers to its YouTube channel. In addition to the media business, Beat Holdings also owns Crypto Messenger Wallet – an app capable of showing news updates, price charts, messenger, and sending and receiving crypto assets. It is now possible for users to store Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on the wallet,....