A digital yen will make the crypto market ‘more lively,’ says Monex CEO
Oki Matsumoto, the head of Japanese financial services giant Monex, has welcomed the Bank of Japan’s recent interest in central bank digital currency. Earlier this fall, the Bank of Japan announced its plans to begin testing a central bank digital currency proof-of-concept in 2021. Further details of the institution’s approach to development and collaborations have since emerged, with indications that the private sector is poised to play a prime role, at least in the testing phase.Earlier today, Reuters reported that the CEO of the Japanese financial services giant Monex Inc. is welcoming....
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Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has raised $2.5m to make it easier for the underbanked in Mexico to gain access to financial services. Among the investors is Mexico-based foreign exchange, Monex Group, which last year conducted $160bn in transactions in Europe, the US and Latin America. Bitso's co-founder and president Daniel Vogel told CoinDesk he believes the expertise of Monex and the other investors will help the startup grow from its "strong footprint" of users in Mexico to elsewhere in Latin America. Speaking from the exhibit booth his company won as part of a startup....
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