*This article was originally written in Japanese. 日本語版はこちら。 What do most people in Japan think of when they hear the word “virtual currency”? From “incidents” such as the Mount Gox incident in 2014 ...

Cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies such as Bitcoin are at the center of a scandal. Bitcoin's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar, which stood at 997.73 USD/BTC at the beginning of 2017, made an ...

With the use of virtual currency spreading especially overseas, more retailers in Japan are opening up to payments from tourists via the blockchain technology. Electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc.

Stan Stalnaker, founder of Ven, outlines adoption of virtual currency as the sole use of traditional currencies is set to be obsolete Dubai, 23 rd February 2012: Creating and preserving wealth is ...

Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100,000 in a year.

[ SEOUL] South Korea's financial regulator said on Monday it is jointly carrying out inspections on six local banks that offer virtual currency accounts to institutions amid growing concerns ...

TOKYO -- Demand for semiconductors is growing, thanks to the booming market for virtual currencies.

Still got some cash burning a hole in your pocket? Get ready to ring in the new year and the future of Japanese idols with the birth of a new group whose claim to fame is an incredible gimmick, even ...

TOKYO -- The cryptocurrency bubble has revealed itself in the stock market here as investors flock to SBI Holdings, betting that the brokerage's links to U.S. virtual currency operator Ripple will ...

Islam, whose last prophet was Muhammad, who was the only revelation from the god Allah in the early 7th century, is known as a religion that still adheres to many of the precepts set at that time. A ...