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Odaily’s Interview with Seihaku Yoshida Unveils the Potential of Japan’s Web 3 Market.

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Monday, August 28, 2023

In the interview, Seihaku Yoshida discussed HashPort's development history and the status quo of the Japanese blockchain gaming market.

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  • In the interview, Seihaku Yoshida discussed HashPort's development history and the status quo of the Japanese blockchain gaming market.
  • Seihaku Yoshida: I founded HashPort in 2018 and have been working in the blockchain field ever since.
  • Seihaku Yoshida: Let's first discuss the development challenges faced by the blockchain gaming industry.
  • Seihaku Yoshida: Speaking of "THE LAND," we are challenged to create a "Play-to-Earn" Metaverse game that complies with Japanese regulations.

The second Japan Web3 Hackathon competition, Tokyo Web3 Spring Hackathon, is about to officially begin

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

CGV FoF recently sponsored one of the most influential Web3 offline summits in Japan, the TEAMZ Web3 Summit 2023, and will organize the Tokyo Web3 Spring Hackathon (TWSH) Demo Day event at Toranomon Hills on the first day of the summit (May 17th) in Tokyo.

Key Points: 
  • CGV FoF recently sponsored one of the most influential Web3 offline summits in Japan, the TEAMZ Web3 Summit 2023, and will organize the Tokyo Web3 Spring Hackathon (TWSH) Demo Day event at Toranomon Hills on the first day of the summit (May 17th) in Tokyo.
  • The choice of Japan as the birthplace of TWSH is in line with the Japanese government's efforts to develop Web3.
  • Recently, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated that the advent of the Web3 era could lead to economic growth in Japan.
  • Japan has great development potential in the encryption and Web3 fields and may occupy an important position in the global Web3 market.

GROW Believes Simple is Better for Crypto Finance Management

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Monday, April 17, 2023

SINGAPORE, April 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "Decentralization is the essence of crypto and is the fundamental basis of how it solves many tradfi [traditional finance] issues.

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  • SINGAPORE, April 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "Decentralization is the essence of crypto and is the fundamental basis of how it solves many tradfi [traditional finance] issues.
  • Most crypto users, including GROW customers, use multiple platforms and services for their crypto asset management needs, which results in the burdensome user experience whereby tracking all crypto assets can become a manual and tedious task.
  • To make crypto asset management easier for everyone, GROW has a feature within its app called MyCrypto that allows users to see their crypto assets on other platforms or exchanges, conveniently aggregated in the GROW app.
  • "We like how MyCrypto is a feature that can grow with our community and user base.

Astar Network Named ‘Product of the Year’ At the JBA  Annual Blockchain Award

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Sota Watanabe, the founder of Astar Network, bagged the ‘Person of the Year’ Award for the second time in a row.

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  • Sota Watanabe, the founder of Astar Network, bagged the ‘Person of the Year’ Award for the second time in a row.
  • Tokyo, December 23, 2022 – Astar Network , the smart contract platform for multichain, has been awarded the Product of the Year at the 4th annual Blockchain Award by the Japan Blockchain Association.
  • Astar Network’s founder and CEO Sota Watanabe bagged the Person of the Year award for the second consecutive year at the same event.
  • Both Astar Network and Sota Watanabe emerged as the favorites of the Japanese Web3 community in a survey conducted by the Japan Blockchain Association (JBA).

STOKR Becomes the First Digital Securities Issuance Platform in the EU Supervised as A VASP

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- STOKR, the EU's pioneering digital investment marketplace for alternative assets, has received VASP registration by Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier). STOKR is now the first digital securities issuance platform outside of the US to have exchange integrations with regulated securities trading venues, able to independently conduct Know Your Customer (KYC)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks on the investors investing in digital securities. The recognition as a Virtual Asset Service Provider by the CSSF, also puts the firm on a firmer regulatory footing in Europe.

Key Points: 
  • STOKR is now the first digital securities issuance platform outside of the US to have exchange integrations with regulated securities trading venues, able to independently conduct Know Your Customer (KYC)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks on the investors investing in digital securities.
  • Becoming a VASP helps STOKR to provide financial services to market participants for the sale and offer of virtual assets.
  • STOKR uses the digital KYC-management solution Digital KYC provided by Proximus, a well-reputed KYC technology provider.
  • STOKR is the only digital securities issuance platform in the EU to have a VASP supervision from a EU member state, as well as exchange integrations with regulated securities trading venues, like Bitfinex Securities and Merj.

CoinDesk Indices Launches CoinDesk Market Index (CMI)

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CoinDesk Inc. announces the launch of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI), which includes eight subindices, constituting a family of broad-based digital asset indices designed to measure the market capitalization-weighted performance of the digital asset market. The subindices reflect sectors defined by CoinDesk's Digital Asset Classification Standard (DACS). The CoinDesk index family is the first to help quantify contributions to returns and risk by sectors and to measure sector exposures of managers versus their benchmarks and peer groups. For crypto native builders and investors, the CMI family provides general and sector peer groups and benchmarks of competitors for comparison and valuations. Moreover, the sector subindices may be more appropriate to measure the performance of sector-focused funds, and the subindices may be used to build sector rotation strategies. Read more here: Ordered Chaos: Why the CoinDesk Market Index Matters for the New Economy.

Key Points: 
  • The CMI methodology narrows the DACS digital asset universe by requiring minimum pricing and market cap weighting the eligible assets.
  • CoinDesk , is a media, events, data, and indices company and the most influential, trusted platform for the global crypto ecosystem.
  • CoinDesk Indices are the industry standard for institutional single and multi-asset benchmarks for crypto assets.
  • CoinDesk Indices, Inc. ("CDI") does not sponsor, endorse, sell, promote, or manage any investment offered by any third party that seeks to provide an investment return based on the performance of any index.

Digital Asset Research Announces July 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting Results

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its July 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting results. DAR's vetting processes apply institutional-level diligence to digital asset markets to meet an industry-wide need for reliable crypto data in an environment where cryptocurrencies trade across hundreds of lightly regulated or unregulated exchanges.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its July 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting results.
  • DAR's vetting processes apply institutional-level diligence to digital asset markets to meet an industry-wide need for reliable crypto data in an environment where cryptocurrencies trade across hundreds of lightly regulated or unregulated exchanges.
  • The Exchange Vetting process follows an Asset Vetting process that was completed in June and evaluated over 1,000 digital assets to identify assets appropriate for various institutional use cases.
  • Digital Asset Research (DAR) is a specialized provider of 'clean' digital asset data, insights, and research for institutional clients including asset managers, banks, custodians, family offices, fintech firms, fund administrators, hedge funds, and venture capital firms.

DAR Announces April 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting Results

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its April 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting results. DAR's vetting processes apply institutional-level diligence to digital asset markets to meet an industry-wide need for reliable crypto data in an environment where cryptocurrencies trade across hundreds of lightly regulated or unregulated exchanges.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR), a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its April 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting results.
  • The Exchange Vetting process follows an Asset Vetting process that was completed in March and evaluated over 1,000 digital assets to identify assets appropriate for various institutional use cases.
  • Results of the Exchange Vetting process are also used for DAR Sector Indexes; the recently launched FTSE Bitcoin Index, FTSE Ethereum Index, and FTSE Cardano Index; and in the FTSE DAR Reference Price , a robust hourly reference price for digital asset market performance.
  • DAR's core offerings include Clean Pricing & Verified Volume Data, a Crypto Events Calendar, a Reference Data Master, the DATS Industry Taxonomy & Taxonomy Themes, Exchange Diligence, and Token Diligence, as well as related crypto market research.

DAR Announces January 2022 Crypto Exchange and Asset Vetting Results

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR) , a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its January 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting and Asset Vetting results.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR) , a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its January 2022 Crypto Exchange Vetting and Asset Vetting results.
  • The Asset Vetting process evaluated over 1000 digital assets to identify 48 benchmark assets and over 600 non-benchmark assets.
  • The results of the Exchange Vetting and Asset Vetting processes are used by DAR clients to determine accurate asset prices and to identify safe venues in the market.
  • Digital Asset Research (DAR) is a specialist provider of crypto data and research.

DAR Announces October 2021 Crypto Exchange and Asset Vetting Results

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR) , a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its October 2021 Crypto Exchange Vetting and Asset Vetting results.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Digital Asset Research (DAR) , a leading provider of crypto asset data and research, today announced the release of its October 2021 Crypto Exchange Vetting and Asset Vetting results.
  • The Asset Vetting process evaluated over 1000 digital assets to identify 43 benchmark assets and over 600 non-benchmark assets.
  • The results of the Exchange Vetting and Asset Vetting processes are used by DAR clients to determine accurate asset prices and to identify safe venues in the market.
  • Digital Asset Research (DAR) is a specialist provider of crypto data and research.