Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG Bank) financial institution launched progmacoin, a blockchain-based stablecoin that is pegged to the Japanese yen. The bank entered into an alliance with Japan's SBI Group and Daiwa Securities for the purpose of instant settlement of securities transactions.
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In Chacao-Venezuela they offered a toast for Japan and sake
On October 1st, the Nihonshu no Hi or Sake Day was celebrated worldwide. For Japan, this date marks the end of the rice harvest as well as the beginning of the process of making sake, before which in all regions of that country, it is…
PayPal acquired the Japanese Paydi for 2.3 billion euros
The payment company PayPal reached an agreement to buy the Japanese company Paydi for 300,000 yen (2,300 million euros), to be paid mainly in cash, as reported in a statement on Wednesday, September 8.
Paydi is a company specialized in…
Venezuela increased exports of marine products
In the first half of the year, foreign sales of registered marine products reached 13 thousand tons of shrimp; 1,000 tons of blue crab, 907 tons of "tajalí" and octopus with 629 tons, which represents an increase of 10 % compared to 2020 in…
Tinder incorporated voluntary identity verification for its users
The Tinder application is implementing the option of uploading the respective identity document of each country, which together with the verification of photos will allow to reinforce the environment of trust among its users and they can…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics came to an end
This Sunday, August 8, the capital of Japan said goodbye to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after 17 uninterrupted days of sporting excitement. This edition of the tournament, which is usually held every four years, was the "strangest"…
Cryptocurrency scam platform dismantled in Japan
Four people were captured for being allegedly linked to a scam that has been called "a fictitious investment story", which was carried out through a platform that offered "supposed returns on investment with supposed crypto assets, based on…
Mercedes-Benz presents its first electric truck
Mercedes-Benz plans to start serial production of its first electric battery truck at its Wörth-am-Rhein plant this year, Daimler announced on Monday. The world premiere of the eActros for the transport of heavy cargo will be on June 30,…
Japan to experimentally test digital currencies
The Bank of Japan announced that it will carry out tests with a digital currency, conceived in response to the boom in digital payment services and cryptocurrencies, and in line with initiatives undertaken by other reference entities.
The…
Explainable AI, the new technology that argues its decisions to the user
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been capable of making decisions based on data, but now a new system based on the principle of explainable AI goes a step further to guide the user towards achieving a goal, arguing the decisions it is…
Japan’s GDP declines after 12 years
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Japan, the world's third largest economy, registered an annual contraction of 4.8 % in 2020, the first since the 2009 financial crisis, despite the 3 % expansion observed in the last three months of the…
Nintendo will not present a new format of the Switch
Nintendo's plans do not include a new Switch model soon, when it will be four years since the platform's arrival worldwide, and two of the Lite version, as indicated by the company in the presentation of financial results.
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