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Japan's digital money exchanges heading abroad for growth
Seeking fresh channels for growth, cryptocurrency trading platforms in Japan -- the world's biggest market -- are branching out to other parts of Asia and beyond. Quoine is launching in the Philippines next year. Bitpoint Japan, a subsidiary of Remixpoint that brought trading to South Korea last month, is set to enter Taiwan in January. The leading players have similar plans. After bringing its platform to the U.S. in November, Tokyo-based exchange operator bitFlyer is forming a subsidiary in Luxembourg to prepare for a launch in the European Union that would let investors buy and sell bitcoin, Ethereum and other ... (full story)