Japan to let Coincheck resume yen withdrawals Tuesday: source
China’s Didi, SoftBank target Japan in taxi-hailing push
February 9, 2018Barclays in U.S. set to join cryptocurrency credit card ban: report
February 9, 2018This post was originally published on this site
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese regulators will allow cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc to resume yen withdrawals from Tuesday, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Coincheck, reeling from the theft of $530 million worth of NEM digital money by hackers last month, has received yen-withdrawal requests from customers totaling about 30 billion yen ($280 million), the person said.
The exchange froze withdrawals of yen and digital currencies following the theft.
($1 = 109.0600 yen)
Reporting by Takahiko Wada Writing by Thomas WilsonEditing by William Mallard
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.