{"id":"tp-928","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to be called “crypto-assets” in Japan: Report","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/928","datePublished":"2018-12-17T06:25:24.000Z","dateModified":"2018-12-17T06:25:24.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is going to place the names of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies under a single category “crypto-assets”, The Japan News reported referring to a report from The Yomiuri Shimbun.","section":"Regulation","references":[{"title":"The Japan News","url":"http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005414889"},{"title":"recognized bitcoin as a means of payment","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/japan-bitcoin-law-effect-tomorrow"},{"title":"told The Japan Times","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/08/business/japans-financial-services-agency-set-update-cryptocurrency-regulations-speculation-countermeasure/#.XBc15VwzbIU"}]}