Cryptocurrency News From Japan: May 10

This week’s headlines from Japan included SBI Holdings pairing up with Redstone Digital for a joint venture fund, LayerX teaming up with GMO Aozora for digitalization research, Decurret working to put aspects of the health system on the blockchain with Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, BitFlyer exchange releasing a commercial, and a data company producing a report on crypto in Japan.  Check out some of this week’s crypto and blockchain headlines, originally reported by Cointelegraph Japan. SBI Holdings starts up joint venture fund with Redstone Tokyo-based SBI Holdings has paired…

Vitalik Says He Has ‘Some Respect’ for How EOS Handles Governance

In a recent series of tweets, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin gave a nod of approval to competing blockchain EOS with regard to the niche they are trying to carve out.   “If I were designing a new chain to live alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum, I would take all the political tradeoffs that BTC and ETH aren’t willing to take,” Buterin said in a May 15 tweet referring to Bitcoin and Ethereum.  Vitalik labeled EOS aspects of interest Listed by Cointelegraph as the fifth most influential person in crypto and blockchain, Buterin holds significant weight…