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    Japanese Banks Are Planning to Launch J-Coin, a Digital Currency Meant to Kill Off Cash

    Japan's central bank is backing a scheme that could see the the cash-dependent country move toward a digital currency built on blockchain technology.
    The J Coin, as it's to be called, is under development by a group of Japanese banks with the blessing of financial regulators. According to the Financial Times (paywall), it's meant to launch in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a way to streamline the country's financial system.
    At the moment, some 70 percent of all financial transactions in Japan use cash—a far higher amount than occurs in most developed countries, where cash has been on the decline for some time now. Relying so heavily on hard currency exacts costs in the form of transaction and handling fees, as well as the expenses associated with moving all those notes and coins around. Cash transactions are also easier to hide from regulators, and India, for example, cited shutting down the black market as one reason it decided to push aggressively towards digital money.
    The idea for J-Coin is that it would sit alongside the Japanese yen, exchanged at a one-to-one rate, and be offered as a free service. In return, the banks that operate it would get detailed data on how people use it (as we've discussed before, that will indeed make people easier to track).

    More at: https://www.technologyreview.com/the...meant-to-kill/
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    90% of all money in the US is already digital. Just not bitcoin.

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    How much will a Jap Coin be worth ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    How much will a Jap Coin be worth ?
    They say they want it to be worth one yen- which is currently $0.0089

    The idea for J-Coin is that it would sit alongside the Japanese yen, exchanged at a one-to-one rate

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    They say they want it to be worth one yen- which is currently $0.0089
    .0089 , excellent , LOL . Take a lot of those to buy a beer .

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    just fiat currency with a tracer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kfarnan View Post
    just fiat currency with a tracer.
    Pretty much , makes taxing easier .



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