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BitFlyer Opens Japanese Bitcoin Market to European Traders
The cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/yen trading pair.
By Danny Nelson
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:02 a.m. Published Sep 30, 2020, 5:22 p.m.
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BitFlyer Europe is giving its European bitcoin traders direct access to the Tokyo-based parent exchange's Japanese liquidity.
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- Announced Wednesday, the cross-border initiative opens Japan's high-volume bitcoin markets to European traders courting the bitcoin/Japanese yen trading pair.
- BitFlyer said in a press statement the new approach eases those traders' access to liquidity by doing away with multiple account requirements.
- In the long term, bitFlyer said it plans to unlock cross-border trading pairs across its three active regions: Europe, Japan and the U.S.
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