ChainCatcher news, AISIM held a launch briefing for the Japanese market today in Hong Kong, supported by the global acceleration program of Web3Labs and KuCoin Labs. Leaders of Japan's largest Web3 investor community attended to discuss market plans, aiming for a sales target of 6 million USD by 2025.AISIM is a global traffic connection protocol for AI and DePIN, driving the continuous growth of the DePIN and AI ecosystem through AI-driven decentralized traffic distribution and an AI-governed economic system.

ChainCatcher news, on November 11, at the opening ceremony of Web3Labs HK Center, AISIM was officially launched, introducing the first "Roaming to Earn" decentralized traffic revenue network. AISIM enables every device to achieve global traffic and on-chain revenue, ushering in a new era of "connect and earn." AISIM plans to collaborate with Japan's largest travel company JTB to launch a node in Japan in December.As part of the Web3Labs X Ton acceleration program, AISIM will join the TON ecosystem, promoting the implementation of DePIN applications and providing Web3 users with limitless global on-chain connectivity and revenue experiences.

ChainCatcher news, focusing on digital assets, Hong Kong-listed company OSL Group today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire an 81.38% stake in CoinBest K.K., a cryptocurrency trading service provider licensed by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan (hereinafter referred to as "CoinBest"). This move is an important strategy for OSL Group to enter the Japanese market.The Japanese market had over 5.16 million active digital asset users in 2023, tripling since 2018. Japan has become one of the more mature and rapidly developing markets in the Asia-Pacific region, with a rapidly growing penetration rate and investment volume in the digital asset market.By acquiring CoinBest, OSL Group aims to promote product and service innovation among its trading platforms (including the Hong Kong-licensed digital asset trading platform OSL Digital Securities), enhance global trading liquidity, achieve resource sharing and best business practices, thereby creating business synergies.

ChainCatcher news, the modular on-chain artificial intelligence network REVOX announced on platform X its collaboration with 0x Consulting Group, signing an exclusive marketing agreement for the Japanese market; aimed at jointly providing AI integration services for enterprises.Additionally, the Web3 asset data platform RootData shows that REVOX supports developers, organizations, and individuals by providing a suite of component APIs and diverse data sources. This solution includes scalable on-chain AI reasoning in smart contracts, Web3 integration in the form of AI agents, customized workflows connecting complex use cases, and incentive mechanisms for agent developers and computing providers.

ChainCatcher news, the cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io announced the cessation of services in Japan, with new account openings for residents of Japan stopping on July 22. It will support customers who wish to migrate their trading to cryptocurrency asset trading providers compliant with Japanese regulations. Additionally, it will implement detailed plans for the cessation of services and transitional trading in accordance with the compliance requirements of authorities such as the Financial Services Agency, and will announce this information in a timely manner.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized cloud gaming protocol DeepLink Protocol completed Public Sale Phase 3 on the 13th of this month, raising 900,000 USD in this phase. The project has now launched Public Sale Phase 4, which will end on August 5th. In the Public Sale Phase 1 and Phase 2 in June, it raised 1.05 million and 1.2 million USD respectively. The Japanese market accounted for 70%, with Japanese KOLs competing to report on DeepLink.DeepLink is a decentralized cloud gaming protocol driven by artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. It integrates AI, gaming, GPU, real-world asset tokenization, and a decentralized physical infrastructure network into one project, making it the ultimate combination of narratives. DeepLink provides ultra-low latency game rendering technology, supporting various applications such as cloud esports, cloud internet cafes, cloud AAA games, blockchain-integrated games, and cloud VR/AR/XR. The DeepLink protocol, enhanced by AI technology, can improve the rendering resolution and clarity of games.At the core of the DeepLink protocol is the sharing of GPU computing power through blockchain technology, achieving smooth cloud gaming with ultra-low latency game rendering technology. These games run on GPU computing power provided by miners. GPU providers can earn a total of 1 billion DLC tokens as rewards each year. Players pay for DLC tokens by the minute, and the tokens paid by players will be burned, leading to the deflation of DLC tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, due to significant fluctuations in the yen, Bitcoin has seen a slight premium in the Japanese market. Earlier this month, the premium reached as high as 1.49%, the highest level since March 2020, indicating that traders are turning to alternative assets to hedge against yen volatility.TradingView charts show that the trading price of the Bitcoin to Japanese yen (BTC/JPY) pair on Japan's leading cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer is approximately 0.2% higher than the Bitcoin price quoted in USD on Coinbase.

ChainCatcher news, Fracton Ventures, headquartered in Tokyo, announced a strategic partnership with the Arbitrum Foundation to help deploy Arbitrum Japan. Fracton will assist Arbitrum in expanding into the Japanese market and provide a range of support including business development, ecosystem building, technical education resources, and community development.

ChainCatcher news, according to Nikkei, the cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken will exit the Japanese market by the end of January 2023.ChainCatcher previously reported that on December 1, Kraken announced it would lay off 1,100 employees globally, about 30% of its total workforce, to withstand the crypto winter phase. (Source link)