Tokyo-based Bitpoint has become the first Japanese exchange to list Cardano (ADA).
The third-largest cryptocurrency started trading in Japan earlier today. Cardano joins such cryptocurrencies as Bitcoin (BTC), Tron (TRX), XRP, Ether (ETH), Bitcoin Cash, and Basic Attention Token (BAT).
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In a celebratory tweet, IOG CEO Charles Hoskinson posted a haiku poem composed by Matsuo Basho, the most famous poet of the Japanese Edo period.
Ada launching in Japan in ten minutes. I've waited a very long time for this day. Congratulations and thanks to the community there:
A monk sips morning tea,
it's quiet,
the chrysanthemum's flowering.— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) August 24, 2021Morning Crypto Report: Is Shiba Inu (SHIB) a Coin to Hold in December? XRP Refuses to Lose $2 Amid Extreme Fear, Bitcoin Is Inch Away From Santa Rally: Bollinger BandsXRP Scores Yet Another Prominent SupporterCrypto Market Prediction: XRP's Last Chance Before $1, Another Bitcoin (BTC) Wave to Set $100,000 in Stone, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Comeback to the Bottom is PossibleEthereum’s Buterin Advocates for Stronger Crypto
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