Exchanges

Rakuten Has Launched Its Own Cryptocurrency Exchange

Japan’s e-commerce giant Rakuten has announced the launch of its new cryptocurrency Exchange, Rakuten Wallet. Rakuten Wallet supports BTC, ETH and BCH, more cryptocurrencies will be added in the near future.

As per the announcement, Rakuten customers’ assets will be held in “cold wallet” to ensure safety, private keys will be managed through a multi-signature scheme, and that two-step authentication is also enabled for logging in and withdrawing funds. It also keeps customers’ funds separate from its own funds.

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