The past week of cryptocurrency news from Japan has included a poll of customers on their thoughts of digital assets, a new Lisk base, net losses from fiscal year 2019 for Bit Flyer, two new collaborations on blockchain securities and a new startup in blockchain that has managed to secure a lot of funding for its project.

GMO Coin Users Have Chosen Bitcoin Over XRP GMO Coin, which is a cryptocurrency exchange under the GMO umbrella, conducted a poll this week. The survey asked users to explain which cryptocurrency asset they think has the most promising future. The survey had 1,578 respondents who are all users of the exchange. Of respondents, 47 percent said Bitcoin was their top choice. XRP came in second place, and Ethereum was the third place choice. In a similar poll from 2019, XRP was the top asset chosen by exchange users. About 70 percent of the exchange customers listed holding assets as their reason for being involved in cryptocurrency exchanges.

Lisk Opens in Tokyo The cryptocurrency asset project Lisk, which trades under LSK, has created a new base in Tokyo. The new activities will happen there. The center was created by the Lisk Foundation. The goal is to solidify its place within Japan. Binary Star joined the Lisk Foundation in April 2020.

Bit Flyer Reports 2019 Losses The cryptocurrency exchange Bit Flyer, which is located in Tokyo, finished last year in negative territory. In 2019, it lost about $6,967,574, in United States dollars. For 2018, it had generated a profit of $49,552,350.

LayerX Gets Millions in Investments Blockchain firm LayerX released its capital investment totals on Thursday. It received $27,833,187 in invested funds. LayerX has the backing of large firms, including an entity of Yahoo. One of its partners said that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light several issues in Japan. They noticed a need for bringing physical processes into the digital world as a way to reconstruct infrastructure.

Fujistu and BOOSTRY Successfully Test New Technology Fujitsu, a computer company, and blockchain firm BOOSTRY have created a collaboration to test trading for digital securities.