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Rakuten buys bitcoin startup Bitnet to create a ‘blockchain research lab’

August 20, 2016 Tristan Van Iersel

Rakuten has confirmed that it has acquired the assets of Bitnet, a bitcoin wallet startup it invested in, which will be used to create a ‘bitcoin lab’ for the Japanese retail giant. TechCrunch (18 Aug)