Japan DeFi Alliance
About JDA
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Basic Info
Organization Name: DeFi Alliance
Establishment: June 30, 2021
Founder: Tomohiro Tagami (CEO at Techtec Co.,Ltd.)
URL: https://www.jda-defi.org/
Contact: office@jda-defi.org
Address: 1-8-1 Nihonbashi-kayaba-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo-to 103-0025 Japan
Terms: here
Objective
This organization advocates the spread of DeFi, the development of a business environment related to DeFi, and the establishment of a user protection system through the mutual exchange and sharing of knowledge among its members. In addition, the organization aims to develop the industry by actively fulfilling its social responsibilities and conducts the following activities to achieve its objectives.
(1) Research, development and operation of businesses and services related to DeFi
(2) To collaborate, exchange information and cooperate with DeFi related organizations and businesses in Japan and overseas
(3) Various activities to create business opportunities related to DeFi
(4) Consulting related to DeFi
(5) Collaboration and exchange of opinions with relevant domestic ministries and agencies on matters related to DeFi
(6) Cooperation with criminal investigations related to DeFi and establishment of a communication system for response
(7) To advocate interaction and information exchange among DeFi-related businesses, to hold study sessions, and to organize related events
(8) All other activities to achieve the objectives of the Organization
Annual Report
Organization
Contributors
発起人 / 代表理事
発起人 / 代表理事
Founder
Tomohiro Tagami
Techtec Co.,Ltd. CEO
After working at TeamLab and Recruit Holdings, he founded Techtec Co.,Ltd. CEO. Techtec is involved in blockchain business in the education and finance domains. In October 2020, the company raised Japan's first DeFi-related funding. The Japan DeFi Alliance was established in February 2021 to create an environment for the development of DeFi services from Japan.
Advisor
Kathleen Chu
Global Communications Lead Polygon
Kathleen joined Polygon in 2021 after spending two years leading the Maker Foundation’s activities in Japan. She co-founded Yasashi DeFi in 2019 and has been an active member of MakerDAO. Before joining Maker, Kathleen had been a journalist at Bloomberg in Tokyo for more than ten years, covering real estate and investing. During her tenure with the news agency, she took on additional roles, including deputy bureau chief.
Advisor
Taisuke Horitsugi
Kyber Network Japan community manager
In 2018, he joined Kyber Network, a DeFi protocol in Singapore, as Japan Manager. He is in charge of the Japanese market to advocate the adoption and diffusion of the liquidity protocol in DeFi, and also organizes "Yasashi DeFi", a community activity to learn DeFi.
Advisor
Mayumi Hara
FRAME00 CEO
Dev Protocol is a unique decentralized protocol made in Japan that rewards both creators and supporters through staking, and realizes the world's first sustainable incentive model.
Advisor
Sato Taishi
Digital Entertainment Asset Pte.Ltd.
At Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, he was involved in the origination of derivative products in the market division. After working as an accounting consultant at EY and Deloitte, where he was involved in international taxation and business transfer valuations, he joined DEA, where he led the development of token economy formulas, alliances with DeFi projects, and the launch of public chain products.
Advisor
Noritaka Okabe
JPYC CEO
2001 Founder of Real Unreal while a student at Hitotsubashi University, Director after serving as Representative Director/Director and CTO. 2017 Co-founded Real World Games, and served as Director CTO/CFO before becoming a Director. 2019 Founder of Japan Crypto Asset Market (now JPYC). 2020 Chairman of BCCC Game Committee, Director of Links Inc. 2021 Visiting Professor at iU College of Information Management and Innovation, Director of BCCC.
Advisor
Keiichi Hida
Blockchain Strategic Policy Institute Co., Ltd. CEO
He met Bitcoin in April 2013. He joined the Japan Authority of Digital Assets (JADA), which was launched in September 2014, as Executive Director and founding member. In April 2016, it was reorganized into Japan Blockchain Association (JBA). Active as Secretary General until October 2018. In January 2022, he established Blockchain Strategic Policy Institute. In January of the same year, he became an advisor to the JBA.
Advisor
Junya Izumi
Chiba Univ. of Commerce Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Tax Law. Chiba Univ. of Commerce. Part-time lecturer at Chuo University Business School. Research advisor of Accord Tax general Institute. Since 2018, he began researching crypto asset taxation and has published a series of books and papers on the subject every year, including comparisons with tax systems in other countries; he has also worked on AI and tax law and robot taxation.
Advisor
Kenji Yanagisawa
Yanagisawa and Company
After graduating from Keio University with a master's degree in economics, he worked at Arthur Andersen Tax Office and KPMG Tax Corporation before going independent. He specializes in international taxation and organizational restructuring. He is the youngest person ever to receive the 2007 Japan Tax Research Award (for tax accountants) for his paper on nonresidents, "Taxation of Uncertainty. In 2011, he began building OneAsia, a network of accounting firms in Asian countries, to support the overseas expansion of Japanese companies. Since 2017, he has supported dozens of Japanese crypto startups in their overseas expansion.
Legal Advisor
So & Sato - Innovative Lawyers
Tax & Accounting Advisor
TwoCubes
Subcommittee
The establishment of a subcommittee in JDA requires a resolution of the forum.
Stablecoin
Established: December 28, 2021
Chairman：JPYC CEO Noritaka Okabe
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