写真 | 2018年 01月 13日 04:30 JST

Japan's "Virtual Currency Girls"

Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their debut stage event in Tokyo.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their demore

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their debut stage event in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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The Japanese pop group hopped on the bitcoin bandwagon on Friday, dedicating themselves to singing and dancing about the cryptocurrencies that have taken the world by storm, and especially their homeland.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

The Japanese pop group hopped on the bitcoin bandwagon on Friday, dedicating themselves to singing and dancingmore

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

The Japanese pop group hopped on the bitcoin bandwagon on Friday, dedicating themselves to singing and dancing about the cryptocurrencies that have taken the world by storm, and especially their homeland. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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In their debut, the eight "Virtual Currency Girls", or Kasotsuka Shojo in Japanese, cavorted in maid costumes with frilly skirts and full-face professional wrestling-style masks with fuzzy pom-pom ears, extolling the virtues of decentralized digital currencies such as bitcoin.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

In their debut, the eight "Virtual Currency Girls", or Kasotsuka Shojo in Japanese, cavorted in maid costumes more

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

In their debut, the eight "Virtual Currency Girls", or Kasotsuka Shojo in Japanese, cavorted in maid costumes with frilly skirts and full-face professional wrestling-style masks with fuzzy pom-pom ears, extolling the virtues of decentralized digital currencies such as bitcoin. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Each group member adopted the guise of a different cryptocurrency, offering a brief self-introduction to 20 fans gathered at the venue in downtown Tokyo.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Each group member adopted the guise of a different cryptocurrency, offering a brief self-introduction to 20 famore

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

Each group member adopted the guise of a different cryptocurrency, offering a brief self-introduction to 20 fans gathered at the venue in downtown Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Then they launched into "The Moon, Cryptocurrencies and Me", a stirring anthem incorporating lines such as "Be careful about your password! Don't use the same one!" to warn against the dangers of trading cryptocurrency.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Then they launched into "The Moon, Cryptocurrencies and Me", a stirring anthem incorporating lines such as "Bemore

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

Then they launched into "The Moon, Cryptocurrencies and Me", a stirring anthem incorporating lines such as "Be careful about your password! Don't use the same one!" to warn against the dangers of trading cryptocurrency. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Japan and South Korea are home to some of the bigger digital exchanges, with investors piling in as growth in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies soared last year, provoking regulators' concerns.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan and South Korea are home to some of the bigger digital exchanges, with investors piling in as growth in more

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

Japan and South Korea are home to some of the bigger digital exchanges, with investors piling in as growth in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies soared last year, provoking regulators' concerns. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their demore

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their debut stage event in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their demore

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their debut stage event in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their debut stage in Tokyo.

REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their demore

Reuters / 2018年 1月 12日 Friday

Members of Japan's idol group "Virtual Currency Girls" wearing cryptocurrency-themed masks perform in their debut stage in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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