Japanese-Korean game maker Nexon buys Bitcoins for $100 million

Slowly, one by one: Nexon is the first Japanese company to jump on the trend of shifting parts of its cash reserves into Bitcoins. At the gaming company, a strategy behind the investment is becoming apparent.

Originally a Korean developer studio, Nexon may be one of the fastest-growing companies in gaming. It focused early on the “free to play, pay to win”…