The federal government has placed more emphasis on tax reporting in recent years for investors in bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
“Maybe other countries wouldn’t have done it, but Tokyo did it.”
In My Tokyo we hear from a US-based photographer and a French radio reporter about their experiences and memories of covering the Summer Olympic Games and exploring the city itself. ( read original story ...)
‘PayPal for Crypto’ wannabe Ramp raises $52.7M Series A round led by Balderton Capital
In the same way that PayPal and Stripe radically changed online payments by allowing any online service to embed payments, the race is on to have the same impact on crypto assets. To this end, players ... ( read original story ...)
An Amazon crypto scam left its victim with a $45,000 bill
Fancy getting a $45,000 bill for work you didn’t do? That’s what Jonny Platt found when his AWS account got hacked by an unscrupulous cryptocurrency miner. ( read original story ...)
CoinMarketCap glitch lists bitcoin at $799 billion, but Coinbase beats that astronomical price as its own crypto data goes nuts
Tweets showed bitcoin's price on CoinMarketCap at $799 billion per coin, giving it a market value of $14.7 quintillion. ( read original story ...)
Nine Videos That Defined Crypto In 2021
Winklevoss Twins Talk NFT’s And The End Of Social Networking As We Know It 4:26 How A Battle Between Wall Street And Reddit Users Made GameStop GME +7.9% Stock Skyrocket 10:34 The Richest Person Under ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Wealth Is Minting The Next Generation of Super Spenders
There’s a surge in asset values, from stocks to real estate and contemporary art, and even more importantly, there’s a significant impact from cryptocurrency wealth that could benefit luxury-goods ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto ads banned by UK watchdog for failing to highlight risk
The U.K. advertising watchdog banned seven cryptocurrency ads on Wednesday and said they must not appear again. ( read original story ...)
News updates from December 13: UBS fined €1.8bn by French court in tax evasion case, US Covid cases hit 50m, England…
California has become the latest US state to announce it will reinstate its indoor mask mandate in an effort to tame a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases since Thanksgiving. The mandate, which takes effect ... ( read original story ...)
Government to pay damages over suicide linked to Moritomo Gakuen scandal
The decision to pay around ¥100 million ends the suit between the state and plaintiff and ensures the process leading to the alteration of the documents will not be revealed. ( read original story ...)
Parks’ Nagoya, Ramos’ Toyama continue winning ways in B.League
Nagoya and Toyama continued their winning ways in the Japan B.League on Wednesday. The Diamond Dolphins blasted SeaHorses Mikawa, 82-65, to pick up their sixth win in ... ( read original story ...)
Parks, Nagoya dominate Mikawa as Javi GDL, Ibaraki falter late
Ray Parks shines anew for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins as Javi Gomez de Liaño continues to play limited minutes for the Ibaraki Robots ... ( read original story ...)
Ramos, Toyama squeak past Aquino’s Shinshu; Parks scores 13 in Nagoya’s win vs Mikawa
Dwight Ramos and the Toyama Grouses got the better of Matt Aquino and his Shinshu Brave Warriors, 92-75, on Wednesday in the 2021 Japan B.League. ( read original story ...)
Universal Studio Japan and tourism bodies in Osaka will jointly draw up a tourism strategy
Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau and The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed an agreement on tourism regeneration in Osaka to draw up tourism vision and strategy. ( read original story ...)
Neeraj Chopra’s Tokyo gold will broaden the base of athletics: Coe
World athletics head Sebastian Coe says it's time for India to use Neeraj Chopra's feat as an opportunity to want to stage big-ticket events in the country ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo police ramp up patrol of electric kick scooters (Video)
Tokyo police have ramped up their patrol of electric kick scooters as accidents and traffic violations involving the vehicle are on the rise in the Japanese capital. [© Nippon TV ... ( read original story ...)