Bitcoin’s weekly gains currently stand at just over 4.0%. Meanwhile, altcoins are outperforming, indicative of buoyant crypto sentiment. As a result, Bitcoin’s crypto market dominance is on ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Exchanges Hunker Down as Everything Goes Wrong in India
India’s largest digital assets exchanges are bracing for a drawn-out crypto winter — one with some unwelcome local twists. ( read original story ...)
West Point Company come together to clean up the city
Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi is closing out their "World Environmental Month" with a pick-up day in the city. ( read original story ...)
Osaka court sides with 7-Eleven in franchise contract termination case
The Osaka District Court dismissed a lawsuit claiming 7-Eleven Japan Co unjustly terminated its contract with a convenience store franchisee over his decision to stop late-night operations. The court ... ( read original story ...)
Soaking up technology: Ex-engineer using IT to revitalize Tokyo bathhouse amid pandemic
A long-established bathhouse in the capital's Shinagawa Ward has undergone changes to become a hot spot thanks to a man who took over the fam ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s biggest chipmakers from Toshiba to Sony brace for engineer shortage
Japan’s biggest semiconductor makers from Toshiba to Sony are warning that the government’s push to revive its domestic chip industry is being threatened by a shortage of engineers. The anticipated ... ( read original story ...)
Werner Herzog: my hunt for the truth about the lost soldier of Japan
In 1944, during the Second World War, the Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda was posted to an island in the Philippines and ordered not to surrender. His mission was ... ( read original story ...)
Boon or bane? Japan’s LDP boosts support among older voters
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is riding strong support into the upper house elections on July 10, thanks to its growing popularity among older voters who appear to like that Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Athletics-Reigning world champion Lyles, Tokyo medallist Thomas advance in 200 metres
World champion Noah Lyles overcame a recent COVID-19 diagnosis to scorch the men's 200 metres preliminaries at the U.S. championships on Saturday, while Tokyo bronze medallist Gabby Thomas and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nihonbashi bridge to see light again with expressway removal
Nihonbashi bridge will see the light of day again in fiscal 2040, with work commencing to remove an expressway over the historic landmark in Tokyo. Metropolitan Expressway Co said the elevated ... ( read original story ...)
Another day, another crypto heist: Hacker steals $100 million from Harmony blockchain bridge
That's the latest haul from yet another successful crypto heist carried out by hackers finding a weakness to exploit. Harmony, a blockchain bridge that helps facilitate transfers between different ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto winter is here. Triangle investors know many companies won’t survive.
As a major downturn hits the cryptocurrency world, Triangle investors say they are still bullish on the digital assets even as values plummet and companies go into survival mode. ( read original story ...)
Next-gen GPU prices will all come down to crypto. Should you wait to buy?
GPU prices are finally at normal levels, but a new generation is looming on the horizon - one that could bring with it another shortage if crypto soars. ( read original story ...)
Singapore Regulator Praises Leaders of Crypto Firms Like Binance
Just days after saying Singapore is “brutal and unrelentingly hard” on bad behavior in the crypto industry, Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer at the city’s regulator, struck a cordial tone. ( read original story ...)
U.S. crypto firm Harmony hit by $100 million heist
U.S. crypto firm Harmony said on Friday that thieves stole around $100 million worth of digital coins from one of its key products, the latest in a string of cyber heists on a sector long targeted by ... ( read original story ...)
Japan IPOs plunge 30% in biggest drop since 2009
New stock market listings in Japan are on track to fall 30% from a year earlier in the first half of 2022 as a confluence of global factors makes international investment scarce. As of Thursday, 37 ... ( read original story ...)