Binance said Monday that it is temporarily pausing bitcoin withdrawals "due to a stuck transaction causing a backlog." At first, Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a tweet that the issue ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto VCs say the frenzy to invest in Web3 startups at any cost is cooling off. Here’s where they now see opportunity.
Web3 startup funding is getting less frenzied as the crypto market falls, VCs told Insider at the Consensus conference. Some are shifting their focus. ( read original story ...)
Crypto lender Celsius halts withdrawals due to ‘extreme market conditions’
Transfers also ‘paused’ between Celsius accounts as value of digital asset market slips below $1tn ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto.com says it will lay off 260 employees, joining the downsizing wave hitting crypto exchanges
Crypto.com paid $100 million to have Matt Damon as its spokesperson and spent a reported $700 million to rename LA's Staples Center. ( read original story ...)
Crypto firm Celsius pauses transfers, withdrawals as markets tumble
Bitcoin extended earlier declines after Celsius’s announcement, falling more than 6% to as low as $24,888, an 18-month low. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei posts biggest drop in over 4 months on U.S. inflation woes
"Japan has some positive cues and its fundamentals are relatively firm, with reopening of the economy and the weakened yen," Mitsui said.The volume of.. ( read original story ...)
Japan philanthropic group begins fund raising for Ukrainians
A Japanese foundation announced Monday it is launching a fundraising drive to provide more than 1,200 Ukrainian evacuees in Japan with additional financial support for language studies and other needs ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 cases in Tokyo under 1,000 for 1st time in 5 months
Tokyo confirmed 960 new COVID-19 cases on June 13, down 53 from a week ago, marking the first day since Jan. 11 that the daily tally dropped below 1,000. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 960 more coronavirus cases on June 13, 1st time under 1,000 since Jan.
Japan's capital recorded 960 more COVID-19 cases on June 13 after seeing 1,546 infections the day before, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government a ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo cases fall below 1,000 for first time in five months
Tokyo recorded 960 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with the daily tally falling below 1,000 for the first time since Jan. 11. The 960 cases were down by 53 from a week before, marking a week-on-week ... ( read original story ...)
A third of social recluses are in their 40s and 50s, Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward finds
The ward’s survey also showed that 1 in 4 hikikomori had isolated themselves from society and not participated in any social activities for at least a decade. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Investor Enters US Market
A joint venture of MC Real Capital Partners and Tokyo Trust Capital acquired The View on Nob Hill Apartments, a 416-unit community in Elmsford, N.Y. ( read original story ...)
Is Japan’s reopening to tourists triggering a series of ‘kamikaze car’ attacks between ‘yakuza’ gangs?
One analyst believes the escalating violence is an attempt by the Yamaguchi-gumi to eliminate a rival by absorbing its members before Japan reopens its borders to tourists. ( read original story ...)
Japan has opened the door to Ukrainians. Its tech sector may get a boost in return.
Businesses are taking note of prewar efforts in Ukraine to improve its tech capabilities, and some see lessons for Japan as it attempts to level up its own digital economy. ( read original story ...)
The biggest crypto scams of 2022 (so far)
Join Mashable as we take a mid-year breather to look back at everything that's delighted, amazed, or just confused us in 2022 (so far). We're only six months into 2022 and billions of dollars in ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin briefly drops below $25,000 as $150 billion wiped off crypto markets over the weekend
Factors including rampant inflation and an imminent interest rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve, along with an issue at Celsius, are behind the sell-off. ( read original story ...)