The cryptocurrency market has dropped below $1 trillion on Wednesday, losing more than $100 billion of value ahead of one of the most-anticipated events in the industry’s history. Dubbed ‘The Merge’, ...
Web3 founders and top VCs break down how blockchain gaming can take crypto mainstream – and explain potential hurdles for widespread adoption
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Japan Nikkei tumbles nearly 3%
Meanwhile, remarks from Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki suggesting currency market intervention weighed on sentiment, compounded by reports that the Bank of Japan conducted a ...
Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 2.78%
Japan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Automobiles & Parts and Textile sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ...
Champions Kawasaki slip up in pursuit of leaders after Nagoya draw
Defending J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale's title defence took a hit on Wednesday as they threw away a lead in a 1-1 draw with Nagoya Grampus. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Student Asks Interviewees “What’s It Like Being Black In Japan?”
A Japanese college student named Takashii creates YouTube videos where he interviews random strangers on a host of different topics. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka shows glimpse of Beyonce’s birthday party in Instagram post
In a post on Osaka’s Instagram, the four-time Grand Slam winner and Cordae are pictured in a photo booth print-out, with the words “Beyoncé’s 41st Birthday” clearly writt ... ( read original story ...)
Japan warns of intervention, BOJ conducts ‘rate check’ amid yen fall
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Wednesday issued his strongest warning yet about the yen's sharp drop against the U.S. d ...
Yen Rallies as Japan Intervention Threat Hangs Heavy Over Market
The yen rebounded from near a 24-year low on signs the Bank of Japan is preparing an intervention to prop up the currency. Most Read from BloombergUS Inflation Tops Forecasts, Cementing Odds of Big ...
Kaszek, YC back DolarApp’s mission to ‘dollarize’ Latin America’s finances with crypto
With DolarApp, users can open a bank account going from peso to dollar dominated stablecoin USD Coin (USDc) and back in seconds.
Afghanistan’s Crypto Lifeline
Apart from the Hawala system, an informal money transferring service popular across the Middle East and South Asia, crypto has become one of the only ways to reliably send money in and out of ...
Daily Dozen | Forbes: Crown Closures; Inflation Stings Investors; Crypto’s Deep Freeze
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Japan’s Shinsei inches up Latitude Financial’s register
Shinsei Bank helped get Latitude’s float away last year, now it’s picking off stranded institutional investors.
Fed angst keeps stocks on edge, yen jumps on Japan intervention hint
World stocks were stuck in a sea of red on Wednesday as markets braced for an even more aggressive U.S. Federal Reserve to tame inflation, and the yen jumped as Japan gave its strongest signal yet ...
Yokohama’s Heather Adelman: Grow People to Grow the Business
As a former college athlete, Heather Adelman is competitive by nature. She’s always striving to get to the next level, adding to her skillset and isn’t afraid to pick up the work when things need to ... ( read original story ...)
These are the latest additions to Greater Tokyo’s logistics supply
Nearly 1.7m sqm of new space was introduced in H1 2022. In Greater Tokyo, nearly 1.7 million sq m of new logistics space was introduced to the market in the first half of 2022, indicating that the ... ( read original story ...)