There are around 12,100 crypto tokens that have effectively ceased trading this year, according to a report from data provider Nomics. Check: Crypto live prices These assets without a pulse are the ...
Crypto oracles are a blockchain vulnerability no one’s talking about
Many crypto industries quietly depend on oracles, the data feeds that smart contracts tap into. Startups are challenging dominant player Chainlink, saying they can do it cheaper, more transparently, ...
Apollo holds crypto for clients as it expands in digital assets
Apollo Global Management Inc has begun holding cryptocurrency on behalf of its clients through a partnership with digital asset platform Anchorage Digital, in a major push by one of the world’s ...
Hong Kong’s Crypto-Friendly Plans Get Mixed Reviews From Billionaires And Industry Players
Hong Kong said that it would adopt a welcoming approach to digital assets on Monday as it seeks to regain its status as a global cryptocurrency hub, but the message received a mixed reaction from ...
Hong Kong to explore legalizing retail crypto trades in reversal of previous proposal
Hong Kong has proposed allowing retail investors to trade in cryptocurrencies and crypto exchange-traded funds and plans to conduct pilots in NFT issuance and CBDC.
Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Lost Nearly $190 Million in TerraUSD Drop
Embattled cryptocurrency lender Hodlnaut downplayed its exposure to the collapsed digital-token ecosystem created by fugitive Do Kwon yet suffered a near $190 million loss from the wipeout.
This Japanese startup wants to become the moon’s very own FedEx
An intensifying US-China space rivalry and Elon Musk’s ambitious Mars programme have fired up scores of startups across the world chasing lucrative contracts, as humans race for resources that could ...
Japan has tools to smooth out yen moves, says ex-finance ministry exec
Japanese authorities cannot control yen levels with currency intervention but they have various tools to smooth out volatile moves driven by speculators, former top finance ministry bureaucrat Yasushi ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Monthly Bill for Propping Up Yen Comes to $43 Billion
TOKYO—Japan spent more than $40 billion in October to prop up the yen, an effort that has had some success but remains hampered by Washington’s lack of interest in stemming the dollar’s rise. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s JBIC to offer JERA $674 million of loans for LNG
The state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said on Monday it would offer 100 billion yen ($674 million) in loans to JERA, Japan's biggest power generator, to help secure liquefied ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks close at highest since Sept. 20; China’s factory activity contracts
Shares in the Asia-Pacific were mostly higher on Monday as China factory activity missed expectations, and as the market looks ahead to the U.S. Fed meeting this week. ( read original story ...)
2 teens arrested for allegedly stealing 30 mil. yen in violent home invasion in Osaka Pref.
Two minors have been arrested over an alleged violent home invasion in which a 75-year-old woman was tied up and some 30 million yen (about $ ... ( read original story ...)
‘XR’ technology facility to open in Tokyo
People in Tokyo will soon be able to experience the latest in immersive digital tech at a new facility. The technology is known as cross-reality or XR. It combines virtual and augmented reality ... ( read original story ...)
Visitors to Korea Town in Tokyo mourn Itaewon victims
Visitors to a Tokyo neighborhood widely known as Korea Town have expressed sorrow over the Halloween crowd crush in the Itaewon entertainment district in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday night. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s JBIC to offer JERA $674 mln of loans for LNG
The state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said on Monday it would offer 100 billion yen ($674 million) in loans to JERA, Japan's biggest power generator, to help secure liquefied ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei 225 Up 1.8% on Wall Street Cues, Earnings Results
The Nikkei 225 opened higher Monday on Wall Street cues and rose to the close, finishing up 1.8% as tech stocks gained on earnings season results, and a soft yen aided export issues. The benchmark ...