Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei topping the 30,000 threshold for the first time in five months, on continued hopes for a possible economic stimulus under a new ruling ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM candidate Kishida calls for $270 bln-plus stimulus package -media
Fumio Kishida, a key contender to succeed Yoshihide Suga as Japan's prime minister, called for compiling a stimulus package of over 30 trillion yen ($273 billion) to cushion the economic blow from the ... ( read original story ...)
Solana Leads Massive Altcoin Rally As JPMorgan Warns Crypto Markets Are Looking Bubbly Again
Bitcoin's market share is sitting at "uncomfortably low" levels—a historical sign of market frothiness, JPMorgan analysts warned Monday. ( read original story ...)
U.S. ends Tokyo Paralympics with best gold-medal rank in 13 years and bevy of highlights
While China won both the total- and gold-medal counts for the fifth summer Paralympic Games running, the United States had its own top-three finish worth celebrating in Tokyo. The U.S. contingent ... ( read original story ...)
Government Watchdog Alarmed by Kim Kardashian’s Crypto Plug
The head of the U.K.’s financial regulator warned that influencers are selling unsuspecting consumers on junk. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Kioxia favours IPO over Western Digital merger offer-paper
Japan's Kioxia Holdings Corp, the world's second-largest maker of NAND flash memory chips, plans to push ahead with an initial public offering (IPO) rather than a stock merger with Western Digital, ... ( read original story ...)
“Home Funding” is the least considered among retirement and education, but prepared cost is highest, averagely 21.19 million JPY in Japan
A result of survey was announced by one stop real estate platform service "RENOSY" provided by GA technologies Co.,Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato City, Tokyo; CEO: Ryo Higuchi; Securities Code: 3491; "the ... ( read original story ...)
Elizabeth Warren says crypto services are ‘spinning straw into gold’ – and blasts them as the new shadow banks
The Democratic senator from Massachusetts also brought up the prospect of banning US banks from holding cash deposits backing up stablecoins. ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange FTX quickly starts charging users $500 to mint their own NFTs after being spammed with images of fish
FTX launches an NFT marketplace that lets users mint and sell their own digital items, with cross-chain selling between ethereum and solana, only to find it swamped with submissions. ( read original story ...)
Big in Japan: BrewDog teams up with Asahi in drive for international sales
Brewdog has teamed up with Japanese beer giant Asahi to establish its first international joint venture, in a bid to boost sales ahead of an expected London IPO. ( read original story ...)
CryptoCodex: Crypto Price ‘Extreme’ Greed As Bitcoin Gears Up For A Big Week And An NFT Bombshell
Solana, one of the many ethereum rivals jostling for attention, has now climbed to the seventh spot among the world’s top 10 largest cryptocurrencies, after its price has tripled in about three weeks, ... ( read original story ...)
UK regulator says celebrities such as Kim Kardashian are putting investors at risk by pushing unknown crypto tokens
Unsuspecting consumers are regularly being lured into crypto scams by social media influencers, the chair of the UK's FCA said. ( read original story ...)
Binance will end all crypto trading in Singapore dollars after a clampdown by the local regulator
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it will limit products in Singapore dollars and will stop all online communication operations in the country. ( read original story ...)
Venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains his ‘metaverse’ vision, touts Apple and Facebook, and trumpets crypto in a new interview. Here are the 14 best quotes.
Gaming companies are leading the way in creating virtual worlds that bring together myriad technologies, Ball said. ( read original story ...)
BrewDog teams up with Asahi to launch joint venture ‘BrewDog Japan’
It is the first international joint venture for Britain’s biggest craft brewer and comes ahead of a planned IPO ... ( read original story ...)
Shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy raises $935 mln after pricing IPO at the top of the range
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has raised $935 million after pricing its IPO at the top of its indicative range, with much of the proceeds set to fund investments in new technology. ( read original story ...)