Category: FINANCE

Bitcoin and other crypto may be off of all time highs, just set earlier in 2021 in most cases, but that is not bad news for crypto adoption and development. Starting in the second half of 2020 and ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese retail sales rose at the fastest pace in five months in March. Australian consumer prices rose just 0.6% in the first quarter. ( read original story ...)

Japan and Nepal this week signed a Rs1.1 billion agreement to upgrade medical equipment and public hospitals , including MRI, CT scan , digital x-ray , and mobile x-ray . the hospitals include Human ... ( read original story ...)

Under the legislation, wealth managers known as Spezialfonds would be able to invest up to 20% in digital assets. ( read original story ...)

The social media platform's first quarter 2021 earnings report made no mention of an investment in the cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)

The Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 is headed to the US Senate after passing in the House. It would create a public-private working group for crypto. ( read original story ...)

For new managers in foreign countries, many things can be surprising. For Jean-Marc Gilson, the newly-arrived head of a 90-year-old Japanese chemical giant, it was an absence that stood out. ( read original story ...)

The "Shark Tank" investor suggested NFTs, DeFi, smart contracts, and other emerging uses for crypto could fuel demand going forward. ( read original story ...)

Bitkraft Ventures has teamed up with the blockchain advisory firm Delphi Digital to invest in blockchain and crypto projects. ( read original story ...)

New-York-based blockchain infrastructure company Paxos raised $300 million in Series D investment round. The company is now valued at $2.4 billion. ( read original story ...)

Ripple is considering listing its shares publicly after the settlement of the ongoing dispute with the US financial market regulator over the status of XRP. ( read original story ...)

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on April 28 hosted a reception for Masahiro Yoshimura, General Manager of Business Development Department at Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), who is ... ( read original story ...)

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he's giving his answers to callers' stock questions at rapid speed. ( read original story ...)

A push by Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, to offer tokens tied to the performance of popular U.S. stocks is drawing the attention of Germany’s financial regulator. ( read original story ...)

Shoemaker, Allbirds, is reportedly in the process of interviewing banks as they prepare to go public, according to a report in the New York Times DealBook. ( read original story ...)

Athletes and their close contacts will have daily coronavirus tests at this summer's Games, Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimoto says. The statement came as Olympics officials held top-level talks, during ... ( read original story ...)