Category: FINANCE

Risks to Japan's weak inflation outlook are skewed more to the upside, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters, as rising commodity prices, a weak yen and supply shortages brought on ... ( read original story ...)

Trading app Robinhood is experiencing issues with its crypto trading, which is having a “major outage,” and is working to resolve the problem “as soon as possible,” according to its Twitter feed and ... ( read original story ...)

Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about business, finance, and economics. On the menu today: Coinbase’s crypto correlation, another tech IPO, consumer borrowing stalls, and a look back at the ... ( read original story ...)

Robinhood said it was looking into the issue Thursday evening. The company has prompted users' ire before for outages during market rallies. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese stock market is slightly higher in choppy trading on Friday, extending gain of the previous session, with the benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's inability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic means that plans to hold the Olympics in Tokyo should be reconsidered, health experts wrote in a commentary. The 2020 Games, already delayed by one ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy suffered greatly from a shakeout ... it is slowing down slightly." The finance ministry announces trade data at 8:50 a.m. on Monday (2350 GMT Sunday). The core consumer price ... ( read original story ...)

Pakistan and Japan on Thursday reviewed spectrum of business and investment relations, identified areas for further strengthening and expanding economic cooperation between the two countries. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso repeated his claim Friday that it is safe to drink treated radioactive water accumulating at ... ( read original story ...)

Coinbase stock closes down day after landmark Nasdaq debut Coinbase shares whipsawed Thursday, a day after the cryptocurrency exchange went public in a blockbuster direct listing. The firm's stock ... ( read original story ...)

The direct listing of Coinbase (COIN) was a monumental moment for the crypto industry. It marked the first fully regulated and US-based crypto company to become ... ( read original story ...)

From prize wheels to 3% Bitcoin back, here are the ways that fintechs are working crypto into their rewards programs. ( read original story ...)

A survey of 1,000 Americans by MagnifyMoney, a division of Charlotte, North Carolina-based LendingTree, found that 62% of crypto investors believe they'll get rich. ( read original story ...)

Sometimes, making an exception can pay off. That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which typically invests in early-stage startups but veered off course to make a bet on a fast-growing ... ( read original story ...)

Will Coinbase's direct listing suggest that there's less risk and more opportunities for VCs looking to back crypto and fintech startups? ( read original story ...)

Yesterday saw more crypto speculation than any other day in history. By the numbers: Coinbase, the stock, had $30 billion of trading activity on Wednesday alone. That's more than all the ... ( read original story ...)