Tokyo stocks end mixed Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei sagging while the broader Topix hit a 30-year high, following the Bank of Japan's decision to confine purchases to only Topix-linked ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Minister Aso asks ‘how long’ he has to wear masks as pandemic lingers
TOKYO -- Finance Minister Taro Aso took aim at face ... by Aso concerning prolonged coronavirus countermeasures. Regarding Japan's plans to lift the state of emergency in place for four ... ( read original story ...)
Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev Talks Crypto Growth in ‘Fireside’ Chat
Robinhood is working to expand the capabilities of its crypto trading platform and repair the reputational damage it suffered in the wake of the retail trading frenzy over GameStop, the online ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Market Declines
The Japanese stock market is declining on Friday, with the Nikkei 225 staying just below the 30,000 mark, following the negative cues overnight from Wall Street on another spike in treasury yields. ( read original story ...)
Crypto marketplace OpenSea raises $23 million to be the ‘Amazon of NFTs’
Subscribe to The Ledger for expert weekly analysis on fintech’s big stories, delivered free to your inbox. When CryptoKitties roared onto the scene in 2017, most people regarded the collectible ... ( read original story ...)
Takung Art, Sino-Global Higher on Crypto-Related Reports
Takung Art jumped amid talk the Chinese-based online art trading platform will dive into the crypto art game. Sino-Global is launching an NFT exchange. ( read original story ...)
Game on: Blank-check firm, advised by athletes, seeks $250 mln in U.S. IPO
March 18 (Reuters) - A blank-check firm that counts athletes Patrick Mahomes, Naomi Osaka, and Robert Lewandowski among its advisers is looking to raise $250 million through a U.S. initial public ... ( read original story ...)
Real crypto traders would never buy bitcoin without this $51 device on Amazon
When it comes to crypto trading, the first rule of cryptocurrency is anything can happen. The value of bitcoin and other crypto can fluctuate dramatically at the drop of a hat. Sometimes ... ( read original story ...)
High-net-worth millennials are disrupting the art market with crypto
Millennial art investors are digitally reshaping the art market. They're more likely to buy online, and they've spent millions on NFT crypto art. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin jumps 8% to $60,000 after Fed keeps policy steady and Morgan Stanley offers crypto funds
D'Anethan said: "It seems that people are buying globally, nudged by Meitu, a Hong Kong listed company, buying yet another $50 million worth of crypto and, overnight, the news that Morgan Stanley will ... ( read original story ...)
Visa Taps Deeper Into Bitcoin Through New Global Partnership With Crypto.com
Today, payment and cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced a global partnership with Visa that also includes principal membership in Visa’s network in Australia. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 4-Japan to lift Tokyo area emergency on Sunday but warns against complacency
TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - Japan will lift the coronavirus state of emergency in the Tokyo area on Sunday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, while the capital's governor warned citizens not to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo University of the Arts: Art Fes 2021
Tokyo University of the Arts (Taito-ku, Tokyo, President: Kazuki Sawa) will hold an online art festival of the artists from our university (including current students) suffering the impact of Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin rises 6% to flirt with $60,000 after Fed keeps policy steady and Morgan Stanley offers crypto funds
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Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks raises $133 million
The company provides several products that let you store, transfer and issue digital assets. In particular, Fireblocks provides custody to institutional investors — it currently stores $400 billion in ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of New York Mellon Invests in Crypto Startup
The price of bitcoin is skyrocketing, driving a rally of momentum trading that's pushed its value higher than it's ever been before. WSJ explains how bitcoin trading works, and why the volatile ... ( read original story ...)