Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins heads to Capitol Hill Thursday for his confirmation hearing amid worries about the politicization of the agency.
Citigroup hiring dealmakers in Japan with fee pool seen reviving
TOKYO] Citigroup is expanding its investment banking team in Japan as the Wall Street firm bets that the country’s deal fee pool will finally rebound after a two-decade slump. Read more at The ...
TOKYO GAS Co., Ltd.: Action Policy Toward Continuous Corporate Value Enhancement
FY25 marks our 140th anniversary and the final year of our current Medium-Term Management Plan (MTMP). As we reach this milestone, we are reaffirming our commitment to continuous corporate value ...
Trump’s SEC pick pledges ‘rational’ crypto regulations
Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump's pick to run the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pledged on Wednesday that regulations under his leadership would benefit the crypto sector and prevent politics from "stifling" capital formation,
99% of Crypto Tokens Are Going to Zero: Fund Manager
Money managers in crypto are able to use trading strategies that stopped working in TradFi more than a decade ago.
I Went Undercover in Crypto’s Answer to Squid Game. It Nearly Broke Me
The Game, a winner-takes-all contest where hundreds of players try to finesse and backstab their way to claiming a $140,000 cryptocurrency prize.
GameStop’s crypto pivot boosts shares of one-time retail investor favorite
GameStop jumped on Wednesday as the shares that were once at the center of "meme stock" trading frenzy caught investor attention again with the video game retailer making its move into ...
Best Crypto Presale of 2025? Whispers of Tier-1 Exchange Support Fuel Investor Frenzy
Could the best crypto presale of 2025 already be here? With whispers of Tier-1 exchange support fueling investor frenzy, these latest presales have grabbed the ...
Stock market today: World markets are mixed after a slow day on Wall Street
World markets are mixed after a day of subdued trading on Wall Street. U.S. futures edged lower and oil prices advanced.
Japan’s Nikkei rises as investors weigh possible flexibility on tariffs
Japan's Nikkei share average rose 0.7%, closing at 38,027.29 due to investor optimism over potential flexibility in U.S. tariff policies. Semiconductor-related shares and the yen's softness bolstered ...
Asian stocks mostly higher on Wed: Nikkei up 100 points, Hang Seng recovers
Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street. Investor sentiment was lifted by growing expectations of early interest rate cuts by the US Federal ...
Japan’s Nikkei rises as Trump signals flexibility in new US tariffs
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday as investors held on to hopes that U.S. President Donald ...
Japan’s Coincheck Launches Corporate Crypto Custody Service
Coincheck, the Japanese, NASDAQ-listed crypto exchange, has unveiled a new cryptoasset custody services platform for corporate users.
Trump’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture to launch stablecoin
Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial crypto venture will launch a dollar-pegged stablecoin, it said in a statement on Tuesday, after raising more than half a billion dollars from selling a separate digital token.
No evidence behind video claim Japan offloading billions in US Treasurys
In March 2025, online videos accurately claimed that the country of Japan was threatening to offload billions of U.S. Treasurys in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs. In ...
Incoming SEC chair Paul Atkins owns up to $6 million in crypto-related assets—though no Bitcoin
Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump’s Solana and Cardano, that it alleged were unregistered securities. The SEC also targeted celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan for promoting tokens, among other individuals.