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Bybit Ethereum Heist Propels Record $2.1 Billion in Crypto Stolen by Hackers So Far in 2025
Around 70% of the $2.1 billion in crypto stolen by hackers in the first six months of 2025 was traced back to North Korea, a new report says.
Chinese video game boom lifts Japanese dubbing studios
TOKYO -- Sound production studios in Japan are enjoying a surge in demand for Japanese voiceovers used in Chinese-made video games.
Busting counterfeits: How customs experts in Tokyo spot fake imports
Suspensions of imports of counterfeit brand-name goods and other such items surpassed 33,000 cases in Japan in 2024, a record high. The estim ...
Homebuyers Could Soon List Bitcoin and Other Crypto as Assets for Mortgage Applications
If and when the rule change goes into effect, it would make it easier for homebuyers who own cryptocurrency to qualify for a mortgage.
Japan launches climate change satellite on H2A rocket’s last flight
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Sunday launched a satellite to monitor greenhouse gas emissions using its mainstay H-2A rocket, which made its final flight before it is replaced by a new flagship designed to ...
‘Huge’ BlackRock Crypto Bombshell Suddenly Hurtling Toward Bitcoin At Key Price ‘Turning Point’
Bitcoin and crypto are braced for a "huge" BlackRock crypto market bombshell that has suddenly appeared on the ...
Tokyo Metro shares surge 45% on debut after Japan’s largest IPO in six years – MSN
The company had raised 348.6 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in the largest initial public offering in Japan in six years. Shares were priced at the top-end of the IPO price band of 1,100 yen to 1,200 yen.
All four pandas at west Japan zoo depart for China
The lease agreement for the four was set to expire in August. Japan's two remaining giant pandas, Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, are at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens and are due to return to China by next ...
The billionaire betting on crypto — and the skeptic betting against him
Michael Saylor earned billions selling company stock to buy bitcoin. Jim Chanos, who famously shorted Enron, thinks that’s “ridiculous.” ...
Japan’s NTT lodges IPO prospectus for US$1.6 bil data centre portfolio
Of the six data centre assets in the IPO portfolio, only one is located in Singapore. This asset is also the only one located on leasehold land, expiring 2070.
Nikkei Hits 40,000 Level as Trade Hopes Fuel Japan’s Stock Rally
Japanese shares rose for a fourth day, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average closing above 40,000 for the first time since January, on trade optimism after the US and China signed a deal and the White ...
Ripple to drop cross appeal against US SEC in crypto lawsuit, CEO says
Ripple Labs will withdraw its cross appeal against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a prolonged legal battle tied to the sale of its XRP tokens, the crypto firm's CEO said on Friday.
Japan’s NTT files prospectus for DC REIT listing on SGX
The IPO could raise up to $1b. Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) has filed a preliminary prospectus for its data centre real estate investment trust, NTT DC REIT, on the Singapore ...
Trump’s World Liberty Gains Another International Crypto Partner
World Liberty Financial Inc. is entering into a partnership with an arm of Re7 Capital, a decentralized-finance hedge fund based in London that is set to receive up to $10 million in investment from ...
DWF Ventures Report Reveals $76 Billion Crypto Treasury Investment by Public Companies
Leading Web 3.0 venture capital firm DWF Ventures has published a research report revealing the growth in crypto treasury investment by public companies.