For the first time in 17 years, the Bank of Japan has hiked interest rates, up to a range of 0% to 0.1%. In response, the Yen has begun to slide against the US Dollar. The change to the nation's key ...
Bank of Japan Ends Eight-Year Negative Rates Regime; Bitcoin Slides to $62.7K
The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.Bitcoin extended losses following the rate hike even as the yen remained under ...
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund Explores Investment In Bitcoin
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund managing over $1.5 trillion in assets, has announced it will explore diversifying a portion of its portfolio into ...
World’s largest pension fund explores bitcoin as an investment
Japan's government pension fund said it is requesting information on "illiquidity assets" such as bitcoin as part of research into potential new investments.
Crypto’s roaring comeback may be harder to undo: podcast
Bitcoin’s price broke its record, nearly two years after crypto exchange FTX went bust. In this Exchange podcast, Andreessen Horowitz’s Arianna Simpson explains why digital assets and the ledgers ...
Dow Holds Steady and Hang Seng Drops, but Nikkei 225 Rally Continues
Nikkei 225 rallies after Bank of Japan decision It would have required a much more hawkish Bank of Japan (BoJ) decision to unsettle the Nikkei 225. As it was, the move out of negative interest rates ...
Japan stocks choppy, yen slides to 150 after BOJ makes landmark policy shift as expected
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Japanese shares were volatile on Tuesday, while the yen fell to near 150 per dollar after the Bank of Japan in a widely expected move ended eight years of negative interest rates ...
Bank of Japan raises interest rates for first time in 17 years
Japan used years of negative rates — where banks essentially ... told The Wall Street Journal. Yahoo Finance ...
World’s Largest Pension Fund Seeks Information on Bitcoin Under Portfolio Diversification Plan
Japan's state pension fund to explore bitcoin as a potential portfolio diversification tool. The plan, however, does not promise a foray into bitcoin. Japan's state pension fund, the world's largest, ...
World’s largest pension fund explores diversifying into Bitcoin
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest pension fund in the world, is looking at Bitcoin (BTC) as a potential diversification tool. The GPIF officially announced on March 19 the ...
Japan’s $1.5 Trillion Pension Fund To Assess Bitcoin For Diversification
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan, the world’s largest pension fund with assets totaling $1.5 trillion, has officially announced its initiative to explore diversification ...
$300 Billion Crypto Price Crash Suddenly Accelerates As Bitcoin, Ethereum And XRP Traders Brace For A Fed Shock
The bitcoin and crypto market has been turbo-charged by the debut of a fleet of bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Wall Street this year. The new bitcoin ETFs have raked in billions of ...
‘We’re back!’: Inside NYC’s bullish crypto party scene, after Bitcoin hit new all-time $70K high
We are so back,” crowed Bitcoin investor Aubrey Strobel. It was a celebratory “told-you-so” moment last week for Strobel and her ilk, as Bitcoin blew past $70,000 for the first time ...
Japan’s central bank just hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, scrapping the world’s last negative rate
A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm on March 18, 2024, in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko—AP The Bank of Japan scrapped the world’s last ...
Crypto Market In Strong Bearish Grip Before FOMC, Ethereum (ETH) Price Under $3,400
Investors await the FOMC meeting conclusion as sellers take charge of the market. Ethereum price slide further with chances for $3,000.
Bank Of Japan Raises Interest Rates, Abandoning 17-Year Negative Interest Rate Stint — Nikkei Reacts By Dropping Over 200 Points
In a historic move, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has increased interest rates for the first time in 17 years, signaling the end of the world’s last negative rates regime. What Happened: The BOJ announced ...