Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that he “expects the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to guide policy appropriately taking prices and the economy into account.” He said that “specific ...
Ethereum upgraded to a new blockchain infrastructure. What does that mean for the crypto market?
Here's a rundown on Ethereum's 'Merge,' and how it has brought on new pressure from the US Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Japan’s Inflation Hits 31-Year High, Creating Headaches for BOJ
Japan’s inflation quickened to the fastest pace in over three decades excluding tax-hike distortions, creating headaches for the central bank this week as it seeks to explain why it needs to continue ...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Regains $19K and Ether Rises as FOMC Meeting Nears
Both assets are likely to remain in a tight trading range, at least until the Federal Reserve announces its latest interest rate hike or some other catalyst appears.
Crypto Market Toys With Billionaires Saylor and Novogratz, Coinbase
"#Bitcoin is money that won't fail you stored in a bank that can't rob you." -- Michael Saylor This is one of the messages that the crypto billionaire and evangelist posted on Twitter on Sept. 18, ...
Watch Out For Crypto Scams Linked To the Queen
Security analysts have already seen fake or fraudulent crypto tokens and non-fungible tokens or NFTs named after Queen Elizabeth II being sold in the marketplace in an attempt to lure unsuspecting ...
Crypto market cap teeters above $900B as bitcoin falls
Following August’s worse-than-expected U.S. inflation data and the completion of Ethereum’s major software transition last week, the total market capitalization of crypto assets sold off by 15% in the ...
Ether Slips After Much-Anticipated Merge Completion | More Crypto Regulation Coming
However, in what appeared to be an instance of buy the rumor, sell the news, ether quickly lost its modest 3% gain that immediately followed the Merge and continued to fall on Thursday. As of Friday ...
U.S. Treasury Seeks Comment on Crypto’s Illicit Finance Risks
The U.S. Treasury Department is seeking public comment on the possible illicit finance and national security risks posed by the use of digital assets, as part of the agency’s mandate under President ...
Crypto donor dead set on preventing the next global pandemic gave millions to Trump-backed candidates who opposed COVID regulations to court MAGA base
Nascent political donor Ryan Salame only cares about getting pandemic preparedness advocates elected. Three of his picks so far fail that simple test.
Osaka court rules against state in lawsuit over school operator
Kimura, an assemblyman of Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, had sought 110,000 yen in damage compensation from the government. In June 2016, the Finance Ministry’s Kinki Local Finance Bureau sold the ...
Politicians, Not the Usual Bureaucrats, Take the Reins on Web3 in Japan
Japan's political leaders want to take the country into the Web3 era without the bureaucratic slog that’s typical for the nation’s policymakers. So far this year, a handful of politicians have been ...
President Biden Gives Crypto a Bitter Taste of What Lies Ahead
And with everything else, the administration is pushing for a digital dollar, a kind of digital twin of the dollar, at a time when China has taken a step ahead on this issue. Unsurprisingly, the ...
US Treasury asks regulators to take more action against crypto scams
The Treasury Department is keenly aware that crypto scams and hacks remain serious problems, and it's pressuring the rest of the US government to respond. As The Washington Post notes, the Treasury ...
White House Publishes First Framework for Crypto Regulation
The resulting report did not establish any new laws but gave a clearer picture of how crypto regulations in the U.S. will be handled.
Bitcoin Tumbles To 3-Month Low As Dollar Extends Gains, Highlighting Risk Aversion
With the dollar extending gains against its global peers, and interest rates on the rise, crypto markets are seeing a noted September pullback.