The No. 1 token's price briefly topped $23,000 for the first time since Aug. 19, 2022, according to data from CoinGecko.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s favored tokens, `Sam Coins’, have doubled in price as crypto market stages a comeback
Digital coins supported by Sam Bankman-Fried while he ran FTX have surged in value this month even as questions about the future of the crypto exchange persist.
Crypto lender Nexo fined $45 million for violating securities law
According to the SEC’s order, Nexo started offering the EIP around June 2020 and marketed the product as a means for investors to earn interest on their crypto assets. The agency alleges that Nexo ...
Marc Newson unveils “trustworthy and sincere” public toilet in Tokyo
Industrial designer Marc Newson has created a public toilet topped with a traditionally shaped copper roof in Shibuya as part of the Tokyo Toilet project. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Revengers Season 2: Will Hakkai Shiba Leave Toman?
Hakkai Shiba is one of the strongest members of Toman, but will he really leave the gang and join Black Dragon in Tokyo Revengers? ( read original story ...)
Tokyo might get its first snowfall of 2023 on Tuesday January 24
And while it’s rare for Tokyo to get snow, the forecast says otherwise. We might just get our first official snowfall of 2023 on4. Some areas within Tokyo have already experienced some very light snow ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo’s new cases fall week-on-week for sixth straight day
The number of severely ill patients under the metropolitan government's criteria fell by one from Sunday to 36, while 30 deaths linked to the virus were reported on Monday. ( read original story ...)
It’s ‘now or never’ to stop Japan’s shrinking population, PM says
Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the country's declining birth rate, saying it was "now or never" for one of the world's oldest societies. ( read original story ...)
Plastic pirouettes: Japan’s recycled bottle ballet – in pictures
Ballet, draws attention to a global pollution crisis with its unusual set and wardrobe design. Resembling space-age creatures with PET bottles strapped to their bodies, dancers including US guest star ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s finance minister warns of severe finances as BOJ struggles to contain yields
Japan's public debt is more than double its annual economic output, by far the heaviest burden in the industrialized world. ( read original story ...)
Even ‘Sam Coins’ Have Soared in Crypto’s Swift $250 Billion Jump
The crypto rebound has gained so much speculative vigor that even tokens torpedoed last year by their dependence on discredited mogul Sam Bankman-Fried have rallied, with some more than doubling this ...
The Crypto Crackdown Is Just Getting Started
There was much mirth online when the US Justice Department announced the arrest of crypto exchange Bitzlato’s founder last week. Unpronounceable, unknown and unlike any of the far bigger fish (like ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends higher as yen’s retreat lifts tech issues
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index ended higher Monday, tracking gains on Wall Street late last week, with a weak yen helping to lift technology stocks. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 352 ...
Japan’s finances are becoming increasingly precarious — Suzuki
Japan’s finances are becoming increasingly precarious, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki warned on Monday, just as markets test whether the central bank can keep interest rates ultra-low, allowing the government to service its debt.
Beyond Tokyo and Osaka: How to spend your trip in Central Japan
It may not draw the same number of tourists as Osaka and Tokyo, but Nagoya and its nearby regions are worth the visit ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise for 2nd day as weaker yen lifts techs
Tokyo stocks advanced for a second straight session on Monday, lifted by buying in technology shares on a weaker yen amid expectation ... ( read original story ...)