The frustration, in crypto circles, is with the idea that the industry is on trial too —that Bankman-Fried’s alleged fraud is emblematic of the hubris and backroom manoeuvring essential to crypto.
Ether heads for a losing week as ETF launch fails to ease regulatory overhang on crypto market
Ether is heading for a losing week even after ETH futures ETFs began trading, which was expected to be a positive catalyst for the cryptocurrency.
US regulators weigh penalizing bankrupt crypto lender Voyager’s ex-CEO – Bloomberg News
Investigators at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's enforcement division have concluded that the co-founder of Voyager Digital broke derivatives regulations before the failed crypto ...
Many factors to consider if foreign-exchange moves are ‘excessive’, Japan finance minister says
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday there were many factors to consider in determining whether moves in the foreign exchange market were "excessive", adding that there were no ...
The Debrief: Tokyo’s Space Startups Win U.S. Business—Is This ‘Japan Inc. 2.0’?
The Debrief: Tokyo’s Space Startups Win U.S. Business—Is This ‘Japan Inc. 2.0’? is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Expo 2025 construction costs now $330m over budget
TOKYO -- The cost of building the venue for World Expo 2025 in Osaka is set to clock in as much as 50 billion yen ($330 million) above the last estimate in 2020, due mainly to rising prices for ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo to drop 2030 Winter Games bid, aim for future race
Sapporo is set to abandon its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics at the request of the Japanese Olympic Committee, and will inste ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo to ditch 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid
Sapporo has decided to walk away from bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, it has been reported. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo to push back Winter Olympics bid to 2034 or later
Sapporo mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto will meet with the Japanese Olympic Committee next week to request the change. ( read original story ...)
I visited Japan and fell in love with the country’s bathrooms
A heated toilet seat was an immediate turnoff, but by the end of her trip, Insider's reporter welcomed the warmth and technology of Japan's bathrooms. ( read original story ...)
Japan coach Joseph makes one change for Argentina showdown
Japan have made a single change for their crunch Rugby World Cup Pool D fixture against Argentina in Nantes on Sunday as Siosaia Fifita comes onto the left-wing for the crucial clash, where victory will seal a quarter-final place. ( read original story ...)
The trials of SBF and DJT: Trump isn’t clean on crypto but he did warn us about it
Two trials – and Michael Lewis’s new book on Sam Bankman-Fried – cast light on the everlasting nexus of power and greed
Bank of Japan steps up bond purchases
In an effort to dampen government bond yields and bolster the yen, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) made unexpected government bond purchases on October 4. The central bank offered to purchase 675 billion yen ...
Visit a pepper-packed tribute to spiciness tucked away in an Osaka food court
When it comes to spicy food, there’s often a trend to push the limits of human pain tolerance and make hotter and hotter varieties of chili peppers. But with so much focus on the brute force of ... ( read original story ...)
IAEA panel will visit Fukushima nuclear plant later this month, Japan says
Japan on Friday said a task force from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit the Fukushima nuclear power plant later this month for the first time since it started releasing the plant's treated radioactive water in August. ( read original story ...)
Argentina picks Carreras ahead of Sanchez at flyhalf for decisive Rugby World Cup game against Japan
Argentina has picked Santiago Carreras ahead of Nicolas Sanchez at flyhalf for the decisive Rugby World Cup match against Japan. ( read original story ...)