Threat actors are piggybacking on the hype created by Crypto.com being an official FIFA sponsor and Binance having partner with Cristiano Ronaldo promote soccer-themed non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Now, ...
Here’s why is Telegram building a crypto wallet and exchange
Popular messaging platform Telegram is gradually branching closer to the Web3 and blockchain sectors. In a post on Wednesday, the founder of the messaging app ...
CFTC commissioner proposes new tiered crypto regulations for retail investors
CFTC commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero called for crypto regulations that clearly defined retail investors at a conference in Singapore. The terms came when retail investors were crying foul from ...
Socios boss’ goal? To knock crypto out of the park
Socios boss Alex Dreyfus dreamed up fan tokens as a way to engage with a team’s global fanbase — there are 253 million Manchester United fans in China alone!
FTX’s Rapid Demise Stokes Fight Over Who Will Regulate Crypto Exchanges
If one of the chief US financial watchdogs has his way, the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX will shift into high gear a push to make his agency the main Bitcoin regulator and give it oversight of ...
Indian crypto industry group writes to govt for ‘strong regulations’
A group representing the Indian cryptocurrency industry has written to the finance ministry to ensure "strong regulations" ahead of Union Budget 2023, 'Business Standard' was told. The volatility in ...
Japan seeks to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP
Meanwhile, Boing announced Japan has awarded it a contract for two further KC-46A tankers, bringing its fleet to six. ( read original story ...)
MP tied to key Osaka party bids Japan nod local IR this year
An Osaka MP who heads the Japan Innovation Party – linked to the Osaka Restoration Association, that conurbation’s lead political grouping – has called on the country’s go ... ( read original story ...)
The Crypto Emperor’s New Clothes
The collapse of several crypto platforms this year – including the spectacular crash of the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX – has raised fundamental questions about the credibility of a ...
Crypto still enjoys the backing of institutional investors
If authoritarian Beijing has failed to stop Bitcoin – even in the current market – it will be almost impossible elsewhere, says Nigel Green. The post Crypto still enjoys the backing of institutional ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends higher on Fed chair’s rate hike remarks
Japan benchmark Nikkei stock index closed higher Thursday tracking Wall Street higher overnight after US Federal Reserve Chairman ...
Japan’s finance minister makes most explicit warning against yen slump, economic fallout
JAPAN'S finance minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday the damage to the economy from a weakening yen at present is greater than the benefits accruing to it, making the most explicit warning against ...
Why Japan finds it so hard to digitally transform
The nation’s leaders are battling to change a static workplace culture that's still in love with fax machines and floppy disks ... ( read original story ...)
Japan begins power saving scheme amid supply concerns over possible crunch
Japan on Thursday began a power saving scheme in a bid to ensure ... through March, reports Xinhua news agency. The government and utilities are offering a point reward program to households who sign ... ( read original story ...)
Japan expresses concern over Russia-China joint bomber flight
Japan has voiced its concerns to authorities in Russia and China via diplomatic channels over joint patrols of the two countries’ warplanes near Japan’s territory on Wednesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary ... ( read original story ...)
Japan begins power saving scheme amid supply concerns
Japan on Thursday began a power saving scheme in a bid to ensure a stable electricity supply throughout the winter months amid concerns over a possible power crunch. ( read original story ...)