Ethereum reaches levels unseen since soon after the merge as the wider crypto market takes a break from the doldrums.
Ether crosses $1,400, Apple tweaks NFT rules, and Alexis Ohanian’s crypto outlook: CNBC Crypto World
CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and ...
Japan pushes for digital personal identification cards despite pushback
Japan has implemented new digital IDs called My Number. The public will be required to sign up or risk losing access to their public health insurance. ( read original story ...)
Stablecoins: A New Key to Success in the Current Crypto Market
You don’t need me to tell you that crypto is way down from the dizzying $3 trillion total market cap set in November 2021. The crypto space has contracted significantly over the past year, to put it ...
Anya cosplayers swarm Tokyo after release of latest ‘Spy x Family’ episode
More than 50 cosplayers dressed as Anya from “Spy x Family” were filmed walking around Tokyo following the release of the hit anime’s latest episode. The reasoning behind the cosplayers’ decision to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘broken’ monetary policy may be on its last legs. What are the risks for global markets if it capitulates?
When the Bank of Japan meets later this week, investors will be watching closely for any signs that Japanese authorities might be preparing to tweak, or perhaps even jettison, a policy of actively ... ( read original story ...)
What’s at stake for global markets if Bank of Japan gives up on holding down bond yields
MARKET EXTRA When the Bank of Japan meets later this week, investors will be watching closely for any signs that Japanese authorities might be preparing to tweak, or perhaps even jettison ... ( read original story ...)
Rising U.S. rates pose biggest risk for Japan but recession unlikely: Reuters poll
The biggest risk to Japan's economy over the next year is a prolonged period of U.S. monetary tightening, although the world's third-largest economy is unlikely to sink into a recession, the majority ... ( read original story ...)
Apple tightens its rules on crypto and NFTs in its App Store
The changes mean that any sort of trading service for NFTs must use Apple’s in-app payment mechanism. Apple takes an up to 30% cut of in-app payments.
Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Target Crypto’s Revolving Door
The lawmakers are concerned about crypto’s “rapidly escalated” lobbying and its potential to “corrupt the policymaking process.” ...
‘It’s even more embarrassing for them that they drive a luxury car’: Woman says she accidentally caught people next to her at restaurant dining and dashing
A woman says she accidentally caught on camera customers dining and dashing at a local restaurant while filming herself eating. While visiting a local favorite restaurant, Sapporo Rivergate in Madison ... ( read original story ...)
Cryptoverse: British pound fiasco boosts bitcoin’s hedge appeal
Representations of Bitcoin and pound banknotes are seen in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends higher on earnings hopes
Japan Nikkei stock index closed higher Tuesday on hopes that the US Federal Reserve will slow the pace of its rate hikes in Decembe ...
The Quality of Japanese Films Is Improving, Says Ichiyama Shozo, Tokyo Festival Program Director
The bold assertion laid out by the organizers of the Tokyo International Film Festival is that this year’s fully in-person edition is not only bigger than before, it’s also better. That ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees BOJ easing and govt FX intervention not contradictory
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday there was no policy contradiction between his ministry's yen-buying to support the currency and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) printing money to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy minister quits over links to Moonies
Japan’s economy minister resigned after failing to tell the truth about his connections with the Unification Church, becoming the most senior victim of a scand ... ( read original story ...)