US Senator Sherrod Brown blasted the deluge of crypto ads that aired during the Super Bowl. He said the ads did not address numerous risks to investors when trying to woo newcomers. "But the ads left ... ( read original story ...)
Ukraine crisis: Russian warships in waters off Japan are a warning to Tokyo against siding with US, experts say
READ FULL ARTICLE “This deployment is very unusual in both its scale and timing,” said James Brown, an associate professor of international relations specialising in the Russian Far East at the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
SG’s Q Investment Partners to launch new fund to back real estate assets in Japan
Japan is Asia Pacific’s most developed multi-family market ... Separately, QIP is developing a 381-bed co-living property in the heart of Chicago, which is partially funded by a $14.5 million ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank mulls $8 bln margin loan as part of Arm IPO – Bloomberg News
For Arm, banks are planning to pitch IPO valuations of more than $50 billion, the report said. SoftBank did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The Japanese conglomerate acquired ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Seeks $8 Billion Margin Loan as Part of Arm IPO
This isn’t the first time Son has linked IPO mandates to margin loans. In 2018 it lined up commitments for a loan of $9 billion for its Vision Fund, provided by advisory firms including arrangers of ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Women’s Marathon Announces The Elite Athletes Competing For The World’s Biggest Marathon 1st Prize Of US$250,000
The race will be the first time in history that the sport of world marathon running will offer its highest first prize for women rather than men The Nagoya Women’s Marathon announced today that it ... ( read original story ...)
World Champ Chepngetich to battle it out for world’s biggest marathon first prize
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 16 – World champion Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich will battle it out with top elite athletes for a whooping Ksh28.4 million ($250,000) at the Nagoya Women’s Marathon to be held March 13 ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes Fast Facts
An estimated 181 people are killed. March 11, 2011 – A 9.1-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, causing a massive tsunami. The quake’s epicenter was 231 miles ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese, UK leaders agree to continue diplomatic efforts on Ukraine: Tokyo
Tokyo [Japan], February 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his UK counterpart, Boris Johnson, have reaffirmed during a phone call on Wednesday their intention to continue ... ( read original story ...)
Is a Crypto Bubble Hiding in Plain Sight?
Digital currencies like bitcoin and ethereum, the two largest cryptocurrencies by market value, have had meteoric ascents since 2019 that has left some under the impression that the entire crypto ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s Gone Mainstream; Here’s What Comes Next
Crypto has entered a new phase of its existence: It’s gone mainstream. As investors, that means we need to start asking different—and sometimes harder—questions. Here’s what I mean. For much of the ... ( read original story ...)
Colorado will accept crypto for payment of state taxes by the summer, with drivers’ and hunting licenses to follow, Gov. Polis says
"We expect by this summer to accept crypto for all of our state tax-related purposes," he said on "Crypto World". "And then we plan to roll that out across all state government for things ... ( read original story ...)
Belarus to let law enforcement inspect a register of crypto wallets linked to criminal activity, under the president’s new decree
Belarus is set to bring in rules enabling its authorities to track crypto wallets linked to illicit activity. President Lukashenko signed a decree Monday that also allows the free circulation of ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto crime wave accelerates as report finds thousands of ‘whales’ hold $25 billion in stolen funds
These whales — crypto slang for online wallets with large holdings — have amassed $25 billion in stolen or scammed cryptocurrency between them. These criminal accounts now make up 3.7% of all the ... ( read original story ...)
Walmart’s Crypto Plans Might Be ‘Misguided’, Analyst Says
"At the moment, some crypto payments companies or exchanges with payments cards can allow transactions in ethereum," Mishunin said, "but these are converted and received as Dollar by Walmart." He ... ( read original story ...)
2021’s crypto bull market made criminals much richer
The most lucrative crime was theft — 93 percent of the funds in criminals’ crypto wallets were made up of stolen coins worth $9.8 billion, according to the firm. To find these numbers, Chainalysis ... ( read original story ...)