Facebook’s long-term stablecoin project, Diem, is finally shutting down. On Monday, an outside investment firm, Silvergate Bank, confirmed it was buying $182 million worth of Diem assets from the tech ... ( read original story ...)
A Look at Tom Brady’s Crypto/NFT Heavy Post-Retirement Second Act
Tom Brady retired from the NFL Tuesday, but his post-retirement life looks to be heavily involved in NFTs and cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Industry Hopes Looming Legal Brawl Will Thwart SEC’s Regulation Push
The booming cryptocurrency sector’s complaints that Washington has gone too far in cracking down on its unregulated products are getting tested in a lawsuit targeting digital coin XRP. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura Q3 net profit drops 39per cent as pandemic-era trading boom slows
Nomura Holdings Inc, Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Tuesday a 38.7per cent drop in quarterly net profit as the pandemic-era trading boom waned.October-December profit came ... ( read original story ...)
Ray Parks, Nagoya out for entire February as postponements mar schedule
Positive coronavirus cases and the upcoming window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers force the Japan B. League to alter its schedule ... ( read original story ...)
Billionaire Saylor’s MicroStrategy Bought $25 Million In Bitcoin During Last Month’s $500 Billion Crypto Market Crash
Despite the SEC cracking down on how it's accounting for its massive crypto stash, the data analytics company helmed by staunch bitcoin bull Michael Saylor keeps buying more. ( read original story ...)
Amber Group Acquires DeCurret Inc., a Crypto-Asset Exchange Service Provider Registered with Japan Financial Services Agency
"Japan holds tremendous strategic value as a significant crypto finance market, and we are proud to be integrating the best of both WhaleFin and DeCurret as we expand our presence in the country. ( read original story ...)
Amber Group Procures DeCurret Inc. Enabling Its Entry to Japan’s Crypto Market
Amber Group has procured DeCurret Inc., a crypto-asset exchange service provider, which is registered with the Japanese Financial Services Agency. ( read original story ...)
New semiconductor fabs in Japan to go online in 2022-2024
in funding for Japan's local IC manufacturing industry, the majority of which would finance cutting-edge chip manufacturing production capacity. The subsidies also target analog ICs and power ... ( read original story ...)
SAPPORO BEER to Celebrate the Year of the Tiger
The Lunar New Year officially kicks off on February 1st. Many people that celebrate the Year of the Tiger will be looking for the best beers to drink as they exchange their lucky red envelopes and ... ( read original story ...)
The Thirteenth Day
Can you say Yokohama? I can. Yokohama. There, see? When the passengers boarded the Beryl Empress in Yokohama Harbor, none of them—none of us—expected to be there longer than it would take for everyone ... ( read original story ...)
The Japanese Internet Reacts To Sega Leaving The Arcade Business
Sega’s arcade history is coming to a close. In fall 2020, Sega sold off 85 percent of its arcade business to Tokyo-based Genda. Now, the company has sold off its remaining stock, and Genda is removing ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto and tech stocks bombed, crude soared. Here are the markets’ biggest winners and losers for January
January was a month of paradoxes for investors. Consider this rollercoaster ride: Stocks closed the month on a hot streak with the S&P 500 notching its best two-day rally since 2020. But for the ... ( read original story ...)
Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets
Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. Nestcoin, a company founded last November that builds, ... ( read original story ...)
The political economy of crypto
Harmless fad, pernicious fad, or here to stay? ( read original story ...)
India budget 2022: Digital rupee and crypto tax announced
India is planning to launch a digital version of the rupee, becoming the latest country to join the rush to create state-backed virtual currencies. ( read original story ...)