Crypto.com, the fast-expanding Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has forged a deal with IG Group to snap up two assets that would give it a foothold in the tightly regulate ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Investors Wanted To Buy The Constitution. Instead, They Birthed Another Hyped-Up Meme Coin
Organizers hoped to avoid falling into the speculative mania that has beset cryptocurrency. They haven't been able to avoid such a fate. ( read original story ...)
Venture Capital Funding for Crypto Companies Is Surging
It has risen more than in any other year, partly driven by the investing arms of large firms already in the crypto industry. ( read original story ...)
Inside Coinbase’s Budding Plan To Become The AWS Of Crypto
For all of the accolades received by Coinbase for not only being the first major crypto firm to go public, but also for doing so via the largest direct listing in history, its revenue base is overly ... ( read original story ...)
I Just Bought Crypto.com Coin. Here Are 3 Reasons Why I Did.
InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Having covered cryptocurrency-related topics for several years across various ... ( read original story ...)
India’s move to ban Bitcoin shows its own crypto ambitions
After months of speculation about the Indian Government's stance on Bitcoin, the country finally looks set to denounce Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies by banning them as recognized domestic ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei rebounds from 8-weeks low
At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average advanced 113.86 points, or 0.41%, to 27,935.62. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 8.39 points, ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan urged to monitor virus situation amid concern over omicron
The Bank of Japan needs to pay close attention to the COVID-19 situation amid heightened concern about the spread of the Omicron vari ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo court ruling on Shiori Ito defamation a step forward against ‘second rape’
A manga artist and two others were ordered in a Nov. 30 ruling to pay damages to journalist Shiori Ito, after the court recognized they defam･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.8 quake hits 79 km southeast of Hasaki, Japan early evening
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred only 19 minutes ago 79 km southeast of Hasaki, Japan, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto.com buys two exchanges from IG for $216 million as it continues to splash the cash
Crypto.com, which earlier this month signed a 20-year deal to re-name the Staples Centre the Arena, is paying $216 million to buy two exchanges from IG Group. will buy Chicago -based Small Exchange ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin to peak at $100,000: Influencer BitBoy Crypto shares his journey into crypto, and explains why one of the worst bear markets ever could happen after the next big run up
Armstrong believes bitcoin can't go to $300,000 too quickly. He explains why $100,000 is the next ceiling to watch. ( read original story ...)
Complaint by Sri Lankan woman’s family accepted
The Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office in central Japan has accepted a criminal complaint filed by the family of a Sri Lankan woman who died at an immigration facility. The complaint is brought ... ( read original story ...)
Shrine in Osaka starts accepting New Year’s visits
A Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, has begun allowing visitors to mark the New Year a month early to prevent overcrowding amid the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s former PM warns China invading Taiwan would be an ‘emergency’ for Tokyo
A Chinese attack on Taiwan would be an emergency for Japan and for its alliance with the US, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has warned, hinting that an invasion could meet the conditions ... ( read original story ...)
The Tokyo puzzle
After soaring to 30,000 daily cases of Covid-19, the number has suddenly plunged to about 200 in Japan. To explain the remarkable turnaround and the contrast with Korea — which saw its daily cases ... ( read original story ...)