On the back of an unprecedented surge that saw bitcoin cross $65,000, crypto-friendly Silvergate Bank, which counts major crypto exchanges Bitstamp, Coinbase, Gemini and Kraken as clients, has turned ... ( read original story ...)
Venmo launching crypto feature to buy and sell Bitcoin, other digital currency
Venmo, the digital payments app owned by PayPal announced a crypto option, which would allow its users to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)
Breaking down the moves in crypto
Najah Roberts, Crypto Blockchain Plug, on what's happening in the cryptocurrency market. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Guy Adami, Tim Seymour, Karen Finerman and Dan Nathan. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei closes down nearly 2%
Tokyos benchmark Nikkei index closed down nearly two percent Tuesday weighed down by falls on Wall StreetThe Nikkei 225 index fell 19 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post to sell part of Australian logistics company
Japan Post Holdings will sell off a part of Australian logistics company Toll Holdings to an Australian investment fund for around 1 billion yen ($9.2 million), Nikkei has learned, absorbing a massive ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka seeks virus emergency after ongoing alert steps fail
Japan’s western metropolis of Osaka has decided to ask the government to declare a state of emergency in the region after ongoing alert measures failed to control the spread of a more contagious ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Osaka seeks tougher virus state of emergency
Japan’s western metropolis of Osaka has decided to ask the government to declare a state of emergency in the region after ongoing alert measures failed to control the spread of a more contagious ... ( read original story ...)
Japan accuses Chinese military hacker over cyberattacks
A Chinese computer systems engineer who was working for the People’s Liberation Army hacked into as many as 200 Japanese companies and organisations, including the country’s space agency, prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake in Japan: 5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Miyagi Prefecture
Earthquake in Japan: 5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Miyagi Prefecture - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological ... ( read original story ...)
Italy Moves to Save Tourism; Osaka’s Rapid Spread: Virus Update
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces growing criticism for holding large election rallies as the country’s health system reels from a deadly wave of cases. Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka seeks new Covid emergency amid looming Olympics
TOKYO: Japan’s third most populated region on Tuesday asked the central government to impose a state of emergency over the coronavirus as infections rise just three months before the country hosts the ... ( read original story ...)
New state of emergency possible in Osaka
The Japanese government may be edging closer to declaring another state of emergency, based on a request from the western prefecture of Osaka. ( read original story ...)
Decision on domestic spectators for Tokyo Olympics may come in June – Mainichi
A decision on limits for domestic spectators for the Tokyo Olympics may not be made until June, the month before the scheduled start of the games, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Tuesday. A ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent Move on Japan’s Rakuten to Draw Japan, U.S. Scrutiny -Kyodo
Authorities in the United States and Japan will jointly monitor Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc after a unit of Tencent became a major shareholder on concerns about customer information leakage ... ( read original story ...)
South Korean Students Shave Heads in Protest Over Japan’s Nuclear Waste Water Plan
South Korea university students gets their heads shaved during a protest against Japan?s decision to release contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, in front of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Brewery Recreates Feudal-Era Sake
A sake brewery in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has recreated a sake beloved by feudal warlords including the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate launched in the early 17th century. You are now ... ( read original story ...)