The Bank of Japan will probably scale back and extend its special Covid funding program, but the decision is unlikely to be announced next week as the omicron variant poses uncertainties, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Global systemic importance set to rise for China banks, fall for Japan lenders
China’s top four banks are likely to increase their global systemic importance, while Japan’s megabanks are set to see their global influence decline in coming years as their overseas strategies ... ( read original story ...)
The crypto trends a16z is betting on
Venture fund a16z has been a longstanding proponent of crypto, from its early investment in Coinbase eight years ago. Here are the crypto companies and trends a16z is betting on next. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Derivatives Maintain Strong Demand, Exec Says
That will hold true in a bear market when it comes to price discovery, a crypto exec says. Welcome to The Ask, where each week Crypto Investor interviews essential voices doing the work to make crypto ... ( read original story ...)
Ledger to launch crypto debit card
Ledger is the latest crypto company working on a debit card that connects directly with a crypto wallet. The company unveiled plans to launch its own debit card called the Crypto Life card at its ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Firm Polygon Makes $500 Million Buy for Ethereum Push
Crypto platform Polygon is buying startup firm Predicate Labs, the developer of the Mir blockchain protocol, in a deal valued at about $500 million as part of a broader strategy to help expand ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Meme Machine Kicks Into Gear After Congressman’s Joke
During a House Financial Services Committee hearing on crypto Wednesday, Sherman appeared to reference a story of an old woman who swallows bigger and bigger animals to catch the previously swallowed ... ( read original story ...)
MicroStrategy took advantage of the crypto sell-off to add 1,434 bitcoin to its stash in the last week
MicroStrategy said it added to its crypto trove, purchasing 1,434 bitcoin. Some of the purchase came during last weekend's brutal crypto sell-off. ( read original story ...)
TheSpiceDAO And The $3 Million Crypto Plot To Liberate Jodorowsky’s “Dune”
The director’s lavish vision proved too much for Hollywood studios, but an ether-backed collective has vowed to bring it into public view at last. ( read original story ...)
BlackRock’s ETFs have the scale. The next front? Keeping up with a generation obsessed with crypto and meme-stocks.
Salim Ramji, head of Blackrock's ETFs, expects the firm to add 100 million clients in five years, including through innovative new products. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin’s Biggest Corporate Investor Has Spent Nearly $500 Million Buying Bitcoin As Crypto Markets Lost $700 Billion In Value
MicroStrategy, the data analytics firm helmed by billionaire bitcoin bull Michael Saylor, disclosed on Thursday a second batch of bitcoin purchases during the crypto market's latest rout, revealing it ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin miners have returned to the record activity they had before China’s crypto crackdown—but they are still looking for a home
Bitcoin mining is approaching a near complete recovery since China’s crackdown on the crypto industry earlier this year. ( read original story ...)
A California democrat’s joke during Wednesday’s crypto hearing has spurred the creation of ‘mongoose coin’
Will mongoose coin always have a value?' Sherman said at the hearing. 'I don't know. I just made it up. It's a joke.' ... ( read original story ...)
Meta is allowing some WhatsApp users to send and receive money with its nascent Novi crypto wallet
The move expands a pilot program of Novi, which lets users send money internationally without fees. WhatsApp and Novi are part of Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook. Some users of the ... ( read original story ...)
MapmyIndia IPO subscribed 200% on first day of initial offer
The IPO of C.E. Info Systems Ltd, the parent of digital mapping company MapmyIndia, got subscribed more than two times on the first day of the offering. ( read original story ...)
Tencent Cloud and Japan Airlines Announce Collaboration on Smart Transportation Solutions Ahead of Post-Pandemic Inbound Demand
Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of a global leading internet and technology company Tencent, today announced its collaboration with Japan Airlines (JAL), Japan's flag carrier, providing the "Smart ... ( read original story ...)