Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are among institutional investors bidding to participate in the IPO of MapmyIndia. ( read original story ...)
Japan Moves to Impose New Regulations on Stablecoin Issuers: Report
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is reportedly moving to introduce legislation in 2022 to limit the issuance of stablecoins to banks and wire transfer companies. ( read original story ...)
Gender Bonds Haven’t Been a Big Hit Globally, but a Japanese Bank May Change That
Gender financial bonds to support women have been sold since 2013, but they haven’t exactly taken off like wildfire. Now the Japan International Cooperation Agency is one of the first public ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s financial regulators may propose legislation in 2022 restricting stablecoin issuance
According to The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), one of the world's largest financial newspapers and the entity behind the Nikkei 225 stock index, Japan's Financial Services Agency, or FSA, will ... ( read original story ...)
Stablecoins to face new restrictions in Japan
Japan will limit the number of issuers of cryptocurrencies like Tether that are backed by reserve assets, such as the dollar or the yen, joining the U.S. in considering tougher restrictions on a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tables supplementary budget for US$320b
THE JAPANESE government has tabled a supplementary Budget bill in parliament, asking for a record 36 trillion yen (US$320 billion) to partially finance its latest economic package. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Version Of SPACs Floated
SPACs have become all the rage in North America, but have yet to make a big splash in Asia. ( read original story ...)
Blockchain Security Solution Provider CYBAVO Selected to Participate in Tokyo Financial Award
Blockchain security firm CYBAVO has been selected as a participant for the Tokyo Financial Award, Financial Innovation Category. Chosen from a pool of 88 applicants, CYBAVO is one of the 16 companies ... ( read original story ...)
Japan E-commerce Payment Market Report 2021-2026 Featuring Rakuten Group, Suica, PayPal, Origami, & merPay
Industry Trends, Share, Insight, Growth, Impact of COVID-19, Opportunity Company Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. ( read original story ...)
The Titans of Crypto? Coinbase Has Company in These Competitors
While Inc.'s Company of the Year, Coinbase, has become the de facto king of crypto trading, it has plenty of competition. Among the hundreds of companies facilitating crypto trading are ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase Brought Crypto to Main Street. Now Brian Armstrong Wants to Be Your Banker
Inc.'s Company of the Year has proved that cryptocurrencies can work like national currencies, and that the digital economy doesn't need the U.S. dollar at all. Here's why that's important--and why it ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin’s weekend carnage sends jitters through the crypto markets
Over a one-hour stretch on Saturday, when the stock markets were closed, the price of Bitcoin plunged by nearly $10,000 to $42,296. There's the typical headwinds of Omicron and Fed tightening, ... ( read original story ...)
Marathon Digital, Riot Lead Crypto Stocks Lower as Bitcoin Sinks
Stocks exposed to cryptocurrencies plunged in premarket trading on Monday as Bitcoin’s retreat from the record high it reached last month ballooned to nearly 30%. ( read original story ...)
BitMart: Crypto-exchange loses $150m to hackers
Crypto-currency exchange BitMart says hackers have stolen about $150m (£113m) worth of tokens from its "hot wallets". Those affected, one storing Ethereum and one Binance Smart Chain tokens, "carry a ... ( read original story ...)
From How To Get a Raise to Investing in Crypto: The Financially Savvy Female’s Top Columns of the Year
GOBankingRates launched "The Financially Savvy Female," a column dedicated to empowering women to take control of their finances. We believe that financial literacy can help women ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto has had a rough few days. The biggest test is still to come, Morgan Stanley strategists say.
Putting the last week’s events to the side, crypto is heading to a challenging time — a Federal Reserve rate-hike cycle. Morgan Stanley strategist Michelle Weaver said it’s one of the four major ... ( read original story ...)