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Optimism about digital assets stoked by Bitcoin’s run to a record high has helped push the overall value of cryptocurrencies to an all-time peak of more than $2.7 trillion. ( read original story ...)

Shinsei Bank on Thursday decided to reject a tender offer from major online financial group SBI Holdings Inc., opening the door to a rare hostile takeover bid in the Japanese financial sector. The ... ( read original story ...)

In its Financial System Report published on Thursday, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said that Japan's financial system is stable as a whole though pandemic is having a big impact on the economy and finance. ( read original story ...)

Australia needs to introduce new regulations for digital asset miners, such as tax discounts and a licensing regime for crypto exchanges, a Senate report said. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin has climbed to its latest high atop a tide of pandemic-era liquidity, speculative bets and expectations of wider adoption by institutional investors. ( read original story ...)

A Republican member of the Securities and Exchange Commission criticized the agency’s approach to regulating the cryptocurrency industry, which Chairman Gary Gensler, a Democrat, has likened to the ... ( read original story ...)

Coconut beverage maker Vita Coco Co. priced its $173 million initial public offering below a marketed range, while a Chicago-area hamburger and hot dog chain sold its shares at the top of its target.M ... ( read original story ...)

ESR Cayman Limited ("ESR" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries as the "Group"; SEHK Stock Code: 1821), the largest APAC focused logistics real estate platform, today announced the initial ... ( read original story ...)

They used those credentials to conduct unauthorized SIM swaps, redirecting their target’s phone number to bypass the two-factor authentication process that is supposed to protect accounts. SIM ... ( read original story ...)

Kioxia Holdings Corp. is delaying its initial public offering to January at the earliest, from a previous plan of an IPO in 2021, Japanese business daily Nikkan Kogyo reported Thursday without citing ... ( read original story ...)

Morgan Stanley is evaluating the BITO crypto futures ETF, which started trading Tuesday, before allowing advisors to offer it to wealthy clients. ( read original story ...)

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has named international aerospace and defense veteran Daniel Zoot as the new Corporate Vice President of L3Harris Technologies Japan. Zoot will establish L3Harris’ ... ( read original story ...)

Republic Capital, the private venture arm of crowd equity platform Republic, last week launched a $60 million seed fund. R/Crypto Fund I will focus on investing in the tokens of early-stage crypto ... ( read original story ...)

While the most severe enforcement against cryptocurrencies came in September, China first banned crypto exchanges in 2017 and Chinese users have been gradually moving towards DeFi. According to ... ( read original story ...)

Launch of the first exchange-traded fund linked to bitcoin draws new investors hoping to bet on the digital asset ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin rallied to a record Wednesday, topping $66,000 for the first time, amid a wave of excitement about how the financial establishment is increasingly accepting the digital currency's rise. ( read original story ...)