The price of Bitcoin hit record highs after President-elect Donald Trump's win. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse explains why the crypto industry poured millions into super-PACs ahead of the election.
How Long Will the Trump Crypto Boom Last?
As a pro-crypto Administration prepares to take power and crypto investors cheer, there are some parallels with the dot-com boom of the late nineties.
Memory chipmaker Kioxia prices IPO in Japan, raising $800M – report
Private equity firm Bain Capital-backed Kioxia raised about 120B yen (around $800M), including an overallotment, in its IPO in Japan, Reuters reported. Kioxia, which is among the world's largest ...
Japan’s Q3 GDP growth revised higher to 0.3% Q/Q and 1.2% on annualized basis
Japan’s economy grew by 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the three months to September, surpassing the preliminary estimate and market expectations of 0.2%, the final figures revealed. This marked the ...
Options Giant Optiver Bets Japan’s Market Is About to Boom
Optiver is expanding its derivatives empire in Japan, where it aims to boost a single-stock options market that has so far been virtually non-existent.Most Read from BloombergA Chicago Skyscraper ...
Japan’s Kioxia prices IPO in middle of range, raising $800 million
TOKYO (Reuters) -Bain Capital-backed chipmaker Kioxia's initial public offering has raised 120 billion yen ($800 million) including an overallotment after shares were priced in the middle of their ...
Stock market today: Asian shares slide, with Korean benchmark down 2.5%, after Wall St hits records
Shares are mostly lower in Asia, with South Korea's benchmark down 2.3%, after U.S. stocks rose to records on Friday
Bank of Japan could hike rates as early as next week: Capital Economics
Marcel Thieliant, Asia-Pacific head at Capital Economics, says a rare interview by Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda saying that a rate hike is "approaching" should be taken as a strong signal that ...
Bain-backed Kioxia to set IPO price as deals hit eight-year high
The memory company, which is set to debut Dec. 18 on the Tokyo bourse, last week set a price range from ¥1,390 to ¥1,520.
Japan’s football talent takes Europe by storm
The number of Japanese football players (both men and women) in major European leagues has surpassed 100, a 90% increase in five years. Success on the international stage has encouraged overseas clubs ...
Japan gov’t submits draft extra budget to Diet for economic package
Japan's government on Monday submitted to parliament a draft supplementary budget for fiscal 2024 worth 13.9 trillion yen ($92.7 billion) to finance a new economic package aimed at easing ...
Who were the 2024 election’s “crypto voters”?
A leading cryptocurrency executive told 60 Minutes crypto's success was not just because of the enormous amount of money the industry spent on ads. It was also because people they described as "crypto ...
Crypto industry spent big during the election. How it might impact Washington.
Crypto companies contributed a third of all direct corporate contributions to super PACs this election, supporting dozens of candidates.
At Gulf bitcoin gathering, Trump family and allies to bask in crypto industry’s euphoria
Several key players in President-elect Donald Trump's new cryptocurrency venture head to Abu Dhabi on Monday for the largest bitcoin gathering in the Gulf region as the digital currency sets record ...
3 Policy Measures Crypto Advocates Should Focus On In 2025
On the other hand, and acknowledging that many crypto policy advocates celebrate the lack of a U.S. CBDC, the pace of change in legislative circles is likely to lead to some levels of frustration ...
Japan revises Q3 GDP higher on capex and exports
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's economy expanded in the July to September period at a faster pace than initially reported, thanks to upward revisions in capital investment and exports.