Japan and Saudi Arabia are expected to agree on joint investment to develop rare earth resources during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to the Middle East starting Sunday, Nikkei reported.
Crypto scores a key legal victory in long-running regulatory feud
The crypto industry notched a crucial win in its battle with regulators Thursday when a judge ruled that Ripple Labs did not violate federal securities law by offering its XRP token on public ...
Nippon Ishin wins Nara governor election, first outside Osaka
OSAKA--Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) gained its first governor’s post outside its stronghold of Osaka Prefecture while winning double elections on its home turf. In neighboring Nara ...
Crypto court victory reignites power struggle with Gensler’s SEC
Judge Analisa Torres in New York ruled Thursday that Ripple Labs did not violate U.S. securities laws in $1.4 billion in sales of its XRP token.
We Already Have “Regulatory Clarity” For Crypto
The Howey Test and American innovation are working just fine. What we need are not better laws, but principled regulators.
Crypto Industry Celebrates Ripple Ruling Declaring Tokens Were Not Securities When Sold to Public
On Thursday, a federal judge declared that Ripple’s token, XRP, does not constitute a security under conditions like secondary market sales, but was an unregistered security when the firm sold it to institutional investors in the past.
Can A Second Passport Help You Dodge The U.S. Crypto Crackdown?
For cryptocurrency investors in the U.S., life has gotten more difficult lately. Here's what you can do about it.
Is Japan poised for an economic revival?
A more basic criticism by The Economist is that the rhetoric of the new capitalism represents a misdiagnosis of Japan’s economic ills: “It has barely budged since the 1990s. Growing inequality is less ...
It’s like 2021 again as crypto altcoins soar as much as 66%
Solana's SOL and Cardano's ADA tokens rose by 33% and 23%, respectively, while Polygon's MATIC and Algorand's ALGO coins are up 20% and 14%.
The issue with crypto regulation is ‘the lack of clarity’, says Coindesk’s Emily Parker
Emily Parker, Coindesk executive director of global content, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of crypto in the U.S., why she thinks other foreign countries are now rolling out the welcome mat ...
Analysis: Bank of Japan in a bind as price pressures heighten case for early policy tweak
The Bank of Japan is caught in a dilemma with growing prospects of sustained inflation heightening the case for an early tweak to its yield control policy, despite Governor Kazuo Ueda's reassurances ...
G7 finance chiefs to meet July 16, will discuss Ukraine, global taxation, Japan’s finance minister says
Financial leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries will hold talks on July 16 on the sidelines of the broader G20 meeting in India, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on ...
Biggest IPO this year? SoftBank’s chip designer Arm in talks to add Nvidia as anchor investor
Arm Ltd, the chip designer owned by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group ... could be the biggest initial public offering (IPO) of the year. Nvidia, the world’s most valuable semiconductor company, is ...
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.09%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Transport and Banking sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.09%. The best performers of ...
NYC mayor Eric Adams to update disclosure form after failing to report crypto holdings, report says
A spokesman told the Daily News that Adams had omitted his stakes, because he had misunderstood the question and believed it only referred to securities.
Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift
Cryptocurrencies were testing year highs on Friday as a run of favourable regulatory and investment moves have started to shift momentum in markets that had been stuck in a rut for months.