“The Venezuelan bolivar lost 99.8% in the last 10 years against the U.S. dollar, the Turkish lira lost 80%, the Argentina peso around 94.5%,” said Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at a recent crypto ...
Korea-Japan shuttle diplomacy begins amid Nikkei’s Dokdo warning
President Lee Jae-myung will visit Nara Prefecture, Japan, for two days starting on the 13th and hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This marks the full-scale launch of shuttle diplomacy between the two leaders,
China-Japan spat morphs into info war as both sides woo Europe, US
TOKYO -- Tensions between Japan and China over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments about a Taiwan emergency are turning into information warfare, with Beijing spreading the narrative ...
The crypto ATM’s days in America may be numbered
With scammers using crypto ATMs to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from Americans, a movement to ban bitcoin teller machines is growing nationwide.
‘Run It Hot’—Bitcoin And Crypto Traders Are Suddenly Betting On A Surprise 2026 Fed Price Game-Changer
The bitcoin price surged to almost $95,000 per bitcoin earlier this week before falling back sharply as traders panic over an unexpected $17.3 trillion geopolitical earthquake. Now, as bitcoin and ...
Japan’s Takaichi says potential February election ‘an option’
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has told top-ranking Liberal Democratic Party members that dissolving the lower house of the parliament on Jan. 23 is "an option," setting up a possible ...
Betterment’s financial app sends customers a $10,000 crypto scam message
Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to “triple your crypto,” according to a ...
1inch co-founder explains how to fix crypto’s fragmented liquidity problem
With chains multiplying and liquidity spreading thin, 1inch’s Aqua aims to make trading across networks faster, cheaper, and more efficient.
Popular crypto company fires staff
2026 has just begun, and it has come to light that a popular crypto company has let go of some of its staff. OKX crypto exchange's institutional business has recently undergone global restructuring, ...
Japan Finance Chief to Attend G-7 Critical Minerals Meeting
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Friday that she will visit the United States for four days from Sunday to attend a Group of Seven finance ministers' meeting on critical minerals in ...
Goldman Sachs Just Issued A Huge 2026 Crypto Forecast As $200,000 Bitcoin Price Predicted
The bitcoin price dropped sharply over the last couple of months, with a potential 2026 bitcoin price catalyst suddenly ...
China now curbs civilian-use rare-earth exports to Japan
BEIJING -- China's restrictions on exports of rare earth-related products to Japan include those for non-military use, Nikkei learned on Friday. The move comes as Beijing strengthens export controls ...
Japan visa, tourism fee hikes to offset drop in tax revenue
TOKYO -- Japanese fee increases this year that mostly target foreigners are expected to add roughly 350 billion yen ($2.23 billion) in annual revenue when combined with a departure tax hike, as Tokyo ...
Japan seeks easier international-domestic transfers at Haneda Airport
TOKYO -- Japan will work to streamline transfers between international and domestic flights at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, aiming to encourage overseas visitors to travel to more far-flung parts of the ...
JPMorgan turns hopeful as crypto ETF outflows ease
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is hopeful as cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows seem to be easing in January after the past drastic months. While Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ETFs ...
Crypto token plunges 100% after alleged hack reports
Chainalysis reported that crypto theft topped $3.4 billion in 2025 (through early December), with a small number of outsized incidents driving the majority of losses, a pattern that has increasingly ...