The SEC has proposed a rule that would affect how crypto assets are stored on behalf of customer.
Around 25% of new crypto tokens looked like pump-and-dump schemes in 2022, report says
CRYPTO Creators of crypto token pump and dump schemes made an estimated $30 million in profits from selling off their holdings before the token value plummeted, blockchain-analysis firm ...
Authorities Step Up Their Crypto Crackdown
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni The legal clampdown on crypto’s accused villains, fraudsters and fallen stars ...
Crypto Has an Incest Problem
Last year, failings at crypto issuer Terra ricocheted across the crypto ecosystem, ultimately claiming FTX, a giant in the space. This investigation of court records shows how the millions – if not ...
SEC charges Terraform Labs over alleged ‘multi-biillion dollar’ crypto fraud
The SEC has charged Terraform and its CEO for allegedly running a 'multi-billion dollar' crypto fraud scheme..
Japan’s central bank to conduct digital yen pilot in April
After more than two years of exploring a central bank digital currency, Japan's central bank said Friday it will launch a pilot program in April to test out its digital yen, according to a Friday ...
Japan’s digital yen is about to be launched: Here’s what you need to know
After months of conducting experiments on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the Bank of Japan has announced that it will be launching a pilot program for the digital yen in April 2023. This move ...
Japan Announces Launch of New CBDC Pilot This April
Japan joins a host of countries pushing ahead with plans for a digitized national currency, announcing a new pilot this spring.
US crypto clampdown promises benefits for Coinbase
America’s top markets regulator has decided that most crypto companies can’t be trusted to look after investors’ assets. This is a less-than-shocking conclusion to anyone who’s been following crypto ...
Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon Tapped Hoard of 10,000 Bitcoin Via Swiss Bank, SEC Says
Crypto fugitive Do Kwon and the firm he founded transferred over 10,000 Bitcoin out of their doomed project and turned some of the tokens into cash via a Swiss bank, the Securities & Exchange ...
Japan’s Newest Billionaire Masters The Science Of Turning Waste Into Wealth
Daiei Kankyo's shares are up nearly 30% since it debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, making Fumio Kaneko, the company’s cofounder and president, the country’s newest billionaire.
Transition finance: How Tokyo will drive Asia’s net-zero transition
How to finance the world’s transition to a greener future is one of the most important dialogues of this millennia. A critical question is how to raise the enormous funds needed to decarbonize ...
Japan Will Launch Pilot for Issuing Digital Yen In April
Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28. Japan will launch a pilot programme in April to test the use of its version of the central bank ...
Crypto: How to get funding for your tech startup
Female entrepreneurs who want to entice new venture capital funding for their web3 technology start-ups face an overwhelmingly male-dominated environment. Yahoo Finance speaks to a leading female ...
Japan’s virtual YouTuber management agency Cover files for IPO valued at $320M
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Cover, the startup offering management production services of VTubers (short for “virtual YouTubers”), announced on Friday that its IPO application ...
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.66%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Warehousing and Banking sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.66%. The ...