House Republicans aim to get the Senate’s landmark stablecoin legislation — known as the Genius Act — to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature as soon as the week of July 7, according to people ...
Japan has no recorded case of fentanyl seized, finance minister says
Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday there have been no recorded cases of synthetic drug fentanyl being seized by the customs department, neither as illegal exports nor illegal ...
Japanese Stocks Rally on Fed Rate Cut Hopes, Nikkei Hits 40,000
Japanese stocks rose tracking Wall Street’s gains as hopes of US interest rate cuts solidified and after US and China finalized a trade understanding. The Nikkei benchmark rose past the 40,000 mark ...
Japanese rubber futures extend gains on supply woes
SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures rose for a second straight session on Thursday, tracking the Nikkei upwards, ...
Crypto Industry Moves Into the U.S. Housing Market
Americans are finding ways to use digital currencies to help them buy homes, and new companies are forming to help people tap their home’s value to buy Bitcoin.
Owning crypto might soon help you get a mortgage
Trump's housing chief said he had directed Fannie and Freddie to come up with proposals to start counting crypto as an asset in mortgage risk assessment.
Japan to establish guidelines for chip industry cybersecurity
TOKYO -- The Japanese government will compile guidelines by around this fall for semiconductor plants on how to deal with cyberattacks, looking to spur the development of ways to minimize damage and ...
Nikkei rises to 5-month high as Middle East calm boosts tech shares
TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average touched its highest in almost five months on Thursday, as a period of calm in the Middle East encouraged investors to buy back riskier assets, particularly chip and ...
High-priced drones and Japan’s hidden AI champion
In a collaborative work by Nikkei Asia's Lauly Li and Cheng Ting-Fang in Taipei and Ryohtaroh Satoh in Tokyo, they explain how this relatively little-known AI-enabler is currently the only company in ...
Japan’s Metaplanet Acquires 1,234 More Bitcoin, Total Holdings Reach 12,345 BTC
Metaplanet Inc., widely recognized as Japan’s leading Bitcoin treasury company, has announced today the acquisition of an additional 1,234 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 12,345 BTC. The ...
Trump administration moves to count crypto as a federal mortgage asset
In a landmark shift for the U.S. housing finance system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has issued a directive ordering Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to formally consider cryptocurrency as an asset i ...
Trump’s Crypto Project Gets $100 Million From UAE-Based Fund
A little known crypto fund bought $100 million of World Liberty Financial Inc. tokens, the second Middle East-based investor to put money into the Trump family affiliated decentralized finance ...
2025 Free Dogecoin Cloud Mining Guide: How to Earn Passive DOGE Income with MiningCoop During Crypto Market Volatility
In 2025’s unpredictable crypto market, many investors are seeking a low-barrier, low-risk, and fully automated way to generate steady passive income. […] ...
SEC, Ripple wants to settle crypto lawsuit, but US judge rebuffs them
A federal judge on Thursday rejected an unusual joint motion by Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to endorse the cryptocurrency company's reduced $50 million fine to settle a ...
Global financial crime watchdog calls for action on crypto risks
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, on Thursday called on countries to take stronger action to combat illicit finance in crypto assets, warning that gaps in ...
Japan Regional Bank M&A May Accelerate As Lenders Brace For Higher Rates
Mergers and acquisitions among Japanese regional banks may accelerate as they seek scale to benefit from higher interest rates amid a declining population.