Japan's Nikkei share average hit its lowest levels in nearly three months on Thursday, dragged by Wall Street's weak performance, with heavy technology stocks leading the declines.
Japan’s 20-year bond yield hits multi-year high as BOJ buys shorter term notes
Japan's 20-year government bond yield hit a near eight-year high on Thursday, as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) conducted emergency bond buying operations for shorter term notes. The yield of 20-year notes ...
Japan’s Nikkei touches 3-month low on Wall Street weakness
Japan's Nikkei share average touched a near three-month low on Thursday, dragged lower by Wall Street's weak performance overnight, with heavy technology stocks leading the declines.
Crypto’s Disastrous Year Continues With Another Closure
The ripple effect of another major crypto exchange shuttering some operations is causing cryptocurrencies to struggle.
Ex-BOJ Deputy Yamaguchi Emerging as Next Central Bank Head Contender -Sankei
Yamaguchi had been considered a less likely candidate compared with deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya and former deputy Hiroshi Nakaso. Amamiya and Nakaso have both served under Kuroda, and long been ...
UPDATE 1-Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport restrictions with 60,000 travellers affected
Hong Kong's government has asked Japan to withdraw a COVID-19 restriction that requires passenger flights from the financial hub to land at only four designated Japanese airports, saying the decision ...
Dogecoin: The Japanese rescue dog who became the unlikely face of a crypto sensation
Kabosu, a Shiba Inu adopted by a kindly nursery school teacher near Tokyo, became internationally famous as a meme before finding herself fronting a spoof bitcoin challenger whose popularity is no lon ...
Asia-Pacific markets set to fall, taking lead from Wall Street’s losses
Asia-Pacific markets are set to fall, taking the lead from Wall Street's losses overnight as investors looked to the year ahead.
Crypto exchange Kraken to halt operating in Japan
Kraken plans to stop operating in Japan at the end of January, the cryptocurrency exchange announced on Wednesday. It said it will also deregister there.
Crypto Winter Gets Colder as Kraken Closes Japanese Operations
The ripple effect of another major crypto exchange shuttering some operations is causing cryptocurrencies to struggle on Wednesday.
Crypto Exchange Kraken to End Japan Operations
The decision was prompted by "current market conditions in Japan in combination with a weak crypto market globally," the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. Kraken users in the country have ...
After FTX’s spectacular collapse, where does crypto go from here?
The next chapter is still being written, but boosters stay the long term viability of cryptocurrency technologies like the blockchain remain sound.
Over $3 Billion Stolen In Crypto Heists: Here Are The Eight Biggest
It was a record year for crypto hacks. Decentralized finance was thee prime target, accounting for two thirds of all hacks.
The Sam Bankman-Fried-backed crypto Solana has lost nearly all its value this year and is still crashing as key projects bail
The token was once touted as an "Ethereum killer," but in 2022 it has crashed 94% amid the FTX scandal and crypto winter.
Bank of Japan starts unscheduled bond buying in response to rising yields
The Bank of Japan conducted an unscheduled bond buying operation as a surge in global yields threatened to spread to Japan, Bloomberg reported. The move came after the central bank widened its yield ...
How crypto industry can move on after the fall of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
Arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried could be turning point for what was an immature crypto industry becoming a real grown-up powerhouse.