The chief executive of OpenSea, the world’s leading non-fungible token marketplace, has sought to distance NFTs from cryptocurrencies as the sector is hit by the knock-on impact of a series of ...
Criminals thought crypto was untraceable. They were wrong.
In “Tracers in the Dark,” Andy Greenberg explains how experts and law enforcement agencies untangled the blockchain’s secrets.
The 10 biggest crypto funding rounds of 2022
According to data from Crunchbase, global funding for VC-backed crypto startups dropped from $8.8 billion in the first quarter of 2022 to $6.2 billion in the second quarter to around $3.4 billion in ...
Few crypto gains appear on tax returns. That’s changing — but not this year.
Years of delay on taxing crypto gains are likely to have cost the government billions of dollars. That's about to change with a new law going into effect in 2024.
How crypto industry can move forward, the benefits of Dry January: 5 Things podcast
A look at how the crypto industry moves forward after the fall of the FTX, U.S. announces new COVID testing for visitors from China: 5 Things podcast ...
Japan’s Nikkei closes off 3-mth low, pressured by Wall Street weakness
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 ...