Japan's central bank is expected to keep its ultra-dovish monetary policy. Investors will be watching for any changes in language on its inflation target.
Japan budget proposal for FY2023/24 could be as high as $831 billion -Nikkei
Japan's budget proposal for the 2023-2024 fiscal year could be as high as 114 trillion yen ($831.27 billion), the Nikkei reported on Tuesday, adding that the government could issue more than 35 ...
Japan set to keep ultra-low rates but doubts over yield cap grow
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to maintain ultra-low interest rates on Tuesday and reassure markets it will be in no rush to withdraw stimulus, even as rising inflation prods investors to price in the ...
The Biggest Story in Crypto in 2022: Contagion—From Terra to FTX
The lucky ones are ending the year having had to downsize their workforce to weather what seems to be an increasingly severe crypto bull market. The unlucky ones—and there have been many—are facing ...
Crypto And Blockchain Predictions For 2023
Financial instruments, crypto or not, must have a business use case and fundamental economic value to be traded, utilized, and accurately valued by the marketplace. What was clearly demonstrated ...
Forecasts for 2023 from five visionary VCs
This guest post is authored by Mark Bivens. Mark is a Silicon Valley native and former entrepreneur, having started three companies before “turning to the dark side of VC.” He is a venture ...
Crypto Industry Is Going Through Growing Pains – Maturing Into A Robust Ecosystem
DeFi offers a framework to move forward in building a solid foundation for the industry. Impressively, in a few years, Crypto finance has achieved what took decades to build in the traditional financial services industry.
VCs say a funding dry spell, a death of exchanges and the rebirth of NFTs are among crypto and Web3 trends to watch in 2023
After several crypto bankruptcies, centralized exchanges will lose ground in 2023. But NFTs will find new life in areas such as real estate, VCs said.
Foundation raises $7M to return ‘sovereignty’ to a chaotic crypto world
Foundation Devices announced it has raised a $7 million seed round to double down on its "sovereign computing platform."
Binance’s books are a black box, filings show, as crypto giant tries to rally confidence
The world's biggest crypto exchange, Binance, is battling to shore up confidence after a surge in customer withdrawals and a steep drop in the value of its digital token. After the collapse of rival exchange FTX last month,
Sharp at CES 2023
Sharp Corporation (TOKYO:6753) is set to return to CES 2023 with an advanced technologies and products that embody the company’s ESG-focused management under the four themes of New Energy, Automotive, ...
Explained: Why pacifist Japan is doubling its military spending
This is a big change for Japan as the country's post-World War II constitution limits it to nominally self-defensive capabilities. The new strategy is set to catapult Tokyo into the position of the wo ...
Let’s Not Throw The Crypto Baby Out With The Crypto Bathwater
Let's demand radical transparency and use cryptographic mechanisms, not "attestations" to demonstrate solvency.
Special Report-Binance’s books are a black box, filings show, as crypto giant tries to rally confidence
The world's biggest crypto exchange, Binance, is battling to shore up confidence after a surge in customer withdrawals and a steep drop in the value of its digital token. The exchange said it dealt wi ...
Banking Committee Chair: US Regulators Should ‘Maybe’ Ban Crypto
Senator Sherrod Brown added, though, that banning cryptocurrencies would be “very difficult” as activity would go offshore.
Crypto Offers a Roadmap for Improved Stock Trading
The SEC’s proposal to overhaul how transactions are conducted reads like the invention of lawyers and economists who can’t see the easy fix that exists right before their eyes.