The Japanese government said Wednesday it stood poised to intervene in the currency markets if the yen continues its rapid depreciation owing to "one-sided" currency moves. The Japanese yen hit a ...
Ether Plans to Lose Proof-of-Work While Crypto Miners Lose Their Minds
With the Bellatrix upgrade activated, Ether could move to proof-of-stake in just over a week, but there are more than a few players who are hedging their bets.
BOJ to keep low rates even as inflation seen hitting 3% – ex-central bank policymaker
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will likely maintain its massive stimulus even as inflation is seen reaching 3 per cent in coming months, to ensure domestic demand strengthens enough to offset a hit from ...
Japan Finance Minister Suzuki Says Recent Yen Moves ‘Somewhat Rapid, One-Sided’ -Jiji
Recent yen moves in the currency market are "somewhat rapid and one-sided," Jiji news agency quoted Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki as saying on Wednesday, using more strongly worded ...
Japan concerned about ‘rapid, one-sided’ moves in FX market – top spokesperson
Japan's government wants to act if "rapid, one-sided" moves seen in the currency market recently continue, the country's top government spokesperson warned on Wednesday after the yen slid to a fresh ...
URGENT: Japan finance chief says recent yen moves rapid, one-sided
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Wednesday that recent movements of the yen are "rapid" and "one-sided," after the yen tumbled to a fresh 24-year low at the 143 level against the U.S.
Japanese luxury-home developer plans U.S. IPO
Tokyo-based Lead Real Estate Co. Ltd., a developer of luxury single-family homes and condominiums, which also has residential leasing operations in Dallas, is looking to raise up to $30 million via ...
The Crypto Industry Is Rocked by a Battle of Giants
Adding to the confusion is ether, the native token of ethereum, which some call the internet of the crypto industry. Indeed, almost all crypto uses, including decentralized finance apps (dApps) and ...
Marshall Wace leads funding round for 21.co amid ‘crypto winter,’ valuing company at $2 billion
Marshall Wace has led a $25 million investment in crypto company 21.co, the parent of exchange-traded-product issuer 21Shares and token provider ...
Crypto investors hold breath as $200 billion at risk in Ethereum merge
The transformation of the $200 billion-market-cap cryptocurrency promises to deliver huge energy efficiencies, making Ethereum much more cost-effective to use compared to the market’s most popular ...
Ethereum Merge: What is ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ crypto event and why is it so controversial?
The price of ETH has been surging in anticipation of the Merge, which will see the cryptocurrency’s electricity consumption drop by a factor of 1,000 – but not everyone is happy ...
First Phase Of Ethereum Merge, Biggest Thing In Crypto Since Bitcoin, Goes Live
If all goes well, around Sept. 15 Ethereum will adopt the Beacon Chain’s method of processing transactions, proof-of-stake, which is approximately 99.95% more energy efficient than the current ...
Crypto Is ‘Key’ to Cracking Down on Crime, Says Europol
According to experts, blockchain networks allow investigators to easily follow illicit funds and recover stolen assets converted into crypto.
Japan to bring its SMEs, startups to India in a bid to ramp up number of Japanese companies: Report
JETRO will organise a series of business promotional events in India with the help of the Embassy of Japan including an event by September end to promote Japanese tea and another in October end to ...
Japan’s Nikkei snaps 4-day losing session as Uniqlo, tech gain
The Nikkei was firm despite losses on the European stocks overnight, after the euro dropped below 99 cents for the first time in 20 years and European gas prices surged after Russia said its main gas ...
Japanese yen hits 24-year low against dollar
Australian central bank’s 50 basis points rise in interest rates prompts fresh weakness as Japan stands pat on rates ...