TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has told top-ranking Liberal Democratic Party members that dissolving the lower house of the parliament on Jan. 23 is "an option," setting up a possible ...
Betterment’s financial app sends customers a $10,000 crypto scam message
Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to “triple your crypto,” according to a ...
1inch co-founder explains how to fix crypto’s fragmented liquidity problem
With chains multiplying and liquidity spreading thin, 1inch’s Aqua aims to make trading across networks faster, cheaper, and more efficient.
Popular crypto company fires staff
2026 has just begun, and it has come to light that a popular crypto company has let go of some of its staff. OKX crypto exchange's institutional business has recently undergone global restructuring, ...
Japan Finance Chief to Attend G-7 Critical Minerals Meeting
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Friday that she will visit the United States for four days from Sunday to attend a Group of Seven finance ministers' meeting on critical minerals in ...
Goldman Sachs Just Issued A Huge 2026 Crypto Forecast As $200,000 Bitcoin Price Predicted
The bitcoin price dropped sharply over the last couple of months, with a potential 2026 bitcoin price catalyst suddenly ...
China now curbs civilian-use rare-earth exports to Japan
BEIJING -- China's restrictions on exports of rare earth-related products to Japan include those for non-military use, Nikkei learned on Friday. The move comes as Beijing strengthens export controls ...
Japan visa, tourism fee hikes to offset drop in tax revenue
TOKYO -- Japanese fee increases this year that mostly target foreigners are expected to add roughly 350 billion yen ($2.23 billion) in annual revenue when combined with a departure tax hike, as Tokyo ...
Japan seeks easier international-domestic transfers at Haneda Airport
TOKYO -- Japan will work to streamline transfers between international and domestic flights at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, aiming to encourage overseas visitors to travel to more far-flung parts of the ...
JPMorgan turns hopeful as crypto ETF outflows ease
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is hopeful as cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows seem to be easing in January after the past drastic months. While Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) ETFs ...
Crypto token plunges 100% after alleged hack reports
Chainalysis reported that crypto theft topped $3.4 billion in 2025 (through early December), with a small number of outsized incidents driving the majority of losses, a pattern that has increasingly ...
Drake Lawsuit Exposes $38 Billion Illegal Crypto Casino Market
Drake faces RICO lawsuit as new data reveals illegal gambling captured $38.7 billion of US online market in 2025—74% of volume goes to unlicensed operators.
Trump crypto venture World Liberty applies for bank charter
World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by President Donald Trump, is seeking a US bank charter for one of its entities that would allow it to expand its USD1 stablecoin operations.
Bank of Japan rate path could make or break XRP in 2026—here’s why and when it stops
Quick Read Bank of Japan raised rates to 0.75% in December 2025—highest since 1995—pushing 10-year JGB yields above 2% for first time since 1999 and pressuring yen carry trades that fueled crypto ...
Fireblocks Buys Crypto Firm TRES Finance for $130M
The deal merges Fireblocks' trillion-dollar infrastructure with TRES Finance's financial intelligence platform.
What happens to your crypto when you die? Ledger executive explains
Ledger's VP of enterprise discusses crypto wallet security and the complexity of 24-words recovery phrase with TheStreet Roundtable.