Former Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, a prime ministerial hopeful running in the ruling party's leadership race, on Wednesday endorsed the Bank of Japan's policy of gradually normalising ...
MUFG Bank to open retail outlet for first time in 20 years
Staff at the new retail outlet will chiefly help customers open accounts or give them advice on asset investment.
Japanese-listed Metaplanet is raising more capital to bolster its Bitcoin Treasury
Japanese-listed Metaplanet on Wednesday announced that it is raising 213 billion yen, approximately $1.4 billion, through new share offerings to boost its Bitcoin treasury. The capital raise, ...
Japan’s Metaplanet shares slide after pricing overseas offering
Metaplanet Inc. shares dropped in Tokyo after the Japanese crypto treasury firm priced its international share sale at a discount, in its latest effort to secure more funding to buy Bitcoin. The stock ...
MetaPlanet and Convano Buys More Bitcoin
Japanese firms Metaplanet and Convano expand Bitcoin treasuries, reflecting growing corporate adoption amid yen weakness and economic uncertainty.
Former Clifford Chance Tokyo Finance Head Moves In-House
Clifford Chance's former Tokyo head of its banking and finance practice has left the firm and moved in-house to a Japanese online brokerage. Masayuki Okamoto joins Tokyo-listed Monex Group Inc ...
Japan manufacturers’ mood the best in three years after tariff deal – Reuters poll
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese manufacturers' sentiment was its best in more than three years in September, the Reuters Tankan poll showed, with trade uncertainties easing after Japan ...
‘Rewrite The Rules’—$37 Trillion U.S. Debt Sparks Wild Crypto And Gold Reset Theory As Bitcoin Price Soars
A top advisor to Russia's president Vladimir Putin has said that the U.S. under president Donald Trump wants to use crypto to "erase its massive debt at the world’s ...
Crypto Treasury Companies: The Next Big Investment or a Meme-Stock Trap?
In 2020, Michael Saylor’s Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) (formerly MicroStrategy) pioneered the crypto treasury company model by acquiring 21,454 Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) for $250 million, sparking a corporate ...
Saylor Model Struggles as Crypto Treasury Hype Turns to Doubt
It wasn’t hard to see it coming. The stocks had soared too fast, the promises had gotten too big, and the math had gotten too weird. These new companies — public firms built to buy crypto and often ...
Exclusive-Stablecoin issuer Figure Technologies set to upsize IPO as demand for crypto-related stocks soars, source says
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) -Stablecoin issuer Figure Technologies is increasing the size and upping the price of its initial public offering as retail investors bid up crypto-related stocks, a ...
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui to exit Kotak ahead of Yes Bank stake purchase
The foreign lender will sell its entire 1.65% stake in Kotak Bank in a block deal worth at least ₹6,166 crore, according to deal terms. SMBC is likely selling the stake to avoid conflict of interest ...
Blending Sportsmanship with Crypto – BTCC x JJJ in Token2049 Singapore 2025
BTCC, the world’s longest-serving and safest cryptocurrency exchange, announced its participation in Token2049 Singapore 2025, the industry’s premier crypto and Web3 conference. The event will be held ...
South Korea says to finalise US trade deal by learning from Japan agreement
South Korea will take into account Japan's trade agreement with the U.S. as a reference as it negotiates final details of its own trade deal and pins down details on a pledged $350 billion investment ...
President Gustavo Petro visits Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai
The Colombia Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, was honoured to host a special visit by the President of the Republic of Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Petro, on September 5th and 6th, 2025.
Crypto and the Housing Market: What You Need to Know
New research has found that the majority of Americans do not trust cryptocurrency enough to use it in real estate transactions.