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Bank of Japan upbeat on wages despite US tariffs, sees scope to resume rate hikes
TOKYO] The Bank of Japan expects wages and prices to keep rising even as the uncertainty over US tariff policy weighs on the economy, its deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said on Tuesday, signalling ...
Japan’s finance minister wants to discuss forex with Bessent at G7
Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday that he would seek to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the sidelines of the G7 meetings in Canada next week to discuss foreign ...
Japan finance chief seeks more currency talks with U.S. at G7 meeting
Japan's chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, is planning a third round of discussions with U.S. officials, including Bessent, in mid-May or later. The finance chiefs of the two countries have ...
Report Says Meta Looking For Stablecoin Partnership To Give Users Crypto Support
Now, as U.S. president Donald Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks surprises traders with a rare bitcoin price prediction, a leak has revealed Mark Zuckerberg is planning to add crypto support for Meta’s 3 ...
Trump family’s bitcoin mining venture to go public — as Trump crypto interests grow
The president's son Eric Trump says he wants to create "the most investable Bitcoin accumulation platform in the market." ...
OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft for new funding and future IPO, FT reports
OpenAI and Microsoft are rewriting the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a negotiation designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to launch a future IPO, while protecting the software giant's ...
Japan’s top banks set to report record profits but face tariff stress test
TOKYO -- Japan's top three banks are set to report combined net profit of roughly 3.9 trillion yen ($26.3 billion) for the year ended March, a 25% gain propelled by sales of cross-held shares and the ...
Eric Trump’s Bitcoin Firm Goes Public Amid White House Crypto Expansion
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Crypto miner backed by Trump sons will list on Nasdaq
American Bitcoin, the US cryptocurrency miner backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr, will list its new venture on Nasdaq, aiming to tap into investors’ enthusiasm for equity vehicles that stockpile ...
US SEC chair says agency plans to create new rules for crypto tokens
Paul Atkins, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, laid out his vision for overhauling the agency's cryptocurrency policies on Monday, saying he plans to establish guidelines for ...
Global investors bought record $55bn of Japan stocks, bonds in April
Overseas investors bought 3.67 trillion yen more shares in Japanese stocks and investment funds than they sold, according to statistics published Monday by Japan's Ministry of Finance. They purchased ...
Tokyo-listed firm boosts Bitcoin allocation amid growing ETF demand
Tokyo-listed Beat Holdings raises its Bitcoin and ETF investment cap to $34 million, citing institutional demand and macroeconomic trends.
Stocktwits Jumps On The Crypto Bandwagon
Stocktwits is launching its boldest expansion in years with Cryptotwits, an offshoot of its 17-year-old social media platform for traders and investors, now with a focus on digital assets. This isn’t ...
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