Despite the rough economic environment for tech startups, some are thriving. We asked VCs to name the most promising ones across industries.
Has the FTX mess iced venture interest in crypto?
Many folks building or investing in blockchain-based assets and protocols have kept their chins up amid a series of crises. But what do the numbers tell us?
Binance deploys $1 billion to keep crypto industry afloat after FTX collapse
Binance said it will devote $1 billion in initial commitments to the recovery fund. It may increase that amount to $2 billion at a point in time in the future "if the need arises," the company added.
Why El Salvador’s Bukele Is Doubling Down on Bitcoin Despite the Crypto Crash
The cryptocurrency crisis, worsened by the dramatic collapse of fast-growing crypto exchange FTX in mid-November, has raised questions about the future of these digital currencies. Bitcoin, the largest and most well known among them,
FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried: Your Guide to the Crypto Crash
The founder of FTX was the paragon of crypto, then the cautionary tale. This guide will help you understand what happened.
Crypto Crisis Shrinks ETF Assets in Market That Embraced Them
Retail investors in Canada were quick to put money into cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds after regulators allowed a proliferation of products that track Bitcoin, Ether and other digital assets. They’ve lost most of it in a year.
Crypto Firm FTX Landed in the Bahamas With a Bang, and Now the Bahamas Is Picking Up the Pieces
The island nation encouraged crypto companies such as FTX to set up shop. The firm’s collapse has left many islanders feeling frustrated.
Regulators can’t keep turning a blind eye to crypto craziness
For true believers, a technology like crypto is never merely a technical fix or a promise to get rich quick. It is something akin to a historic mission. If you buy into the vision, then Joseph ...
Binance, other crypto firms line up bids for bankrupt Voyager Digital after FTX collapse
Digital currency lender Voyager Digital has been set back to square one after FTX, which had initially agreed to acquire the firm, filed for bankruptcy.
Bank of Japan governor gets 0.4% pay rise despite urging higher wages
BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda will receive a meagre 0.4 per cent pay rise in 2022 after two years of cuts, the central bank said on Friday (Nov 25), even as he has stressed the need for ...
What does crypto look like after FTX?
Crypto is still doing its Thing. And there are still a lot of questions about what the space looks like in the wake of the FTX implosion (ie beyond the current Lord-of-the-Flies vibes). Around here we ...
Court dismisses woman’s damages claim over falsified Japan gov’t papers
An Osaka court dismissed on Friday a woman's damages suit claiming that her husband, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, killed him ...
Court dismisses widow’s claim in suicide over data falsification
OSAKA--The Osaka District Court on Nov. 25 dismissed a compensation claim filed by the widow of a Finance Ministry employee who killed himself in 2018 after being ordered to falsify official documents ...
Ex-finance bureaucrat found not liable for compensation related to tampering
A court in Japan has cleared a former high-ranking Finance Ministry bureaucrat of liability for compensation relating to the 2018 suicide of a regional official who was allegedly pressured to falsify ...
Widow expresses disappointment over civil court ruling
Akagi Masako's husband, Toshio, committed suicide in 2018. The Osaka District Court on Friday dismissed her claims for damages from a former high-ranking Finance Ministry bureaucrat. Sagawa Nobuhisa ...
Japan’s Nikkei slips from 2-month high on selloff in chip stocks
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei edged lower on Friday, as investors sold heavyweight chip-related stocks after the share average hit a more-than two month high in the last session, although hopes for slower ...