Japanese consumers may finally be shedding their decades-old frugal mindset, spending more on items that retailers were once too afraid to raise prices on and paving the way for the central bank to ...
Chip-related shares lift Japan’s Nikkei after 5 days of losses
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday after five straight sessions of losses as investors scooped up chip-related stocks, with sentiment supported by the end of a sell-off in exchange-traded ...
Japan to give Sumco $530 million to boost wafer capacity -Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will give Sumco Corp, a major maker of silicon wafers, a subsidy of up to 75 billion yen ($530 million) to fund additional capacity as part of efforts to bolster the country's ...
Former CFTC chairman says crypto regulations can’t wait until litigations concludes: ‘We need standards today’
Former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Timothy Massad proposed a new way to regulate crypto and protect investors ...
Blockstream Breaks into Japanese Market with JPY Stablecoin, Partnership
Blockstream is partnering with Japanese fintech giant Digital Garage to bring a JPY stablecoin to the Bitcoin network. To spearhead the project, Blockstream and the ¥120 billion (just over $1 billion) ...
Crypto Crime Proves The Technology Isn’t Robust Enough
The very value that bitcoin gets from being flight capital is the very element that makes the criminals preying on crypto so successful. In reality, the hope of financial freedom is replaced by the ...
A resurgent online betting market is boosted by crypto and current events
Polymarket, which launched in 2020, is one of many online prediction markets that have emerged in recent years to take bets on a wide variety of current events.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Enters Fifth Straight Losing Plunge as Global Economy Fluctuates
The Nikkei is reflecting a general plunge in the global financial economy as it saw a plunge today despite hitting a high last week.
Analysis: U.S. crypto lobbyists court Democrats in fresh legislative push
Embattled by a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) crackdown, crypto companies are making a renewed push on Capitol Hill to drum up support for legislation they hope will rein in the agency ...
American Crypto Exchanges Only Host 10% of the World’s Bitcoin Trading Volume
American crypto exchanges represent an increasingly smaller share of Bitcoin’s overall trading volume, according to a new report from CCData. The analytics firm says that Bitcoin trading in the U.S.
Japan’s Nikkei falls for 5th day in seesaw trade
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 198.69 points, or 0.61 pct, from Friday at a one-month low of 32,189.73. The broader Topix index, meanwhile, lost 11.57 points, or 0.51 percent, to finish ...
Bank of Japan likely to adjust yield curve control in July: Citi
Johanna Chua, Citi global markets head of Asia economics and strategy, says, however, that an adjustment may have a "signaling effect" but wouldn't be a "tightening." ...
Sega Admits Crypto Games ‘Aren’t Fun to Play’ – Could Other Gaming Firms Follow Suit?
A top executive at the gaming giant Sega says “play to earn crypto games” are “no fun” to play, and could reel in its blockchain gaming ambitions.
Japan’s Nikkei falls for fifth straight day as yen, Wall Street weigh
Japan's Nikkei share average slumped to a fifth straight losing session on Monday - its longest streak this year - weighed down by a stronger yen and weakness on Wall Street last week. The Nikkei slid ...
Bank of Japan upgrades economic view on 3 of 9 regions on strong consumption
The Bank of Japan on Monday raised its economic assessment for three of the country's nine regions following strong private consumpti ...
BOJ Highlights Broadening Wage, Price Hikes in Report on Regional Japan
"Many regions reported cases where wage increases by small and mid-sized firms were broadening at a degree unseen in recent years," the BOJ said in the report analysing the economic situation of ...