More large Japanese companies are now raising wages to attract workers and cope with chronic staff shortages, a monthly Reuters poll showed on Thursday, a tentative sign Japan Inc may be slowly ...
Whistleblowers accuse FDIC of stifling crypto companies’ access to banks
Federal regulators could be going too far in encouraging banks not to work with crypto companies, according to the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania sent ...
More Japanese firms raising wages to combat labor shortage – Reuters poll
TOKYO - More large Japanese companies are now raising wages to attract workers and cope with chronic staff shortages, a monthly Reuters poll showed on Thursday, a tentative sign Japan Inc may be ...
Japan’s SBI Remit To Use Ripple’s Technology For Instant Money Transfers
Japan's SBI Remit has struck a deal with Ripple to make use of RippleNet for instant money transfers between Japan and Thailand.
Genesis CEO exits after crypto broker took hit from Three Arrows collapse
Crypto broker Genesis will cut a fifth of its staff and replace its chief executive as it counts the cost of lending $2.4bn to hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. The departure of Mi ...
Never Bet Against’ It
The chief executive of bitcoin and crypto exchange Kraken has said he'd "never bet against bitcoin" and expects to be able to buy a Bugatti with just one bitcoin by the end of ...
CDPQ writes off Celsius stake and says it went into crypto ‘too soon’
Canada’s second largest pension fund manager has written off its $150mn investment in crypto lending platform Celsius Network and conceded it went into crypto “too soon”. Charles Emond, chief ...
Nikkei ends above 29,000 for first time in seven months on Wall Street rally
Japan's Nikkei ended above the key psychological level of 29,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than seven months, after an overnight Wall Street rally in major indexes following robust ...
Japan arrests 4 on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics
A former Tokyo Olympic committee board member and three people from a clothing company that sponsored the 2020 Games have been arrested on bribery suspicions.
USD/JPY: Headwinds for the yen remain in place – Danske Bank
Analysts at Danske Bank expected the pressure on the Japanese yen will wear off but not in the short term. They forecast the USD/JPY pair at 134 (1M), 134 (3M), 133 (6M) and 125 (12M). “With the ...
Bank of Japan ETF ownership creeps back up to 63%
Despite some fluctuations, however, one of the anomalies of the Japan ETF market is that the central bank has owned far more than 50 per cent of all Japanese ETF assets since 2016 ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei tops 29,000 line for 1st time in 7 months on Wall Street’s rise
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index closed above the psychologically important 29,000 line Wednesday for the first time in more that seven months, following Wall Street's rise on the back of solid ...
Osaka gov’t worker disciplined for sexual harassment of subordinate
A 58-year-old Osaka Prefectural Government worker has been suspended for repetitive sexual and power harassment toward a female subordinate, ...
SEC Sues Dragonchain Founder, His 3 Crypto Firms For Alleged Sale Of Unregistered Securities
The SEC has filed a lawsuit against Dragonchain founder John Joseph Roets for allegedly raising $16.5 million in unregistered securities.
Crypto skeptics have been debating online for years. Now they’re organizing.
A contingent of people who see cryptocurrencies as akin to fraud have begun to organize. It’s a response to what they see as a crypto movement that has dominated discussion of this still-new ...
Crypto.com secures UK registration for ‘cryptoasset activities’
Crypto.com has achieved another regulatory milestone, this time after receiving registration approval to conduct "cryptoasset activities" in the United Kingdom.