Tag: crypto

Also on Sunday, Japanese media outlet Nikkei revealed that Japan and the US will hold joint military drills in Hokkaido this fall, with the two-week exercises expected to involve more than 4,000 ... ( read original story ...)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its forecast for global economic growth in 2022 to 3.6 percent, and slashed its growth forecast for Japan by 0.9 percentage points to 2.4 percent, ... ( read original story ...)

Traders around the world watch the yen’s rise and fall not just to follow Japanese markets but also to gauge how investors globally are feeling. Usually, when markets are rallyi ... ( read original story ...)

Startups are offering people a way to buy stakes in rental homes for as little as $50 through blockchain-based tokens. ( read original story ...)

Laws and regulations for foreign exchange should be amended if needed to cover crypto alongside traditional assets, the global stability watchdog said. ( read original story ...)

Ukraine's central bank has announced new restrictions on purchases of crypto (and other such "quasi cash'" transactions). ( read original story ...)

Russia's financial intelligence unit met in Moscow with the regional head of Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. The Russians wanted Binance to agree to hand over client data, including ... ( read original story ...)

The chief of the International Monetary Fund's Japan mission believes the yen's rapid recent slide could hamper the pandemic-str ... ( read original story ...)

North Korean hackers who last month carried out one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever are still laundering their haul more than a week after they were identified as the thieves. ( read original story ...)

One of Turkey’s oldest cryptocurrency exchanges, BtcTurk, may soon be snapped up by Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. by trading volume. BtcTurk is one of the mo ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Japanese finance ministry official on Saturday denied a media report that Japan and the United States discussed coordinated currency intervention to stem further yen falls at a bilateral ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin, ethereum and other "fast evolving" cryptocurrencies could soon become a threat to global financial stability, according to the chair of an international body tasked with shoring up the ... ( read original story ...)

As Miami and New York City's mayors, El Salvador's president, and other politicians advocate for crypto, it's clear that voter approval follows. ( read original story ...)

Developers aren't sure when exactly "the merge" will take place because it's a technically challenging process, Bitwise's research head said. ( read original story ...)

Supporters say Bitcoin and other digital currencies can help solve climate change. But in reality, crypto has morphed into yet another money-making scheme. ( read original story ...)

The year 2021 was a bumper phase for crypto assets with prices of bitcoin jumping 64% during the year, while ethereum registered a 393% spike. ( read original story ...)