Tag: crypto

Japan needs to significantly increase its carbon tax as soon as possible in order to get on track for meeting its climate goals, according to a former senior official at the Ministry of Finance. ( read original story ...)

It goes deeper into the marketplaces where people sell drugs for crypto and the websites where sex workers can receive crypto for services. Crypto kiosks have been implicated in other forms of crime ... ( read original story ...)

Kim Kardashian West is trending for all the wrong reasons, Meta recruits for the metaverse and investors await the Federal Reserve’s crypto report. ( read original story ...)

A railgun uses electromagnetic energy to accelerate a projectile very, very quickly. However, the US has recently turned away from the tech. ( read original story ...)

Japan's current account surplus in November contracted 48.2 percent from a year earlier to 897.3 billion yen ($7.8 billion), declining for the fourth straight month, as high energy prices continued to ... ( read original story ...)

Led by President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador has bought at least 1,391 bitcoins using public funds, according to a Bloomberg estimate. ( read original story ...)

The deal could allow lenders to more accurately judge the risk profiles of cryptocurrency investors. Some investors could get lower borrowing rates or obtain loans without having to put up collateral. ( read original story ...)

Kim Kardashian shared a post on social media promoting a little-known cryptocurrency token called EthereumMax. “Are you guys into crypto????” she wrote on Instagram, where she has more than 200 ... ( read original story ...)

Kim Kardashian and Floyd Mayweather are being sued over allegations they misled investors when promoting a little-known cryptocurrency called EthereumMax to ... ( read original story ...)

When she’s not dominating on the tennis court, Naomi Osaka is taking over the fashion world. After joining the Victoria’s Secret family, Osaka has debuted her third clothing collection with Nike. The ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has provided $185 million in loans to Cambodia through its Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the fight against Covid-19 and subsequent economic recovery efforts ... ( read original story ...)

By David Callaway, Callaway Climate Insights A year of deal-making in the renewables space has gotten off to a hot start in these early days of January as three big players— and a small fourth — ... ( read original story ...)

At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average advanced 543.18 points, or 1.92%, to 28,765.66. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange increased by 32.54 ... ( read original story ...)

Almost a quarter of small businesses in nine countries around the world plan to accept digital currencies as a form of payment in 2022, while 13% of consumers in those countries expect retail stores ... ( read original story ...)

The IMF is concerned about crypto’s “risk of contagion across financial markets.” A new paper from the International Monetary Fund this week highlights that cryptocurrency and equity markets are more ... ( read original story ...)

The central Asian country became No. 2 in the world for Bitcoin mining. But political turmoil and power cuts have hit hard, and the future looks bleak. ( read original story ...)