Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday he saw no risk of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) suffering a loss of principal as long as it wins market confidence in its debt management. Suzuki ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says balanced budget ‘in sight’ with favourable conditions
Japan could achieve a primary budget surplus in fiscal 2026 assuming a rosy scenario for economic growth, the government projected on Friday, but added deficits could continue for a decade under a ... ( read original story ...)
Richard Branson’s Virgin Sends 7 Satellites to Space in First Launch Since IPO
Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. launched satellites for three customers as the newly public company prepares to expand operations outside the U.S. later this year. Virgin’s Boeing Co. 747 aircraft departed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Dec wholesale prices rise 8.5 pct yr/yr
Japanese wholesale prices rose 8.5 percent in the year to December, Bank of Japan data showed on Friday.[JPCGPY=ECI]The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s wholesale prices rise for 10th month, weighs on corp margins
Japan's wholesale prices rose 8.5per cent in December from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, increasing for a 10th month in a sign higher raw material and fuel costs continued to weigh on ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto is suddenly everywhere — except in the cash register
For all the hype, there's scant evidence that digital currencies stand on the threshold of a breakthrough. While a recent survey found that 16% of Americans have used cryptocurrency in some way, most ... ( read original story ...)
10 Predictions For Blockchain, Crypto Assets, DeFi, And NFTs For 2022
Looking into the future is notoriously difficult. Nevertheless, we dare to make predictions for the year 2022. It will be exciting to see whether they come true. ( read original story ...)
Winklevoss twins’ Gemini buys digital asset platform as the crypto giant eyes wealth management
Gemini agreed to buy Bitria, whose tools are used by financial advisors to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The deal marks a push into wealth management for the crypto exchange, which was ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase will soon offer crypto futures after its takeover of derivatives exchange FairX
The deal means Coinbase will gain ground in introducing crypto-related derivatives such as bitcoin futures to US retail and institutional customers. ( read original story ...)
Crypto, Hypersonics, Quantum: The Disruptive Triad For 2022
My predictions about the three technologies that will cause explosive disruption in 2022 (one of them very literally), with reverberations that will continue through the rest of the decade and even ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange Gemini pushes into wealth management with acquisition of BITRIA
The rise of crypto has created the need for ways to provide wealthy investors access through familiar wealth management vehicles. ( read original story ...)
‘Because we know it is possible’: Japanese Americans join fight for reparations
At a virtual town hall meeting in August, generations of Japanese American community organizers spoke alongside leaders from the Black reparations movement. ( read original story ...)
Betting on hydrogen hype, Thyssenkrupp eyes $687 mln in IPO cash
Thyssenkrupp's electrolysis business is aiming for proceeds of up to 600 million euros ($687 million) by selling new shares in a possible initial public offering this year, betting on the $130 billion ... ( read original story ...)
Reese Witherspoon, Matt Damon, and the Hollywood A-Listers Embarrassingly Shilling Crypto
In the (near) future, every person will have a parallel digital identity... Are you planning for this?” Our answer: “Uhhh.....?” ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto API provider Conduit wants to be the Stripe of decentralized finance
Financial institutions continue to search for ways to pile into the crypto market, and decentralized finance (DeFi) products are one mechanism that could help them capture share. Investors in DeFi ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase takes aim at crypto derivatives in US with FairX acquisition
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has moved a step closer to derivatives markets in the US following its acquisition of CFTC-regulated exchange FairX. ( read original story ...)