GBP/JPY bulls tinkering with bearish commitments below 155 the figure. BoE and BoJ views on currency value is a theme. GBP/JPY has been making gains at the open this week with the yen on the backfoot. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Can (Still) Learn Much From The Failure Of Diem
If the shuttering of Diem passed some crypto investors and market watchers without much notice, that should not come as a surprise. This inauspicious and muted end for the project was caused by ... ( read original story ...)
Victim of a $80M Crypto Theft, DeFi Platform Qubit, Begs Hackers for its Money Back
Marketplace OpenSea, the eBay of the crypto space, announced this week that it will reimburse users $1.8 million after a bug recently allowed hackers to buy NFTs on the OpenSea pl ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic unlikely to have ‘scarring’ effects on Japan’s economy: IMF
The International Monetary Fund says the coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to have "significant scarring effects" on Japan, but the world's third-largest economy needs to work on post-pandemic policies ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida suffers 6-point drop in approval rating: Nikkei poll
The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet fell 6 percentage points from December to 59% in the latest Nikkei-TV Tokyo poll, the first drop since he took office this past ... ( read original story ...)
These Are The Top Ten Asia Pacific Funds (ex-Japan)
Asia and the Pacific is the fastest growing region in the world. Though the coronavirus pandemic has slowed the regional growth, the region now is again starting to gain ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Takes a Page Out of an Old Political Book in Washington
Big names in crypto have just founded a political action committee, GMI PAC, to weigh in on November's midterm elections. The cryptosphere is flexing its muscles. While the White House is working on a ... ( read original story ...)
Biden’s Bitcoin Regulations And The Threat Of Higher Taxes For Crypto
What will Biden say about Bitcoin regulations? Would Washington dare try taxing crypto investments differently? ( read original story ...)
Victims of the $1.3 million Frosties ‘rug pull’ are trying to recover their lost crypto by making their own NFT collection
The project runners named the new collection Wrapped Frosties, and are calling on other defrauded investors to join them to revive what was lost. ( read original story ...)
SEC’s crypto crusade at risk in looming legal battles
Cryptocurrency payments firm Ripple has started to rack up procedural court victories as it fends off the SEC in a case that could redefine how the agency polices digital assets. ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s correlation with stocks is going to tighten, but volatility is going to pick up as the Fed ends its easy-money policy, Real Vision’s Raoul Pal says
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal said crypto's correlation with other assets like equities is constantly shifting, but it could tighten as US rates rise. ( read original story ...)
Treasury Has Self-Hosted Wallets And Adding Crypto To BSA On 2022 Agenda
The common description by the Fed and FinCEN to delineate the different types of crypto are convertible virtual currency (CVC) and legal tender digital assets (LTDA). This rule faced pushback in 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Myanmar expats remit restaurant profits to defy military
It has been nearly one year to the day since the Myanmar military ousted the country's democratically elected government and seized power. News reports of people protesting against the regime have ... ( read original story ...)
Arculus review: A crypto cold storage wallet with promise
The Arculus card is a new cryptocurrency cold wallet for your iPhone that secures your private keys. It does its job well but reeks of as-of-yet unfulfilled potential. ( read original story ...)
Japan – Mindfulness, Green Finance And Sustainable Investment.
Vincent is also developing greentech projects related to the fund’s investments and sustainable finance projects involving the fund and Monex Group, Inc. Prior to this, Vincent contributed to the ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Slide Puts Outlook of a Billion Investors by 2023 to Test
Crypto.com estimates 1 billion people will invest in cryptocurrencies by the end of this year. It’s a lofty target. Not only is it more than triple the amount from last year, ba ... ( read original story ...)