The Bank of Japan offered on Thursday to extend $18 billion worth of loans to financial institutions in a first auction conducted for a new scheme aimed at promoting activities to fight climate change ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Focus on Wealth Equality Rattles Financial Hub Dream
New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s rhetoric of distributing wealth more equally appears to signal a change of priorities for post-pandemic Japan that may run counter to plans to improve the country’s ... ( read original story ...)
Mayors make crypto push despite the environmental burden
Mayors in big cities make a big push toward cryptocurrency despite the environmental impact of digital money. Dec. 23, 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to create legal framework for level 4 self-driving cars
Japan's National Police Agency is set to create a permitting system for the use of level 4 self-driving cars for transportation services in rural areas, Nikkei has learned. ( read original story ...)
Kishida’s focus on wealth equality at odds with Japan’s finance hub aspirations
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s rhetoric of distributing wealth more equally appears to signal a change of priorities for post-pandemic Japan that may run counter to plans to improve the country’. Just ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Focus on Wealth Equality Rattles Dream of Finance Hub
New Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s rhetoric of distributing wealth more equally appears to signal a change of priorities for post-pandemic Japan that may run counter to plans to improve the country’s ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto ambassador says he won Blue Origin’s $28M auction and is buying five more tickets to space
The winner of June’s $28 million auction for a seat on Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship revealed himself today — and is buying tickets for five more people to fly with him a year from now. ( read original story ...)
EY Report: 2021 was the most active year for the IPO market over the past 20 years
Finance - In the face of the uncertain environment that 2021 promised, the global IPO market had an exceptional year, breaking records by IPO volume and proceeds ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto.com and FTX are running Super Bowl ads after buying the naming rights to professional sports arenas
Last month, the crypto platform spent $700 million to rename the Staples Center to the Crypto.com Arena, which is home to the LA Lakers and LA Kings. ( read original story ...)
A lost password, a sudden death and $180M in missing crypto: The curious saga of Gerald Cotten
He would grow up to be a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and run Canada’s largest crypto exchange, QuadrigaCX, before dying under bizarre circumstances in 2018, leaving investors looking for a missing ... ( read original story ...)
A gaming VC decided to switch gears and focus on investing in crypto startups. Here’s why he thinks now is the right time to invest.
In 2021, venture funding in startups has gone up 477% from last year. Gaming VC Yash Patel thinks the funding trend will likely continue. ( read original story ...)
From a bitcoin crash to regulatory crackdowns: Analysts give their top predictions for crypto in 2022
With heightened regulatory scrutiny and intense price fluctuations, some analysts are bearish on bitcoin's prospects. ( read original story ...)
EPL club Arsenal’s ads for crypto tokens banned in Britain
Premier League club Arsenal's promotion of fan tokens broke advertising regulations and have been banned in Britain for taking advantage of consumers’ inexperience in cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SBI eyes option to take Shinsei Bank private – CEO
The chief executive of Japanese online financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it is exploring the possibility of taking its listed subsidiary Shinsei Bank Ltd private to return $3 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s initial budget for FY2022 expected to total $950bn
Japan's government will compile a draft budget for fiscal 2022 worth about 107.6 trillion yen ($950 billion), a record high for the 10th straight year, government sources said Wednesday. The ... ( read original story ...)
A crypto hedge fund manager and early investor in Solana breaks down why he thinks the next bear market will diverge from the last one — and shares 2 other altcoins that …
Kyle Samani shares three tokens backed by strong fundamental technologies and could decouple from the performance of bitcoin in the next downturn. ( read original story ...)