Tag: crypto

Crypto-currency firm Ripple has been charged with conducting investments without proper licences by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.The SEC asserted that Ripple's XRP token is a tradable ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese stocks ended higher on Wednesday as investors bet the healthcare sector would continue to benefit from a prolonged battle with the coronavirus, while technology shares rose on signs that ... ( read original story ...)

White & Case has hired a new partner in Tokyo specializing in debt financing deals. Clara Shirota joins from Clifford Chance where she was a Hong Kong-based consultant advising on leveraged finance ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese robo-adviser WealthNavi Inc. debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday in one of the biggest initial public offerings on the bourse this year. The wealth management platform jumped about ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average edged up on Wednesday, with healthcare leading gains after drugmakers said the existing vaccines were likely to be effective against the new coronavirus variant, while ... ( read original story ...)

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse addresses the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit over the XRP cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)

Futures pointed to a higher open for Japanese stocks. The Nikkei futures contract in Chicago was at 26,550 while its counterpart in Osaka was at 26,510. That compared against the Nikkei 225's last ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group's banking unit will promote a managing director, Junichi Hanzawa, to the position of CEO in an effort to shake up its corporate culture, the Nikkei business newspaper ... ( read original story ...)

While it looks like any other filling station in Japan, the Iwatani Hydrogen Refueling Station in the Shibakoen neighborhood of Tokyo is distinguished by three things: the large "H2" on the pumps, an ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese robo-adviser WealthNavi Inc debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday in one of the biggest initial public offerings on the bourse this year. ( read original story ...)

The total budget of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, which were postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased by 294 billion yen ($2.85 billion) to $15.8 billion, Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

If Bitcoin surpassing its all-time high while in the teeth of a global pandemic hadn’t made it clear, 2020 has been a banner year for cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)

PRESS RELEASE. Bityard, a fairly new crypto exchange, currently focuses primarily on crypto asset trading. The crypto exchange, which was unveiled ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed regulations on self-hosted crypto wallet transactions. ( read original story ...)

Japan's government and ruling coalition want aid for businesses that comply with pandemic-related closures to be enshrined in law, with the possibility of fines for those that ignore the requests, ... ( read original story ...)

The article Japanese micro-cap Medirom Healthcare Technologies lowers deal size by 36% ahead of $11 million US IPO originally appeared on IPO investment manager Renaissance Capital's web site ... ( read original story ...)