Tag: crypto

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday crypto asset regulations should support responsible innovation while managing risks, sticking to the contours of a recent White House executive ... ( read original story ...)

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says more government regulation is needed to police the proliferation of cryptocurrency and other digital assets and to ward off fraudulent and illicit transactions. ( read original story ...)

The premium for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers for April to June was set at $172 a tonne, down 2.8% from the previous quarter, as weak demand in Japan and China outweighed concerns of supply ... ( read original story ...)

Funds raised from the IPO, which is the biggest Tokyo listing since SoftBank’s $21 billion IPO in 2018, will be used to expand the company’s banking-as-a-service (BaaS) business for B2B customers, the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Shipbuilding and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1. ( read original story ...)

Last week Sky Mavis, the Vietnam-based company behind the crypto game Axie Infinity, revealed that a hacker stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto from its blockchain. Sky Mavis ... ( read original story ...)

Unlike its peers, Japan's central bank has stuck to aggressive government debt purchases, rock-bottom interest rates and near-zero long-term bond yields The costs of this approach keep rising, though, ... ( read original story ...)

The benefits of a weak yen outweigh the demerits for Japan’s export-oriented economy, central bank policymaker Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday, brushing aside the view the currency’s recent decline ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies, including ethereum, BNB, luna, XRP, solana, cardano and avalanche, have suddenly moved sharply lower, wiping around $200 billion from the combined crypto ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei had dropped 2% to 26,803.34 by the midday break and was on course for its worst session since March 11, with chipmakers and auto companies among the worst performers. O ... ( read original story ...)

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.53% and Japan's Nikkei dropped 1.9%. Chinese blue chips shed 0.4%, although the Hong Kong benchmark was flat, buoyed by mainland ... ( read original story ...)

Asahi Noguchi says loose policy needed as Japan is not experiencing high rates of inflation seen in other countries. ( read original story ...)

Thousands of crypto enthusiasts are gathering in Miami, now tied with Los Angeles in funding raised by blockchain startups. ( read original story ...)

CNN's Richard Quest spoke with Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao this week about sanction rules, crypto and why he thinks anonymity in the digital currency world is a myth. ( read original story ...)

Cryptocurrency prices tumbled Wednesday following the release of hawkish minutes from the Federal Reserve's March policy meeting. Bitcoin fell 4.8% to $43,791 at last check, according to according to ... ( read original story ...)

Banks won’t be embracing Bitcoin with the same level of enthusiasm that individual investors have exhibited any time soon, the head of crypto prime brokerage Genesis Global Trading said, thanks to ... ( read original story ...)