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Blockchain.com, a provider of cryptocurrency services, has raised about $120 million in its latest funding round, which included investments from Alphabet Inc's venture capital unit, GV, the company ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japan recorded a trade deficit of 323.9 billion yen (about $3.05 billion) in January, the government announced on Wednesday. The trade deficit in the first month of the year is 75.4 percent ... ( read original story ...)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday said Japan had signed a 73.6 billion yen ($668 million) loan agreement to help replenish the lender's main development fund. ( read original story ...)

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the African Development Fund (ADF) – the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group – on Tuesday signed a loan agreement of 73.6 ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is looking to buy customized exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Japan to partially mitigate distorting stock price movements. These measures could permit the central bank to remove ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the African Development Fund (ADF) – the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group ( – on Tuesday signed a loan agreement of 73.6 ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin’s incredible rally shows little sign of abating yet after the token jumped past $51,000 for the first time. ( read original story ...)

After Bitcoin's, the most popular cryptocurrency, first run-up in late 2017, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in April 2018 had barred all banks and other regulated financial institutions from dealing ... ( read original story ...)

If central bank digital cash is to rapidly replace banknotes, a shadow economy worth trillions of dollars may creep deeper into the darkness. A big issue for governments and central banks then is ... ( read original story ...)

Applications came from big names such as Fidelity and Revolut, as well as smaller firms dotted around the country, amid a rise in interest in bitcoin. ( read original story ...)

Japan is securing $240 million (EGP 3.75 billion) for Egypt’s energy sector and budget support, upon an agreement signed with the international cooperat ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei 225 index has been on a strong upward trend in the past few months. We explain why the top Japan stocks are rising ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports accelerated in January, led by a jump in Chinese demand, and manufacturers' sentiment turned positive for the first time since 2019 signalling a gradual recovery from last year's deep ... ( read original story ...)

Exports in the reporting month rose 6.4% from a year earlier to ¥5.78 trillion, up for the second straight month. ( read original story ...)

Japan had a goods trade deficit of 323.9 billion yen ($3.1 billion) in January, government data showed Wednesday. Exports rose 6.4 percent from a year earlier and imports decreased 9.5 percent, the ... ( read original story ...)

MicroStrategy Inc. is adding to its wildly successful bet on Bitcoin, but anyone scooping up the software maker’s stock as a proxy for crypto would be paying a hefty premium. ( read original story ...)