Tag: crypto

USD/JPY remains strong following welcome GDP figures at home. Japan’s preliminary Q4 GDP came in better than forecast 2.3% QoQ. Risks remain positive amid hopes of US stimulus, global vaccine drive. ( read original story ...)

Affirm, the buy now, pay later fintech, reported its first quarterly earnings on Friday after its January IPO. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka saved two match points as she battled back from the brink to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a (4-6, 6-4, 7-5) victory over in-form Garbine Muguruza on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's sake industry is taking on the problem of a surplus of rice specially grown for making the fermented alcoholic beverage as the coronavirus pandemic causes a sharp drop in demand for the drink ... ( read original story ...)

The number of products in Japan's supermarkets is decreasing. Nikkei analyzed the data of Nikkei POS, a database of retail prices and sold volumes at stores in Japan, and learned that in 2020, the ... ( read original story ...)

A clear cryptocurrency regulatory regime is urgently needed as major companies like Tesla Inc, BNY Mellon Corp and Mastercard Inc embrace the alternative asset class, a top Securities and Exchange ... ( read original story ...)

More than half of 78 listed Japanese regional banking groups and banks saw a decline in their net profits or incurred red ink in the April-December period, hit by the coronavirus pandemic, an analysis ... ( read original story ...)

The market enjoyed a bull run on positive developments regarding U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package and rosy earnings announcements by Japanese firms. ( read original story ...)

The teleconference among the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors was the first since the new administration of US President Joe Biden. ( read original story ...)

Investigators said the "Joker's Stash" marketplace, which dealt in stolen credit cards, log-ins and identity information which it sold for cryptocurrency, pocketed at least $1 billion, Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

Beyond cryptocurrency and altcoins, opportunities also abound in the form of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) - provably scarce digital assets representing a range of commodities such as artwork, gaming ... ( read original story ...)

His tweet caught the ire of some, with one blasting Bitcoin as a "pyramid scheme" and another saying a stable society requires a stable currency. ( read original story ...)

The kingpin or kingpins of the world's biggest illicit credit card marketplace have retired after making an estimated fortune of over $1 billion in cryptocurrency, according to research by blockchain ... ( read original story ...)

Business Bitcoin hits record on BNY Mellon crypto move. Posted . Bitcoin has hit fresh all-time highs after BNY Mellon said it formed a new unit to help clients hold, transfer and ... ( read original story ...)

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez proposed paying municipal workers and collecting taxes in Bitcoin, expanding a campaign to promote cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)

Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized economies will hold a teleconference Friday, with the agenda expected to includ ... ( read original story ...)