Hackers have released over 270,000 email addresses associated with customers of the cryptocurrency wallet Ledger. The leak, which allegedly stemmed from a company hack last July, appears to contain ... ( read original story ...)
Elon Musk inquired on Twitter about ‘large’ bitcoin transactions after a crypto booster suggested he convert Tesla’s balance sheet
Elon Musk suggested on Twitter that he's tempted by bitcoin, then crypto booster Michael Saylor recommended he convert Tesla's entire balance sheet. ( read original story ...)
Crypto wallet data breach compromises hundreds of thousands of users
Email addresses belonging to hundreds of thousands of users of a cryptocurrency wallet have been leaked online. It is an embarrassing development for Ledger, a hardware wallet manufacturer, who ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Venture Funds Take Steady Approach
The market is definitely more mature than three years ago. Raising [capital] without a product and strong early traction is not possible in the millions [of dollars],” Ana-Maria Yanakieva, an ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-SoftBank prepares to file for SPAC IPO worth up to $600 mln on Monday -Axios
SoftBank's Vision Fund is preparing to raise between $500 million and $600 million via an initial public offering of its first special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), U.S. news portal Axios ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Cabinet Oks Record Defense Budget in Face of China Threats
Japan’s cabinet approved a record defense budget plan of about $51.6 billion for the coming year, in what will be the ninth consecutive increase in annual spending amid threats from China and North ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG eyes buying bank in Indonesia after ‘painful’ defeat last year
Japan's second-largest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc is eager to buy a commercial bank in Indonesia, its chief executive said, after a "painful" defeat last year in vying for mid-sized ... ( read original story ...)
No fees, no limits, no wait: Crypto gives better terms to freelancers
Some of the world’s biggest freelancing sites have inadvertently cut out talented professionals from developing economies — but a crypto-powered platform is changing that ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank prepares to file for SPAC IPO worth up to US$600 million on Monday: Axios
SoftBank's Vision Fund is preparing to raise between US$500 million and US$600 million via an initial public offering of its first special purpose ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank prepares to file for SPAC IPO worth up to $600 mln on Monday -Axios
The vehicles are being using to take a record number of companies public, bypassing the traditional IPO route. (Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru and Sam Nussey in Tokyo; Editing by Jane ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to accelerate e-textbook use by removing screen time limit
TOKYO -- Japan will remove the limit on the amount ... aims to introduce digital textbooks to all schools by fiscal 2025, Nikkei has learned. Current rules state that digital textbooks can only ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks slip from 29-1/2-year high on virus spike, new strain in Britain
Japanese shares fell from a 29-1/2-year high hit earlier in the session on Monday, as concerns about a spike in domestic coronavirus infections and the emergence of a new strain of the virus in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to mull bolder emissions target, carbon pricing scheme next year -minister
Japan will look at reducing greenhouse gas emissions beyond its current target for 2030 and lay out details next year on a carbon pricing scheme that won't rule out a carbon tax, the environment ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Approves Record $1 Trillion Budget for Next Year
Japan’s cabinet approved a record budget for next fiscal year, less than a week after approving a third extra budget as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government looks to shore up the economy and ... ( read original story ...)
JPMorgan Says Flows to Into Major Crypto Fund Are Key to Bitcoin’s Outlook
The odds of a Bitcoin correction would increase if the flows into the world’s largest traded cryptocurrency fund slow significantly, according to strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Should Avoid Having Reg Future Shaped By Others
Although some results from the 2020 elections ended up as predicted, many did not. Even with some fresh faces in Washington, a divided Congress would mean that sweeping legislative changes are ... ( read original story ...)