Tag: crypto

The future of money could in part be determined by a series of newly revealed experiments being conducted by the Banque de France with help from eight blockchain leaders. ( read original story ...)

SET-listed Khonburi Sugar (KBS) is delaying the commercial operation of its new biomass-fired power plant in Nakhon Ratchasima because of the impact of the pandemic, but plans to launch a ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan plans to sell 1.2 trillion yen ($11.2 billion) of 20-year bonds at an auction Tuesday that is shaping up as another key test of demand for super-long debt.While buyer appetite at ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices snapped two straight months of declines in June but risks remain for a prolonged economic slump from the coronavirus crisis, which has depressed ... ( read original story ...)

Signs for Ant Financial Services Group’s Alipay are displayed at a shop in Tokyo. Ant Group is seeking a valuation of ... a Hong Kong-based managing director and head of IPO at consultancy Tricor ... ( read original story ...)

Corona Capital is a daily column updated throughout the day by Breakingviews columnists around the world with short, sharp pandemic-related insights. ( read original story ...)

In a recent webinar Kodai Sato, a senior researcher at Nomura Research Institute in Japan, contended that financial inclusion is not the top priority of Japan currently while it may be so for other ... ( read original story ...)

The verified accounts for Gates, Musk and Apple issued tweets promoting a cryptocurrency scam, asking followers to send money to a blockchain address. ( read original story ...)

This comes across as a fairly benign question to most people. If fintech is simply a term describing a range of financial technologies, and crypto is a financial technology, among other things, then ... ( read original story ...)

Viasat, Inc. VSAT recently announced that its U.K. counterpart joined forces with a leading cybersecurity solutions provider — Cyber1st — to reinforce crypto capabilities and deploy reliable ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan (BOJ), the country's central bank, has set up a new dedicated team to further study digital currencies.The post Japan's central bank sets up new team to research digital currencies ... ( read original story ...)

Aiding adoption and creating innovative experiences in the crypto space, Mastercard today announced the expansion of its cryptocurrency program, making it simpler and faster for partners to bring ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s exports plunged 26.2% in June from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance (MOF) data showed on Monday. The fall compared with a 24.9% decline expected by economists in a Reuters poll. It followed ... ( read original story ...)

The value of Japan’s overall shipments overseas slid 26.2% from a year earlier, the finance ministry reported Monday. Economists forecast a 24.7% fall. “Looking ahead, exports are likely to continue ... ( read original story ...)

Stock markets across Asia have begun the new trading week on a mixed note as earnings season continues to gather steam.Markets in Japan and South Korea have opened with a positive bias while those ... ( read original story ...)

Japan posted a merchandise trade deficit of 268.824 billion yen in June, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday. That missed ... ( read original story ...)