Tag: crypto

Venture Smart Asia Ltd. has launched Hong Kong’s first approved cryptocurrency fund with a target first-year size of $100 million, offering an officially sanctioned window for institutional investors ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan's megabanks have announced commitments, of varying degrees, to stop financing new coal power projects as global pressure ramps up on the world's third largest economy for stronger ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s exports sank 11.7% in March as the coronavirus pandemic slammed auto shipments to the U.S. The Finance Ministry said Monday that exports to the U.S. fell 16.5% in March from a year earlier, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese city of Osaka has issued an urgent plea for citizens to donate plastic raincoats to hospitals running short of protective gear for staff treating coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Crypto wallets are built to be highly secure, but that security can easily be undone by a bit of devious impersonation. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo intends to hand out about $1,000 in coronavirus aid relief for each citizen. ( read original story ...)

(Mainichi) OSAKA -- Over 300,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Japanese government and Diet to set up a third-party panel to probe the suicide of a Finance Ministry official amid a ... ( read original story ...)

The highest monthly cancellations on record in the current book-building system exceeded the 13 seen in October 2001 the bursting of a tech bubble and the attacks on Se ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies are soaring—pushing the combined value of the crypto market back over $200 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports likely slumped the most in over 3-1/2 years in March as the coronavirus pandemic crushed demand in the United States and Europe, poll showed, heightening the chance of recession for ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s sudden about-face on a cash handouts initiative indicates the government was no longer convinced the original plan was quick enough or big enough to support ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government declared in Tokyo and six areas including western Osaka. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government was considering ... It is rare for the government to make changes to a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was preparing on Thursday to widen a state of emergency to the entire nation, beyond just major cities, and a government official said would change a draft supplementary budget to provide cash ... ( read original story ...)

Bitstamp, a large European cryptocurrency exchange, announced on April 14th, they will be the first exchange on Fireblocks infrastructure to enable institutional transactions to one confirmation. ( read original story ...)

The government had been considering expanding of the state of emergency, currently covering Tokyo, Osaka and five prefectures ... Besides Kishida, he met with LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was preparing to extend a state of emergency beyond major cities to the entire nation, media reported on Thursday, and a government official said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will change a draft ... ( read original story ...)