Investigators in Europe said that the cryptocurrency giant Binance had made it more difficult to track down scammers and solve other crimes.
Global market: Japan’s Nikkei plunges over 4% as chip stocks track global tech selloff
Japan's Nikkei index tumbled over 4% on Tuesday to a two-month low, led by a deep selloff in semiconductor and AI-related stocks following losses on Wall Street. Major chipmakers including Kioxia, ...
Japan’s Nikkei tumbles over 3% as chip stocks slide
Japan's Nikkei share average fell more than 3 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by heavy losses in chip-related stocks after their US peers closed lower overnight.The Nikkei was down 3.59 percent ...
Bank of Japan set to hold as it assesses impact of June increase
The Bank of Japan is likely to take a breather this week to assess the effects of its latest move after raising its policy rate to the highest level in three decades.
Japan finance minister says government’s relationship with BOJ ‘smooth’
By Takaya Yamaguchi and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday the government's relationship with the central bank has been "normal and ...
Prediction Markets Are Booming, Crypto Markets Are Not. Here’s What That Means for Crypto Investors
The bear market looks like a bigger reason for crypto's woes than prediction markets.
A VC says he declined to join the Trump family’s crypto venture after cofounder Steve Witkoff couldn’t pronounce ‘memecoin’
Longtime venture capitalist Nic Carter said Steve Witkoff’s limited crypto knowledge dissuaded him from investing in World Liberty Financial.
Crypto analyst says Dogecoin is ‘screaming bullish’ across every timeframe
Dogecoin is trying to turn a corner, and one widely followed chart watcher thinks the setup is unusually strong.
Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam cost users $1.8M
Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they collectively lost more than $1.8 million after downloading a fraudulent crypto wallet from the App Store, challenging the company’s longstanding ...
Crypto Promised Disintermediation. New Intermediaries Are Emerging
Crypto’s promise of disintermediation is being challenged in 2026 as stablecoins, tokenisation, ETFs and DAOs create new intermediaries.
Popular crypto stock jumps after acquiring nearly 1,000 patents
Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) said on July 27 it had acquired IBM's blockchain patent portfolio, adding more than 680 patent families and nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide to its intellectual ...
APX CEO Says Crypto Lending Can Avoid the Mistakes That Sank Celsius
Crypto-backed lending still carries the scars left by Celsius, BlockFi, and the wave of failures that swept through the industry in 2022. APX Lending founder ...
CBDT’s crypto reporting norms seen increasing transparency
The CBDT issues new guidance on the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) to enhance tax transparency, providing clear compliance instructions for crypto exchanges under India's Income-tax Act and ...
Bank of Japan to signal more rate hikes as price pressures build
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to keep interest rates steady on Friday but leave scope for further hikes with hawkish communication, as the economy faces mounting ...
Crypto Firms Pivoting to AI Is ‘Zero-Sum’ Thinking: Coinbase CEO
Brian Armstrong says crypto is infrastructure that underpins AI, and that AI agents will need it to transact on their own.
Brian Armstrong: Part of Crypto Business Could Leave the US if CLARITY Act Stalls
Brian Armstrong warns that Coinbase could move part of its business offshore. Lummis says Senate resistance, not Trump, is blocking the CLARITY Act. Regulatory ...