The U.S. Justice Department is disbanding its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and ordering prosecutors to narrow crypto investigations to focus on drug cartels and terrorist groups, according ...
Crypto firm Ripple to buy prime broker Hidden Road for $1.25 billion
Ripple said on Tuesday it will buy multi-asset prime broker Hidden Road in a $1.25 billion deal, making it one of the largest acquisitions by the crypto company. This is the second billion-dollar-plus ...
Shopify’s AI Strategy: Why Crypto & Every Biz Must Think AI First
Shopify's AI strategy memo shows why crypto, insurance, and all companies must urgently embrace an AI-first approach to stay competitive and boost productivity.
Osaka Expo crowns tourism-driven rebound of Japan’s ‘second city’
OSAKA -- Over the last two years, Hironori Momose has watched the reshaping of Osaka's skyline from his office overlooking the north end of the city's main train station. A former rail yard is now ...
Japan’s Bankruptcy Filings Hit 11-Year High in FY2024/25, TSR Tally Shows
Bankruptcy data is one of the indicators BOJ policymakers monitor to gauge the Japanese economy's soundness. Governor Kazuo Ueda has said the central bank will keep raising interest rates if sustained ...
Japan’s Kato Says No Truth to Reports About Mulling Extra Budget
Japan’s government isn’t considering compiling an extra budget to help mitigate the potential impacts from US tariffs, Minister of Finance Katsunobu Kato said Tuesday.
Wall Street’s Crypto Appetite Tested Again With New Altcoin ETF
Alternative asset manager Teucrium Investment Advisors LLC is launching a leveraged exchange-traded fund linked to cryptocurrency XRP, the asset at the center of a recently ended probe of Ripple Labs Inc.
Asian shares gain and Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps 6.5% despite uncertainty over tariffs
Asian markets opened higher on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark shooting up more than 6% after it fell nearly 8% a day earlier. The rebound followed a wild day on Wall Street as U.S.
Japan’s Nikkei jumps 6%, rebounds from 1-1/2-year low on US tech boost
Japan's Nikkei share average rose 6% on Tuesday in a widespread rally, rebounding from a 1-1/2-year low hit in the previous session, as local traders assessed strong performances of U.S. technology ...
Trump says Japan sending team for talks, Japan urges him to rethink tariffs
Japan is sending a team to negotiate on trade, U.S. President Donald Trump said, adding that he spoke earlier on Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who separately said he told Trump ...
Binance Founder Zhao to Help Pakistan Boost Crypto Trading Bid
Pakistan has roped in Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, to set up a globally competitive platform for digital finance in the South Asian nation.
Japan’s Nikkei plunges to 1-1/2-year low as banking shares slump
Japan's Nikkei share average tumbled nearly 9% early on Monday, while an index of Japanese bank stocks plunged as much as 17%, as concerns over a tariff-induced global recession continued to rip ...
US crypto stocks plunge as bitcoin hits new 2025 low
U.S.-listed shares of crypto companies tumbled before the markets opened on Monday, mirroring a sharp drop in bitcoin as escalating tariff tensions and fears of a global trade war triggered a broad ...
Crypto’s Trump Rally Evaporates; XRP Leads Altcoin Losses
Cryptocurrencies wiped out almost all their gains since Donald Trump’s election win in early November as fallout from the US president’s tariff onslaught sparked heavy selling in an asset class he’s ...
Ishiba to Talk With Trump as Japan’s Nikkei Enters Bear Market
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average slid into a bear market over fears of a widening trade war, while Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was reportedly set to have a call with US President Donald ...
Japan’s Nikkei 225 enters bear market while PM Ishiba seeks tariff deal
The moves in the market are not dissimilar to the rout in August, but that was short-lived. This time, Trump is the issue, and that can’t be so easily solved. It won’t be easy to rebound from this.” ...