Tag: finance

A Japanese airline is using a vending machine to sell flights to mystery destinations — and it has become very popular. Peach Aviation first placed a machine in Osaka in mid-August as a marketing ploy ... ( read original story ...)

"A lot of people have been asking for the ability to send and receive cryptocurrencies," Vlad Tenev told CNBC on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

The "Shark Tank" star and billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks celebrated how crypto has encouraged millions of young people to invest. ( read original story ...)

FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried probably cost himself some money by getting the numbers 420 and 69 into his latest fundraising, but Elon Musk’s example shows that juvenile humor can pay off. ( read original story ...)

Simone Biles may be months removed from this summer's Toyko Olympics, where she withdrew from several events to focus on her mental health, but her struggles with the "twisties," however, haven't gone ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Shinsei Bank plans to beef up its small-scale finance business in Asia Pacific through alliances and acquisitions as it scrambles to map out its own growth strategy to fend off SBI Holdings' ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. crypto firm CrossTower Inc. is offering 5,000 rupees ($67) credit to Indian users to invest in digital currencies on its platform, even as the nation’s policymakers remain skeptical of the assets ... ( read original story ...)

The launch of Wall Street’s first bitcoin exchange traded fund has created an opportunity for professional investors to make juicy profits on a simple bet, enabled by a lack of large players in the ... ( read original story ...)

A project that aims to get cryptocurrency into the hands of as many people as possible has signed up more than 130,000 users so far -- they just need to get their eyeball scanned in exchange. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin, after surging to never-before-seen highs this week, suddenly plunged almost 90% on the U.S. arm of major exchange Binance today—before almost immediately snapping ... ( read original story ...)

Members of crypto Twitter have expressed concerns over the venture capital-backed crypto project collecting iris scans. ( read original story ...)

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.34%. The best ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei edged up on Friday after debt-ridden developer China Evergrande Group made a bond payment, but uncertainties around U.S. interest rate hikes, and caution ahead of the nation's general ... ( read original story ...)

FTX has its sights set on U.S. expansion after licensing and regulation obstacles are cleared, according to CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. ( read original story ...)

Japan's factory output likely fell in September as supply chain disruptions continued to hit automakers, a Reuters poll showed, reinforcing expectations that growth in the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei rose on Friday, recouping early losses, after embattled developer China Evergrande Group made a bond payment, while caution ahead of the nation's general election and corporate earnings ... ( read original story ...)