The cryptocurrency market posted staggering losses Tuesday as a wave of selling pummeled the prices of nearly every single coin—unraveling the gains priced in by a retail trading mania ahead of El ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto regulation is necessary for institutional adoption: Gemini
Regulation is an important step in helping protect investors, says cryptocurrency exchange Gemini's Jeremy Ng. He adds that regulation is good for the crytpo ecosystem. ( read original story ...)
Solana’s SOL Token Weathers the Crypto Tumble Sparked by Bitcoin
The sudden plunge in Bitcoin dragged the cryptocurrency world into a sea of red, but there was a key holdout: Solana’s SOL token. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 rises 265 points on improved GDP
Japan's economy in the second quarter grew better than originally reported, a report issued on Wednesday said. ( read original story ...)
BOJ Kuroda: Japan rates will stay low even under expansionary fiscal policy – Nikkei
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank's yield curve control policy will keep interest rates low even if fiscal policy becomes more expansionary, the Nikkei newspaper reported on ... ( read original story ...)
PayPal to acquire Japanese payments platform Paidy
Paidy's products like its Paidy 3-Pay monthly installment offering, has driven strong engagement with over six million registered users and played a key role in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Ruling Party Leadership Contenders Vow to Defeat Deflation
Two lawmakers battling to become Japan’s next prime minister both pledged to launch stimulus packages over the short term and to defeat deflation over the longer term, as they laid out their platforms ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has $17.329 billion current account surplus
Japan had a current account surplus of 1.910 trillion yen ($17.329 billion) in July, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday, up 24.5 percent on year. That was shy of expectations for a surplus of 2 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs $17.3 bn current account surplus in July
Japan marked a current account surplus of 1.91 trillion yen ($17.3 billion) in July, growing 24.5 per cent year on year, amid the increase in exports to China and the United States where demand kept ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s April-June GDP growth rises 1.9% on capital expenditure
Japan's economy grew at an annual rate of 1.9 percent from April to June, increased from the preliminary growth of 1.3 percent. ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Y1.910 Trillion Current Account Surplus
Japan had a current account surplus of 1.910 trillion yen in July, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday - up 24.5 percent on ... ( read original story ...)
Fintech Australia calls for debanking fix and self-regulation for crypto industry
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin Babe testified it has been debanked 91 times and bullied by Austrac, with the industry body calling for an end to such 'anti-competitive' behaviour from Australia's ... ( read original story ...)
SEC threatens to sue Coinbase over crypto lending programme
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has threatened to sue Coinbase Global Inc if the crypto exchange goes ahead with plans to launch a programme allowing users to earn interest by ... ( read original story ...)
Medical-device maker PHC planning ¥172 billion IPO, Japan’s biggest since 2018
This year about $3.4 billion has been raised through Japanese IPOs, a huge increase from the $804 million garnered in the same period in 2020, data shows. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM contender Kishida urges new form of capitalism to end disparity, recover from pandemic
TOKYO - Japan should strive for a new form of capitalism to reduce income disparity that has worsened under the coronavirus pandemic, says former foreign minister Fumio Kishida who hopes to become ... ( read original story ...)
Why the knives are out for the Samurai Mafia: They sever their own fingers, savage their victims and make billions in illicit business. But as one of Japan’s crime gang bosses …
To understand how untouchable the yakuza crime gangs have always been in Japan, you only need to know how they used to rob banks. ( read original story ...)