Japanese stocks climbed to a 30-year high after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s plan to resign spurred hope that his successor will increase stimulus spending and be more adept in handling the ... ( read original story ...)
Medal rush in store as Tokyo Paralympics enters home straight
Paralympians battled for the last medals in swimming and cycling on Friday, while Turkey's women attempted to defend their goalball title as the Tokyo Games headed into their final days. ( read original story ...)
Paralympics day 10: GB passes triple figures in Tokyo
A gold and bronze in the first running of the va’a discipline of paracanoe at the Games saw GB pass the milestone of 100 medals at the Tokyo games. Emma Wiggs soared to gold with a personal best of 57 ... ( read original story ...)
Misjudgment of Economy-Covid Balance Sees Japan’s Suga Depart
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s decision to step down as leader points to the failure of his bet that limiting the impact of Covid-19 on the economy would secure him popular support and time ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Orders Binance to Halt Services in Latest Crypto Blow
Binance Holdings Ltd. must stop offering services regulated in Singapore after a potential breach of local payment rules, adding to a mounting list of jurisdictions scrutinizing the world’s largest ... ( read original story ...)
Cardano joins crypto’s creative destruction loop
Watch out, bitcoin and ether. Cryptocurrency platform Cardano had its ADA token pass the $3 mark for the first on Sept. 1, just weeks after becoming the world’s third-biggest virtual tender. While its ... ( read original story ...)
Kioxia favours IPO over Western Digital merger offer-paper
Japan's Kioxia Holdings Corp, the world's second-largest maker of NAND flash memory chips, plans to push ahead with an initial public offering (IPO) rather than a stock merger with Western Digital, ... ( read original story ...)
Kioxia, formerly Toshiba Memory, arranging for November IPO – paper
Japan's Kioxia Holdings Corp, the world's second-largest maker of flash memory chips and formerly called Toshiba Memory, is arranging for an initial public offering (IPO) in November, the Nikkan Kogyo ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stars Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia at Adda today
Last month, on the day wrestler Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra made history by winning India’s first track and field Olympics medal. Chopra’s gold ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Markets Rally: Cardano Surges To New High As Bitcoin And Ether Hit Highest Prices Since $1 Trillion Crash
Cardano has amassed nearly $100 billion in market value while bitcoin and ether hit their highest prices since May. ( read original story ...)
An IRS agent pretended to be a crypto trader called ‘Mr. Coins’ in a $180,000 dark-web drug sting
Mr. Coins put up a listing offering to buy bitcoin at a premium, shortly attracting a bid from a user called 'Lucifallen21.' ... ( read original story ...)
First Crypto Fund in Japan Targets Long-Term Retail Investors
Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. is aiming to launch the country’s first cryptocurrency fund by the end of November that can give individual investors a way to diversify their broader ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei extends gain to fourth day
Shares of Technology companies gained, lifted by the record high for the Nasdaq index. Taiyo Yuden jumped 2%, Tokyo Electron climbed 1.2%, and Advantest gained 2.1%. ( read original story ...)
The Bank of Japan is really jazzed up about the new 10,000 yen bill
The bills were given a unique texture to help visually impaired people distinguish them and the numbers are also more prominently printed to help those from outside Japan understand its value at a ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Accounts Yielding 7% Spur Scrutiny as States Warn of Risk
State regulators say some interest-bearing crypto accounts with billions of dollars in deposits appear to be unregistered securities that aren’t disclosing their risks to investors. ( read original story ...)
Graphic: Rising Bitcoin Hashrate Lifts All Crypto Mining Stocks
As the Bitcoin hashrate rebounds, Bitfarms and Marathon reported 3-figure increases year-over-year; Riot saw a 1,540% increase over Q2 2020 ... ( read original story ...)