Japan's new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, said on Sunday he won't seek to change the country's taxes on capital gains and dividends for now as he intends to pursue other steps for better wealth ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo rubber futures jump to 3-mth high
TOKYO: Japanese rubber futures jumped to their 3-month highs on Friday as a rally in Tokyo stock market and upbeat shares in China lifted investors’ risk appetite, while hopes for new economic ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto remittances are a lifeline for the world’s most vulnerable
Cryptocurrency remittances are a lifeline for Afghans after the abrupt U.S. withdrawal led to Western Union temporarily ceasing operations and banks in the country severely limiting withdrawals. As ... ( read original story ...)
A 29-year-old crypto billionaire’s startup, FTX, tops the list of newly minted unicorns in the third quarter. Here are all 127 of them.
Fintech companies like FTX, founded by 29-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried, continued to dominate the list of new billion-dollar startups. ( read original story ...)
George Soros’ Fund Reveals Surprise Bitcoin Bet Amid Huge $500 Billion Crypto Price Surge
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have broken out this week, adding a massive $500 billion to the combined crypto market value in a matter of days. The bitcoin price has gained around $10,000 during ... ( read original story ...)
Robinhood Sees Crypto, Order Flow Payment Risks in Filing Update
Robinhood Markets Inc. said that regulatory intervention in cryptocurrency trading, and in a payment arrangement between brokerages and trading firms, could pose risks to its business. ( read original story ...)
The Cycle of Life Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics
The Games of the eighteenth Olympiad were staged in Tokyo 57 years ago, starting on October 10, 1964. This was also my wedding day, and I commemorate the date from both a public and private ... ( read original story ...)
White House Weighs Wide-Ranging Push for Crypto Oversight
The Biden administration is weighing an executive order on cryptocurrencies as part of an effort to set up a government-wide approach to the white-hot asset class, according to people familiar with ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange Binance ends derivatives trading and other offerings in South Africa
Binance will cease offering futures, options, margin, and leveraged trading in South Africa. Users have until January 6 to close their positions. ( read original story ...)
Why the Shiba Inu Crypto Coin Is Soaring
Juthica Chou, Kraken head of OTC options trading, talks about the rise of Bitcoin ETFs and the newest crypto coin: the Shiba Inu. It's now the world’s 20th-biggest by market value and has more than ... ( read original story ...)
A Gen Z crypto hedge fund founder says bitcoin is in its ‘rocketship’ growth phase – even after passing the $1 trillion mark
Rahul Rai, the 24-year-old millionaire co-head of Market Neutral at BlockTower Capital, said bitcoin is accelerating at a rate that is out of this world. ( read original story ...)
Buying bitcoin or any other crypto is a huge leap of faith and you don’t want to be the ‘greater fool’
MARK HULBERT Investors in cryptocurrencies exhibit breathtaking leaps of faith that make stock buyers look like they never take risks. This isn’t to say that leaps of faith aren’t ... ( read original story ...)
Shiba Inu Crypto Price Still High, but Dropping, After Spike Following Elon Musk Tweet
The price of the Shiba Inu cryptocurrency is down from Thursday's peak, despite a sharp rally on Friday morning. The dog-themed token has soared in price over the past couple of days, apparently ... ( read original story ...)
A star from ‘The O.C.’ has slammed Kim Kardashian and other celebrities for shilling crypto – calling it a ‘moral disaster’
The Hollywoodization of crypto is a moral disaster,' said Ben McKenzie, the actor who played Ryan Atwood in 'The O.C.' ... ( read original story ...)
Wyoming’s crypto-backing senator Cynthia Lummis bought the bitcoin dip and loaded up on $50,000-100,000: filing
Wyoming Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis bought bitcoin following a slide in the price, an SEC filing showed Thursday. ( read original story ...)
TSMC and Sony considering joint chip factory, Japan gov’t to help -Nikkei
Taiwan's TSMC and Japan's Sony Group Corp are considering jointly building a chip factory in Japan, with the government ready to pay for some of the investment of about 800 billion yen ($7.15 billion) ... ( read original story ...)