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Japan's Metaplanet aims to grow its Bitcoin holdings 5X to 10,000 BTC in 2025 as asset managers say BTC could hit $200k this year.

Japan's Nikkei share average slipped more than 1% on the first trading day of 2025 on Monday as investors sold stocks after the index's year-end rally, overshadowing gains in chip-related stocks.

Metaplanet said it plans to grow its Bitcoin holdings to 10,000 BTC by year-end, leveraging advanced capital market tools.

The au Jibun Bank Japan Services PMI was revised lower to 50.9 in December 2024 from a flash reading of 51.4. New orders increased for the sixth straight month, with the growth rate reaching its ...

Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street snapped out of a spell of holiday season blues, with markets in Tokyo and China declining.

Metaplanet's expansion goal aligns with forecasts that government Bitcoin adoption could spur broader institutional investment in 2025.

Southland Corporation, the Dallas-based operator of 7-Eleven then facing rumours of a Canadian takeover attempt, announced plans to move the company into private hands—namely those of its founding ...

Japanese stocks are poised to reach new record highs in 2025, driven by corporate governance reforms and robust earnings, according to equities strategists.

UBS Group hired three salesmen in Japan to boost its business selling high-yielding structured investments and other tailored derivative products to local financial firms, as activity heats up in this ...

Metaplanet is aiming to expand its Bitcoin stash more than fivefold to 10,000 Bitcoin in 2025, as analysts predict a bull run this year that could see Bitcoin rise above $200,000. The Japan-based ...

The certainty of regulation and the influx of institutional investment and interest means that industry CEX titans will have to compete with TradFi banks and brokers.

The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector continues to disrupt traditional financial systems, offering innovative solutions through blockchain technology. As we e ...

Digital asset wallet Phantom has confirmed it won’t launch a token following rumors that it would initiate a token airdrop to complement its new social discovery feature.

Crypto is buzzing like crazy, especially now that Trump won the election. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) early last year.

TOKYO -- Houses in Japan are getting smaller, with the average floor space falling to a 30-year low. Total area per house is about 92 square meters, a decline of 3 sq. meters from the peak year of ...

A U.S. bank regulator told banks to pause dabbling directly in crypto in 2022 and 2023, but did not order them to stop providing banking services to crypto companies contrary to industry complaints of ...