Bullish, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by a group of billionaires, is in talks to merge with special purpose acquisition company Far Peak Acquisition Corp., according to people familiar with the ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Rebounds as Long-Term Investors Keep Faith in Crypto
Bitcoin rises above $34,000, allowing it to recover from being in the red year to date, as long-term Bitcoin believers hold on to their stash of the digital token. ( read original story ...)
A Canadian bitcoin fund just became the Middle East’s first crypto listing after debuting on Nasdaq’s Dubai exchange
The Bitcoin Fund rose 10% on the exchange, just a day after the cryptocurrency wiped out its gains for the year. ( read original story ...)
A ‘seismic shift’ in Chinese crypto mining is underway and bitcoin could slide further as a result: Glassnode
Bitcoin's price could slide further as China's crypto crackdown pushes miners out of the market, slowing down the hash rate and bitcoin trading. ( read original story ...)
IRS Denies Tax-Free Crypto To Crypto Swaps
If you swapped one kind of crypto for another before January 1, 2018, was it tax free? The IRS just said it was taxable, and in many cases, the IRS has six years to audit. That mean your 2017 tax ... ( read original story ...)
SEC chief focuses on zero-commission trades and SPACs, rather than crypto in speech
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler remained focused on issuing new regulations related to zero-commission trading platforms rather ... ( read original story ...)
China’s latest crypto crackdown will weigh on bitcoin prices, says Slow Ventures’ Carlson
Jill Carlson of Slow Ventures joins "Squawk on the Street" to discuss China's new crackdown on crypto mining and what it could mean for bitcoin. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Stocks Bounce Back Alongside Bitcoin
It's shaping up to be a better day for traders in the cryptocurrencies world. With bitcoin up around $34,000 early Wednesday, a 14% gain over the past 24 hours, key cryptocurrency-related stocks have ... ( read original story ...)
Frazer Clarke ready to step up at Tokyo Olympics
Frazer Clarke is preparing to turn his Olympic dream into reality when he leads an 11-strong team of Great Britain boxers to the Tokyo Olympics next month. The Burton super-heavyweight went to Rio ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-aide to Suga to assume Japan’s top finance bureaucrat post
The government plans to name Koji Yano, known for his close ties to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, as vice finance minister, the top bureaucratic post at the most powerful ministry in Japan, ... ( read original story ...)
US futures rise after Fed’s Powell soothes inflation concerns, with tech stocks, commodities and crypto bouncing back
Tech stocks, commodities and crypto bounced as investor concern about inflation eased, while a slew of PMI data showed a mixed picture for early June. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank-backed Dingdong targets over $6 billion valuation in US IPO
The valuation represents a jump of over 20% from the $5.1 billion the company was worth after the Japanese conglomerate invested in it last month. ( read original story ...)
China’s Crypto Crackdown Expected to Push Mining Overseas
China’s crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry is expected to spur miners to uproot their operations and head abroad. ( read original story ...)
Rigaku Names Toshiyuki Ikeda as New President and CEO Succeeding Hikaru Shimura
Japan's leading manufacturer of X-ray analysis, measurement and testing instruments, announced today that Toshiyuki Ikeda has succeeded Hikaru Shimura as President and CEO of Rigaku. Rigaku Holdings ... ( read original story ...)
GLP C-REIT becomes first logistics REIT to list on Shanghai exchange after $910m IPO
Around 52% of the shares were pre-committed to six cornerstone investors including Taking Life, Dajia Investment, and CICC Wealth Management. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei closes flat; Japan shares end mixed as chip gains counter drugmaker losses
AP Drug stocks fell the most among all sectors, according to the Nikkei website, dragged down by Eisai, which fell 5.04 per cent. TOKYO: Japan's benchmark Nikkei index was subdued on Wednesday as ... ( read original story ...)