Tag: finance

Criminals are peddling the idea of a new Amazon cryptocurrency token to swindle victims. A new cryptocurrency-related scam is abusing the Amazon brand to dupe would-be investors into handing over ... ( read original story ...)

Shares were lower in Asia on Friday after a late afternoon sell-off wiped out gains for stocks on Wall Street. ( read original story ...)

Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.90%. The ... ( read original story ...)

A review of Japan’s legal requirement for firms to provide quarterly financial reports is a matter of course, given Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s New Capitalism policy framework, according to the ... ( read original story ...)

Around $14 million in ether, just over $17 million in bitcoin, and $66,200 in other cryptocurrencies withdrawn during the incident. ( read original story ...)

The bitcoin price has crashed 10% over the last 24 hours to around $38,000, a level not seen since the summer of ... ( read original story ...)

Last year, the Financial Conduct Authority put the number of people in the UK owning crypto at around 2.3m, and given the publicity around the various currencies it makes sense to think that number is ... ( read original story ...)

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Defending champion Naomi Osaka overcame a second-set blip to beat American Madison Brengle 6-0 6-4 and reach the third round of the Australian Open, staying on course for a ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL (Reuters) -Retail investors bid for a record 114 trillion won ($96 billion) worth of shares in the IPO of South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution (LGES), adding to the frenzy for a ... ( read original story ...)

Gains in Japan’s key consumer prices failed to accelerate toward the Bank of Japan’s target in December, highlighting the ongoing weakness in the economy’s inflation pulse in stark contrast to its ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s core consumer prices rose 0.5% in December from a year earlier, increasing for a second month in a row at the fastest pace in nearly two years in a sign of broadening inflationary pressure ... ( read original story ...)

Crypto.com said Thursday that cybercriminals had breached its security systems earlier in the week and made off with a total of $34 million in stolen bitcoin and ethereum.The cryptocurrency exchange ... ( read original story ...)

House members pushed back on crypto CEOs' assertion that Bitcoin's energy consumption is actually a "feature not a bug." ... ( read original story ...)

Russia’s central bank proposed a blanket ban on the use and creation of all cryptocurrencies within one of the world’s biggest crypto-mining nations, citing the dangers posed to the country’s ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Friday, with the Nikkei dropping over 2 percent following overnight losses on Wall Street while preparations to implement a quasi-state of emergency in additional ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's autos and tech stocks fell across the board. Economic data in the region for Friday includes Japan's inflation data for December, as well as minutes of its monetary policy meeting. Oil prices ... ( read original story ...)