Tag: finance

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are becoming more mainstream in Asia, says John Ip, co-founder at Hong Kong-based crypto platform CoinUnited.io. ( read original story ...)

China's Ant Group cut its holdings of India's Zomato over the past year, reversing an earlier plan to boost its stake in the food delivery company, underscoring the dramatic shift in the countries' ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.83%. The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese tech stocks led the declines, as investors sifted through latest earnings reports and sold shares of companies that failed to live up to their lofty expectations for a robust rebound this ... ( read original story ...)

Last week, Jens Nordvig of Exante Data joked that the most interesting thing in the market was, in fact, this outperformance. JPM strategist Josh Younger put out a note pointing to ETH’s impressive ... ( read original story ...)

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.35 percent or 100.89 points at 28,953.08 in early trade, while the broader Topix Index gained 0.06 percent or 1.06 points to 1,910.12 ... ( read original story ...)

CNBC's Kate Rooney reports on SoFi becoming the latest company to offer crypto rewards for credit cardholders. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and other crypto may be off of all time highs, just set earlier in 2021 in most cases, but that is not bad news for crypto adoption and development. Starting in the second half of 2020 and ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese retail sales rose at the fastest pace in five months in March. Australian consumer prices rose just 0.6% in the first quarter. ( read original story ...)

Japan and Nepal this week signed a Rs1.1 billion agreement to upgrade medical equipment and public hospitals , including MRI, CT scan , digital x-ray , and mobile x-ray . the hospitals include Human ... ( read original story ...)

Under the legislation, wealth managers known as Spezialfonds would be able to invest up to 20% in digital assets. ( read original story ...)

The social media platform's first quarter 2021 earnings report made no mention of an investment in the cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)

The Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 is headed to the US Senate after passing in the House. It would create a public-private working group for crypto. ( read original story ...)

For new managers in foreign countries, many things can be surprising. For Jean-Marc Gilson, the newly-arrived head of a 90-year-old Japanese chemical giant, it was an absence that stood out. ( read original story ...)

The "Shark Tank" investor suggested NFTs, DeFi, smart contracts, and other emerging uses for crypto could fuel demand going forward. ( read original story ...)

Bitkraft Ventures has teamed up with the blockchain advisory firm Delphi Digital to invest in blockchain and crypto projects. ( read original story ...)