Japan's Ministry of Finance revealed that the country has conducted its first currency intervention since October 2022, aimed at stabilizing the yen following its decline to a 34-year low in April.
Japan opens national ID to integration with digital wallets
The integration will enable Japanese citizens to add their My Number card to their iPhones and utilize it securely in various scenarios.
Why Accountants Are Now Learning About Bitcoin
Bitcoin is becoming integral to modern finance, and accounting bodies now see it as both an opportunity and a risk.
DMM Bitcoin Says Bitcoin Worth About 48.2 Billion Yen Leaked
DMM Bitcoin Says Bitcoin Worth About 48.2 Billion Yen Leaked TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin said on Friday that bitcoin worth about 48.2 billion yen ($308 million) had been leaked. ($1 = 156.6400 yen) (Reporting by Kaori ...
Biden Veto Angers Crypto Industry as It Floods 2024 Election With Cash
The resolution would have repealed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, which sought to force financial institutions that are holding crypto to keep the digital ...
Coinbase donates $25 million to super PAC Fairshake days after Biden vetoes crypto custody bill
Top U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has donated a further $25 million to Fairshake’s super PAC, according to a blog post on Monday. The lobbying money, which will bolster the campaigns of crypto ...
Coinbase Gives Another $25 Million to Crypto Super-PAC Fairshake
Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange, has given another $25 million to the Fairshake SuperPAC, helping ramp-up donations geared toward electing candidates favorable to digital ...
Crypto funds inflows surpass $15 billion and set new record
May's crypto fund inflows hit $2bn, with the US leading at $130m and Ethereum seeing renewed interest after SEC ETF approval.
Is the latest crypto bill an opening for banks to bypass regulation?
A bill to draw crypto's jurisdictional lines between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is pitting increasingly crypto-friendly Democrats against ...
Japan companies to launch $1bn fund for hydrogen supply chains
with an eye on Japan's economic security, Nikkei has learned. The Japan Hydrogen Association -- which counts Iwatani, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group among its ...
Geopolitical tensions impact Dow, tech stocks remain strong
"That’s why the Dow [Jones Industrial Average], with its industrial stocks, reacted differently than the tech-heavy NASDAQ. While the NASDAQ, with its significant tech holdings like NVIDIA, showed ...
Crypto billionaire Michael Saylor pays $40M to settle DC tax fraud case
Billionaire bitcoin bull and MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor will pay $40 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he committed massive tax fraud by lying to authorities for years about where he ...
Osaka looking forward to next installment of rivalry with Swiatek
Click here to find out more info. WTA/Jimmie48 Courtney Nguyen - WTA Insider As Naomi Osaka slung her bags over her shoulders to walk off Court Phillipe Chatrier, she lifted her head to soak in the ...
Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka’s 3-hour French Open thriller left tennis fans in awe
Iga Swiatek, the world’s top-ranked tennis player, and Naomi Osaka might have played one of the most stressful second-round matches at the French Open fans have ever seen, and they loved every ...
Bill Ackman reportedly plans IPO for his Pershing Square hedge fund
The other half of the money will be used in funds that the firm expects to launch. A potential IPO is further off and could happen next year or in 2026, the source said. Ackman’s company is ...
Naomi Osaka starts French Open with first match win at Roland Garros in three years
The big news in Naomi Osaka’s life has nothing to do with the French Open or clay-court tennis: Her 10-month-old daughter, Shai, is taking her first steps. “Yesterday, she walked for the first time, ...