For true believers, a technology like crypto is never merely a technical fix or a promise to get rich quick. It is something akin to a historic mission. If you buy into the vision, then Joseph ...
Binance, other crypto firms line up bids for bankrupt Voyager Digital after FTX collapse
Digital currency lender Voyager Digital has been set back to square one after FTX, which had initially agreed to acquire the firm, filed for bankruptcy.
Bank of Japan governor gets 0.4% pay rise despite urging higher wages
BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda will receive a meagre 0.4 per cent pay rise in 2022 after two years of cuts, the central bank said on Friday (Nov 25), even as he has stressed the need for ...
What does crypto look like after FTX?
Crypto is still doing its Thing. And there are still a lot of questions about what the space looks like in the wake of the FTX implosion (ie beyond the current Lord-of-the-Flies vibes). Around here we ...
Court dismisses woman’s damages claim over falsified Japan gov’t papers
An Osaka court dismissed on Friday a woman's damages suit claiming that her husband, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat, killed him ...
Court dismisses widow’s claim in suicide over data falsification
OSAKA--The Osaka District Court on Nov. 25 dismissed a compensation claim filed by the widow of a Finance Ministry employee who killed himself in 2018 after being ordered to falsify official documents ...
Ex-finance bureaucrat found not liable for compensation related to tampering
A court in Japan has cleared a former high-ranking Finance Ministry bureaucrat of liability for compensation relating to the 2018 suicide of a regional official who was allegedly pressured to falsify ...
Widow expresses disappointment over civil court ruling
Akagi Masako's husband, Toshio, committed suicide in 2018. The Osaka District Court on Friday dismissed her claims for damages from a former high-ranking Finance Ministry bureaucrat. Sagawa Nobuhisa ...
Japan’s Nikkei slips from 2-month high on selloff in chip stocks
TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei edged lower on Friday, as investors sold heavyweight chip-related stocks after the share average hit a more-than two month high in the last session, although hopes for slower ...
Binance’s Crypto Rescue Plan Fails to Quell All the Fears of Post-FTX Contagion
Crypto mogul Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s vow to set up a recovery fund of up to $2 billion to help cash-strapped startups failed to dispel all the sector’s contagion fears following the collapse of the FTX ...
Crypto winter highlights gold’s warming qualities
The crypto winter is bitterly cold. The frost set in earlier this year with the collapse of Terra, a digital token supposedly pegged to the U.S. dollar. The recent failure of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX ...
Crypto Analyst Says This Dogecoin ‘Relative’ Surge May Be Real Deal: ‘Buy When It’s Boring’
A popular cryptocurrency analyst said that Litecoin’s (CRYPTO: LTC) recent price surge is indicative of a massive breakout.
How a scoop by a little-known crypto site led to the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and implosion of FTX
The staggering level of apparent deception staged by former crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't uncovered by government investigators or a major powerhouse financial news organization, such as The ...
Tokyo Inflation Hits Fastest Pace Since 1982, Fueled by Weak Yen
Tokyo’s inflation outpaced forecasts to hit its fastest clip since 1982, an acceleration that suggests nationwide price growth will also quicken in November after months of yen weakness and elevated ...
Asia-Pacific stocks mostly lower, Tokyo inflation at highest in 40 years; U.S. markets closed
Shares in the Asia-Pacific traded mixed on Friday while U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Tokyo Inflation Hits Fastest Pace Since 1982 as Food Prices Soar
Tokyo’s inflation picked up more speed to hit its fastest pace in 40 years, an acceleration that suggests nationwide price growth will also quicken in November. Most Read from BloombergBinance’s Zhao ...