Binance Holdings Ltd., the operator of the largest cryptocurrency exchange, is weighing whether to register with the U.S.’s futures regulator, according to Max Baucus, a former Senator and ambassador ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Hoard Fuels One of the World’s Biggest Crypto Fortunes
It’s the latest corporate strategy for companies from Tesla Inc. to Square Inc.: shift a portion of cash reserves into cryptocurrencies as digital assets become more mainstream. ( read original story ...)
Buyer Of $69.3 Million Beeple NFT Revealed To Be Pseudonymous Crypto Investor
A pseudonymous crypto investor known only as Metakovan was the winning bidder of the record-breaking Beeple NFT sold for $69.3 million on Thursday. The sale represented the largest amount ever paid ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto investor ‘Metakovan’ named as buyer of $70 million digital artwork
The buyer of a $70 million digital-only artwork was named on Friday by auction house Christie's as a crypto asset investor who goes by the pseudonym "Metakovan." The auction to buy the work by digital ... ( read original story ...)
Beeple Art Sold for $69 Million to Founder of Crypto Fund Metapurse
Christie’s said that a cryptocurrency investor based in Singapore won the digital collage whose sale smashed records in markets for both art and nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. ( read original story ...)
US, India, Japan and Australia counter China with vaccine pact
would work to finance Indian drug maker Biological E Ltd to produce at least 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of 2022. It also said Japan was in discussions to provide concessional yen ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Minister meets Ambassador of Japan
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia Hiroyuki Kobayashi on March 9. Ambassador Kobayashi ... ( read original story ...)
Buyer of $69 million Beeple NFT is a crypto investor using the pseudonym Metakovan
The buyer of the Beeple non-fungible token for $69 million was is a crypto investor who goes by the pseudonym of Metakovan. Metakovan’s real identity is not known, but the investor is the co-founder ... ( read original story ...)
Buyer of $69 million crypto art revealed as mysterious founder of NFT fund, who says the artwork is ‘worth $1 billion’
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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, probed by CFTC over concerns it allowed US residents to trade derivatives
"We have always blocked US access, but users do find intelligent ways to get around our block sometimes," company co-founder Changpeng Zhao said. ( read original story ...)
Rakuten Notches $2.2 Billion With Shares Issued To Walmart, Tencent, Japan Post
Japanese eCommerce and technology giant Rakuten is hoping to notch $2.2 billion with the issuance of new shares to Walmart, Tencent and Japan Post. ( read original story ...)
Watch Beeple react to his crypto art selling for $69 million, making him the third most valuable living artist: ‘I’m going to Disney World!’
Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist known as Beeple, gathered with family in his living room to watch as dozens of bidders took part in the auction for his crypto art. The auction closed with a final ... ( read original story ...)
The world’s biggest crypto fund manager is hiring 9 ETF-related specialists, in anticipation of approval of the first US crypto ETF
Grayscale Investments, the largest digital currency asset manager, has posted nine ETF-related job ads on LinkedIn, in a sign it expects the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve the first US ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho Bank’s 300 overseas remittances affected by system trouble
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Mizuho Bank said Friday a hardware failure caused a delay in around 300 overseas remittances and those affected are mainly companies. Speaking at a press conference, Mizuho Bank ... ( read original story ...)
Aso Marks 3,000 Days in Office as Finance Minister
Finance Minister Taro Aso marked 3,000 days in office Saturday, at a time when he is struggling to rebuild Japan's finances. Aso, who broke the postwar tenure record at the key cabinet post in 2018, ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent and Walmart Join Forces to Invest in Japan’s Rakuten
Japanese e-commerce and entertainment group Rakuten is to receive a $2.2 billion (JPY242 billion) capital injection through a share sale headed by Japan Post, Chinese social media and entertainment ... ( read original story ...)