Los Alamos National Laboratory, partly-owned by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system to detect illicit ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Has Lost Its Way: Here’s How to Return to Crypto’s Subversive Roots
Bitcoin has traded its radical potential for the prospect of mainstream adoption. It's not worth it, writes Rachel-Rose O'Leary. ( read original story ...)
Mizuho Bank to charge 1,100 yen for old-fashioned paper bankbooks
Mizuho Bank Ltd. customers who prefer an old-fashioned paper bankbook will have to dip into their savings if they want one starting in January. Customers will have to shell out 1,100 yen ($10.42) ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-based collaboration platform BeaTrust lands $2.8 million seed round
Tokyo-based BeaTrust has raised a JPY 300 million (about USD $2.83 million) seed round for its enterprise collaboration platform. The startup's ambitious goal is to change corporate culture at large ... ( read original story ...)
Airbnb files confidentially for IPO as travel begins to rebound
Airbnb Inc. said it has filed to go public in a long-awaited listing as the company emerges from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday in a statement ... ( read original story ...)
Under pressure, Japan banking industry mulls cut in money-transfer fees slowing push to go cashless
Interbank transfer fees haven't budged for over 40 years and the government is calling for change as payment providers are just passing on the costs to retailers. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: Online Dating Hooks Up With Algorand
What's hot in crypto this week? It's Algorand. ALGO is a public, pure proof-of-stake blockchain launched in 2018 by a Boston-based team and founded by Turing-award winner and cryp ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain-Based Crypto Payments Need To Focus On User Experience To Go Mainstream
Despite this engagement, however, the utilization of cryptocurrency as a legitimate fiat alternative, i.e., using crypto as money, remains something of an oddity, with only a relatively small ... ( read original story ...)
What Role Will Crypto Play During ‘The Great Reset?’
The global economic transformation now faces the main question: What to choose — centralization or decentralization? ( read original story ...)
Following U.S. Success, ShelterZoomJapan Launches as More Businesses Shift to Remote Work
ShelterZoom brings secure document solutions to Japan, as government announces eSignatures will have same legal weight as traditional "Hanko" stamps ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto-mining worm steals AWS credentials
TeamTNT has become the first crypto-minining botnet to include a feature that scans and steal AWS credentials. ( read original story ...)
Oita Chuo Pacific Management Comments On KKR’s Academy Sports As They File For IPO
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Financial executives at wealth management ... Other banks may be added to the lineup, and like every company considering an IPO, this may also create potential takeover ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Is Betting Big on U.S. Tech Megacaps
Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank (OTC:SFTB.Y) is trying to rehabilitate its reputation after the company became widely mocked following the spectacular implosion of WeWork's planned IPO last year. ( read original story ...)
Japan to pitch Osaka, Fukuoka as int’l financial hubs after pandemic
Osaka is the center of the Kansai region that includes Kyoto ... "It's natural that people will start moving to Japan and Singapore (from Hong Kong)," Finance Minister Taro Aso said at a press ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigns and beer from wastewater; In The News for Aug. 18
The only finance minister to serve under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ... The top architectural award at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan, was given to the Canadian pavilion, designed by Arthur Erickson of ... ( read original story ...)
Between Crypto, Libra, Stablecoins, And Digital Dollars, Congress Introduced 35 ‘Blockchain’ Bills
As Project Libra provided the possibility of a ‘GlobalCoin’ or world currency, the interest in crypto catapulted as Facebook’s idea sparked issues of consumer protection, safety, and soundness in the ... ( read original story ...)