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Japan’s Metaplanet Issues $13.6 Million in Bonds to Acquire Additional Bitcoin
Metaplanet issues $13.6 million in zero-interest bonds to boost its Bitcoin investment, aiming to acquire 10,000 BTC by the end of 2025.
ADNOC to supply LNG to Osaka Gas from Ruwais project
ADNOC has agreed to supply Osaka Gas with up to 800,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its lower-carbon Ruwais LNG project. This 15-year sales and purchase agreement (SPA) ...
FBI Accuses North Korea of $1.5 Billion Crypto Heist, Largest in History
The FBI has accused North Korea of stealing $1.5 billion from Bybit in the largest cryptocurrency heist in history. The Lazarus Group, a North Korean cyber unit, is laundering the stolen assets to ...
Bitcoin traders are eyeing another big drop after the top crypto slipped into a bear market
Bitcoin slipped into official bear market territory this week, with the crypto now down around 21% from its record-high of $109,350 in January.
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Japan’s Idemitsu to build lithium sulphide plant to help support Toyota’s EV plans
Japan's No.2 oil refiner, Idemitsu Kosan plans to build a large-scale plant for lithium sulphide, a key material for all-solid-state batteries, at its Chiba refinery, near Tokyo, the company ...
FBI accuses North Korean-backed hackers of stealing $1.5 billion in crypto from Dubai-based firm
The FBI has accused North Korean-linked hackers of conducting one of the largest thefts of cryptocurrency publicly known, seizing some $1.5 billion worth of ethereum from a Dubai-based firm. The theft ...
Stock markets look risky and crypto threatens dollar dominance, billionaire investor Paul Singer says
Elliott Management founder Paul Singer said investors are complacent, AI buzz is overblown, and crypto may threaten the dollar's global power.
North Korea behind $1.5 billion crypto theft, FBI confirms
North Korean hackers were behind the theft of $1.5 billion of virtual assets last week from Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said, marking the ...
Japan Post Bank to conduct secondary share offering of up to $4.22 billion
Japan Post Holdings plans to sell its shares in Japan Post Bank in a secondary share sale worth as much as 630 billion yen ($4.22 billion), a regulatory filing showed on Thursday. The sale, first ...
Japan Post Plans Sale of $4.2 Billion Stake in Banking Unit
Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to sell a stake in Japan Post Bank Co. that could raise ¥630 billion ($4.2 billion), the latest disposal in the former state-run giant’s decade-long privatization efforts ...
Japan economic panel calls for ‘bold steps’ to spur investments
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's economic advisory panel called on Thursday for "bold policy steps" to promote domestic investments as the United States and other global powers scramble to ...
Mizuho Bank confirms ¥66 million stolen from safe deposit boxes
Mizuho Bank officials said Thursday that the total amount of cash stolen by a former employee from clients' safe deposit boxes was ¥66 million ($440,733).
Adnoc signs agreement to supply Osaka Gas from Ruwais LNG project
Adnoc has signed a sales and purchase agreement with Osaka Gas for the supply of up to 800,000 tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas from its Ruwais LNG project in Abu Dhabi. The deal, ...