Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Railway & Bus and Retail sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.70%. The best performers of the session
London Wants American Crypto Refugees
Sunak’s enthusiasm for crypto, however, remains intact. On June 11, he celebrated the launch of a London office by venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz (a16z)—one of whose funds has invested $7.6 billion into crypto—by saying, once again, that he is determined to “turn the UK into the world’s Web3 center.”
Japan’s Nikkei hits one-week low; Socionext weighs after top shareholders exit
Japan's Nikkei share average touched a one-week low on Thursday, dragged down by chip-related firms as Socionext was set to hit its daily lower limit, after its biggest shareholders sold their entire stake in the fast-growing chip-design company.
Japanese Laser Fusion Company, EX-Fusion, Raises $1.8 billion yen as Seed Round with Plans to Advance Laser Fusion Research and Development
EX-Fusion announced today the close of an over-subscribed $1.8 billion yen seed-round investment designed to accelerate the commercial development of laser fusion technology. EX-Fusion has raised 130 ...
CFTC investigators conclude crypto lender Celsius, ex-CEO broke rules- Bloomberg News
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigators have concluded that bankrupt crypto lender Celsius and its former CEO Alex Mashinsky broke U.S. rules before the firm's implosion, Bloomberg ...
Top Asia IPO Gainers Are in Japan as Nation Lures Global Funds
Japanese initial public offerings may keep luring buyers after having delivered the biggest gains among newly listed Asian shares this year in the world’s best-performing equity market.Most Read from ...
‘Top dog in Asia’: Nikkei’s stellar rise starts drawing big money
A tailwind behind Japanese stocks is strengthening as large foreign funds who have been avoiding the market for decades start to reach into pockets deep enough to take the Nikkei back to its 1989 peak ...
Japan’s Nikkei falls as investors lock in profits, Fast Retailing drags
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday as investors booked profits after a recent rally and due to a decline in Fast Retailing's shares after the Uniqlo brand owner ...
UPDATE 4-Japan’s currency diplomat says Tokyo in constant FX dialog with US
Japan communicating with U.S. on various issues - Kanda * Finance minister confirms Tokyo, Washington in close contact * Nothing to add beyond previous remarks on FX - Suzuki * Authorities look at ...
Crypto funding drops for fifth straight quarter as investors continue to pull back
Capital flowing into the industry dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter since Q1 2022 to $2.34 billion globally.
Larry Fink says ‘crypto is digitizing gold’ and that BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF could help make the sector ‘more democratized’
BlackRock filed an application to create a spot Bitcoin ETF last month and was quickly followed by several other TradFi firms, including Fidelity. The asset manager has a near-perfect record with ...
China, Russia and their BRICS allies have a ‘medium to long term ambition’ to create a dollar rival as a currency, official says
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at a BRICS summit ...
Crypto Billionaire Cameron Winklevoss Ups Ante In Bankruptcy Dispute With Barry Silbert
Genesis Global Capital, the lending arm of Silbert’s digital assets conglomerate, filed for bankruptcy in January after making bad loans, including to FTX’s sister ...
SEC takes aim at crypto platforms as unregistered exchanges
Sarah Heaton Concannon and Abbey Foote of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed amendments to expand the definition of an "exchange" and other ...
Japan’s Nikkei slips as investors lock in profits, Fast Retailing drags
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell for a second day on Wednesday as investors booked profits after a recent rally, with Fast Retailing dragging the index after the Uniqlo brand owner posted a drop in monthly sales. The Nikkei index ...
Japan’s Nikkei ends lower on weaker heavyweights
Japan benchmark Nikkei stock index closed lower on Wednesday as weak performances by heavyweights slightly pulled down the market The