The BoJ made a significant step on Tuesday. But the journey to normalising Japan’s monetary policy remains a long slog. Financial threats lurking after years of sub-zero rates have so far been tamed — ...
Bank of Japan ups interest rate first time in 17 years
When most of the central banks in the world have been raising interest rates, or refusing to bring them down, because of spiralling inflation and uncertain growth, Japan’s central bank, Bank of Japan, ...
End Of An Era – Bank of Japan Reverses Negative Interest Rate Policy
Bank of Japan raises short rates from -0.1% to 0.1%, becoming the last central bank to exit a Negative Interest Rate Policy. Read the implications of BOJ's move.
Japan’s $1.4 Trillion Government Pension Fund Requests Information On Bitcoin As It Mulls Diversification
The GPIF is requesting information on Bitcoin and other “illiquid assets” as it explores ways to diversify its trillion dollar portfolio.
Japan’s GPIF issues request for information on crypto, other illiquid assets
Government Pension Investment Fund, Tokyo, issued a request for information on illiquid assets in response to an “entrenched” global low-yield environment. The RFI called for information and ...
The crypto market lost $400 million — and Bitcoin had its worst day since the FTX collapse
Bitcoin’s value fell below $61,000 on Wednesday morning, dropping 8% in the past 24 hours after reaching its weekly peak. The decline is the biggest slide in a day since FTX’s collapse in November ...
Japan, Awash in Debt, Is Raising Interest Rates. Americans Should Watch Closely.
The Bank of Japan recently put an end to its negative interest rate ... After all, they ask, couldn’t the government always finance itself at close to zero interest rate? The spike in bond yields that ...
Exclusive: Reddit’s IPO as much as five times oversubscribed, sources say
The sources said the marketing of the IPO was continuing and asked not to be identified because the details are confidential. A Reddit spokesperson declined to comment. Reddit has already curbed ...
Crypto market sheds $400 billion of value as bitcoin sell-off intensifies after all-time high
Bitcoin slid further on Wednesday, briefly dipping below the $61,000 mark after, continuing a sell-off that began after the cryptocurrency hit an all-time high last week. Bitcoin has had a stellar run ...
Nikkei Bulls Scoff At Bank Of Japan That Forgot Its ‘Bazooka’
With the Nikkei 225 Stock Average up roughly 51% over the last 12 ... Nor is there a roadmap Ueda’s team can consult to unwind its titanically large holdings of Japanese government bonds — well over ...
Japan raises interest rates for the first time in nearly two decades
Japan just took a giant leap, hiking interest rates for the first time since 2007. Yeah, you read that right. After years of what ...
US Crypto Firms Paying $300,000 Wages Leave Foreign Peers Behind
US crypto companies offer significantly higher compensation packages than overseas rivals, according to a survey of startups by digital-asset investment firm Dragonfly Capital.
Is a Nikkei rally due after the BOJ’s policy shift? Citi weighs in
Investing.com-- Analysts at Citi said they expected the Nikkei 225 and broader Japanese stocks to see some short-term strength after the Bank of Japan’s historic policy shift, which ends nearly a ...
‘Why’s he in Japan?’: Protesters say O’Gorman must answer questions over asylum seeker treatment
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Astera Labs seeks to raise around $713 mln in IPO at $5.5 bln valuation
The company priced its IPO above its previous target range of $32 to $34 apiece ... while the yen plumbed a fresh four-month low on expectations that policy in Japan will remain accommodative for a ...
Bitcoin Dropped Below $63K — Is BTC Going On Sale As Japan’s Government Pension Fund Asks For Information On It For New Investments?
Bitcoin has seen huge growth in 2024, primarily because of the approval of spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the upcoming Bitcoin halving. The ETFs have attracted tens of billions in inflows, and ...