A vocal crowd of crypto skeptics, which includes prominent politicians and regulators, wants to rein in an ind ...
The Crypto Bear Market Is Wrecking a Popular Bitcoin Narrative
Crypto winter hasn’t driven people back in the arms of Bitcoin.
Why the Bank of Japan’s surprise policy twist is rattling global markets
The Bank of Japan's surprise decision to widen the trading band around the country's 10-year government bond yield sent shock waves through global markets.
Bank of Japan yield policy jolts global markets
Global markets ticked lower as a buffer against the higher cost of borrowing in the Western economies dissolved.
In a surprise move, Bank of Japan loosens bond yield cap
The Bank of Japan broadened caps for a benchmark government bond yield, a surprise move that pushed bond yields higher globally and dinged Asian stocks ...
Yen surges on surprise Bank of Japan policy move
The yen soared to a four-month high against the dollar Tuesday (Dec 20) after a surprise tweak to monetary policy of the Bank of Japan, which has decided against hiking interest rates to tame ... ( read original story ...)
Mark Cuban says last year’s crypto boom was ‘99% noise’ – and Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest could pop the bubble
Fried's arrest in the Bahamas will force the crypto world to get its act together, billionaire investor Mark Cuban has said.
With Sam Bankman-Fried’s Hedge Fund Gone, Crypto Trading Firm Wintermute Emerges
By deftly navigating crypto’s frontier markets and winning big on the collapse of Terra’s stable coin, Wintermute has grown into one of the world’s leading crypto trading firms. Now it must navigate a ...
Hedge Funds Are Questioning Crypto’s Future (Podcast)
In the aftermath of the FTX collapse — one of the most significant crypto exchanges in the industry — investors and hedge funds are increasingly questioning the future of crypto.
Analysis-Bank of Japan Gives an Inch, Investors Ready to Claim a Mile
But rather than providing breathing room, investors say it is likely to encourage more of the sort of pressure that has bent the bond market out of shape. "We haven't traded Japan today, which just ...
Japanese court says 45-year-old nuclear reactor can operate
A Japanese court ruled Tuesday that a 45-year-old nuclear reactor in central Japan can continue to operate, rejecting demands by residents that it be suspended because of safety risks, a decision ...
Report: Sapporo ‘reviewing’ bid promotion for 2030 Olympics
Sapporo officials and the Japanese Olympic Committee are “reviewing” the promotion of their bid to land the 2030 Winter Games, news agency Kyodo reported Tuesday. Kyodo gave few details and neither ... ( read original story ...)
Biden weighs visit to Japan’s Nagasaki during G-7 summit in May – reports
U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a trip to the Japanese city of Nagasaki with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a G-7 summit visit next year, media reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
North Korea threatens strong military step against Japan
North Korea is threatening to take "a resolute and decisive military step” against Japan while it slammed Tokyo’s adoption of a national security strategy as an attempt to turn the country into an agg ( read original story ...)
Yen soars to 4-month peak, global markets jolted after surprise Bank of Japan policy tweak
TOKYO - The yen surged to a four-month peak against the US dollar on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) stunned markets by deciding to review its yield curve control policy and widen the trading ... ( read original story ...)
Faxes and floppy disks: Japan’s bureaucracy needs an upgrade
For a country where emoji were invented, Japan’s bureaucracy remains steadfastly analog. © Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters People watch Sony’s robotic dogs, known as Aibo, d ... ( read original story ...)