Bakkt is acquiring a 30% stake in Japanese yarn maker Marusho Hotta as part of its pivot to crypto treasury services, with plans to rebrand the firm as bitcoin.jp. Digital asset custodian and trading ...
SpaceX’s historic IPO plans: Billions in losses and Musk’s massive ownership
This is CNBC's live coverage of SpaceX's landmark IPO filing. What to Know SpaceX's official IPO filing sets up a likely Nasdaq debut next month. Goldman Sachs is lead left on the prospectus, followed ...
Bitcoin Bears Get Short-Squeezed by Rebounding Crypto Optimism
A comeback that squeezes out short sellers could make investors less likely to doubt the digital asset going forward.
Bitcoin soars to nearly $80,000—but crypto’s new favorite coin, Hyperliquid, is stealing its thunder
Bitcoin’s rally to $78,200 coincided with a record run for Hyperliquid as active traders increasingly use the platform to place leveraged bets on crypto prices.
Nomura ends Japan crypto registration drought: First new exchange in four years
Japan crypto exchange registration: Nomura's Laser Digital Japan becomes the country's first new licensed crypto exchange since Binance Japan in October 2022, ending a four-year drought. The firm will ...
Why Japan Approved a New Crypto Exchange for the First Time Since 2022
Japan approved its first new crypto exchange operator in four years under a regulatory regime that’s already scheduled to be replaced.
Japan ends 4-year crypto approval freeze with Nomura-backed Laser Digital
Nomura-backed Laser Digital Japan wins crypto exchange approval, ending a 4-year gap and boosting institutional access.
Nomura unit becomes first firm licensed to run a crypto exchange in Japan in four years
Nomura's Laser Digital Japan completed crypto asset exchange registration on August 21, the first new approval Japan has granted since 2022.
Nomura-Backed Laser Digital Becomes Japan’s First New Crypto Exchange in Four Years
Laser Digital Japan, Nomura's crypto arm, wins Japan's first exchange license in four years as the country reclassifies crypto and eyes 2028 ETFs.
Is bitcoin back? Why the king crypto has soared more than 20% in the last week.
Bitcoin pulled out of its long-running bear market this week, soaring 22% due to regulatory optimism and lower Treasury yields.
Japan to invest additional $940m in homegrown chipmaker Rapidus
TOKYO -- The Japanese trade ministry will seek 150 billion yen ($944 million) for additional investment in Rapidus in the fiscal 2027 budget, Nikkei has learned, aiming to boost the capital of the ...
Bitcoin Japan Builds the Brand Behind Its AI and Robotics Strategy
Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bitcoin Japan Co., Ltd. (TSE: 8105), formerly Marusho Hotta, has filed trademark applications for two new brands, BJC ROBOTICS and BJC AI LABS, marking ...
Japan’s Nikkei falls as rising bond yields and rate hike fears weigh on sentiment
The 10-year US Treasury yield rose back to around 4.7%, while Japans 10-year bond yield also moved higher. Investors remained cautious about whether US debt buybacks can provide lasting relief for ...
Japan weighs 3.8% assumed rate for next year’s budget request, sources say
By Takaya Yamaguchi and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Japan's finance ministry is considering setting the assumed interest rate for calculating debt servicing costs at a 29-year high of 3 ...
Nikkei 225 slides, KOSPI whipsaws as surging yields put Asia under heavy pressure
Asian equities were under pressure on Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 and South Korea’s KOSPI at the centre of a volatile session as rising global bond yields and expensive oil renewed concerns over ...
Japan’s megabanks reap record profits as the Bank of Japan lifts rates to 1%
By Ben Aris in Berlin Three lost decades of near-zero interest rates hollowed out Japan's banks. The Bank of Japan's slow climb back to 1% is finally handing its lenders fat margins again — and the ...