Stocks were mixed in Asia on Monday while the major currencies fell slightly against the U.S. dollar. The Australian stock market was closed for the Queen's Birthday holiday weekend. In Japan the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average closes up 0.74 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average closed up 0.74 percent at 29,161.80 on Monday, while the broader Topix gained 0.28 percent at 1,959.56. TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average The ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Pre-Open Session Live : Pre-open session: Sensex rises 20 points, Nifty at 15,790; all eyes on Sona Comstar, Shyam Metalics IPOs
Domestic stocks look set to kick start the week on a negative note amid a lack of directional cues. Most Asian markets including China, Taiwan and Hong Kong are closed for the day on account of public ... ( read original story ...)
Apple, Google To Face Antitrust Music In Japan: Nikkei
Tech giants Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google-parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) will face an antitrust investigation in Japan, Bloomberg News reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo bound: Kalisz claims 1st spot on US Olympic swim team
Chase Kalisz is heading back to the Olympics after winning the 400-meter individual medley on the opening night of the U.S. swimming trials Sunday. Cheered on from the stands by Michael Phelps, Kalisz ... ( read original story ...)
Is Crypto Too Risky? 12 Experts Weigh In
To dabble or not to dabble in cryptos, that is the question on a lot of crypto-curious people's minds lately. While experts are split on the matter, there's a recurring theme: proceed with ... ( read original story ...)
Musk says Tesla sold about 10% of bitcoin to test market, and will ‘resume allowing crypto transactions’ when 50% of miners are green
Prices of the world's No. 1 crypto on Sunday trade sharply higher after digital-asset bull Elon Musk says Tesla would resume allowing transactions at ... ( read original story ...)
Musk says Tesla will accept bitcoin again as crypto miners use more clean energy
Tesla halted car purchases with bitcoin in mid-May due to concerns over how mining contributes to climate change. ( read original story ...)
Here’s why NFTs are crypto’s latest pump-and-dump scheme designed to make crypto insiders rich
Buying an NFT is like "buying" and "owning" a star in the sky, according to University of Campinas Brazil computer science professor Jorge Stolfi. ( read original story ...)
No one’s safe anymore: Japan’s Osaka city crumples under Covid onslaught
OSAKA, Japan: Hospitals in Japan's second largest city of Osaka are buckling under a huge wave of new coronavirus infections, running out of beds and ventilators as exhausted doctors warn of a ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Wallet Joins 12 Largest Fundraising Rounds In Crypto History
Hardware wallet maker Ledger has taken the number four spot on Forbes’ list of biggest fundraising rounds in crypto and blockchain after it announced it raised $380 million in a series C round. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin anonymity is just a big myth — and using it to launder dirty money is stupid, a crypto ATM chief says
The digital asset is perceived to be anonymous as it has often been associated with illegal activity, but only bitcoin addresses are nameless. ( read original story ...)
A top exec at ‘green’ crypto firm Chia says today’s volatility is just like the wild price swings in dot-com stocks in the 90s – and that both further turbulence and regulation …
"It's kind of like saying that we're gonna adopt the internet in the late 90s without having volatility in internet stocks," COO Gene Hoffman said. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin may have to tumble below $30,000 before major buyers are lured back in, JPMorgan’s crypto expert says
The lesson from the 2018 bitcoin crash is that the current bear market may last months, JPMorgan strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou told Insider. ( read original story ...)
Biden reaffirms support for Tokyo Olympics to Japan’s Suga
U.S. President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for the Tokyo Olympics at a meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday, highlighting the necessity of imposing public health ... ( read original story ...)
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Reveals Surprise Bitcoin Plan After Elon Musk Sparked Crypto Price Chaos With Ethereum And Dogecoin Support
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, a long-time bitcoin-backer, has revealed it's "only a matter of time" before either Twitter or its fledgling decentralized social network project Bluesky ... ( read original story ...)