Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index finished close to a two-month high on Friday as robust corporate earnings lifted investor sentiment. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 243.67 points, or 0.
China Missiles Deal Fresh Blow to Fraught Ties With Japan
Japan’s accusation that China fired ballistic missiles into its exclusive economic zone close to Taiwan has heightened tensions between the neighbors, which often spar over human rights and historical ...
Japan’s Nikkei closes at 2-month high on solid earnings
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index finished close to a two-month high on Friday as robust corporate earnings lifted investor sentiment. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 243.67 points, or 0.
Japan’s GPIF posts $28 bln Q1 investment loss on market turbulence
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) reported on Friday an investment loss of 3.75 trillion yen ($28.13 billion) for April-June, the second consecutive quarter of negative returns, as ...
Nikkei ends at 2-month high on upbeat domestic earnings, tech shares
Tokyo's Nikkei index ended Friday at its highest level in nearly two months, gaining support from upbeat earnings of Japanese compani ...
Japan’s new proposal calls for a lower crypto tax and loss carry forward
Japan's new proposal calls for a lower crypto tax which could help relieve crypto investors and change things going forward.
Crypto Bridge Nomad Offers 10% Bounty After $190 Million Hack
Cryptocurrency company Nomad is offering a bounty to recoup funds spirited away in a $190 million hack that again highlighted security vulnerabilities in the digital-token sector.
Every U.S. Crypto Exchange (And Binance) Is Being Investigated By The SEC, Says Senator Lummis Staffer
Widely circulated reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating $20 billion crypto exchange Coinbase are just the tip of the iceberg, according to a staffer from U.S.
Is the Crypto Market Bouncing Back? Here’s What You Need to Know
In July, the cryptocurrency market bounced back to a $1 trillion market capitalization (the total dollar market value of crypto today) for the first time in recent months. But while the market looks ...
Sometimes, stealing crypto is the moral choice
The world of crypto moves quickly and sometimes, when there’s an ongoing heist, the best thing that technically savvy but ethically sound users can do is join in on the pillaging. That’s what happened ...
How crypto tokens became as unsafe as payment cards once used to be
Crypto tokens are as unsafe as payment cards. Crypto tech and the blockchain industry must catch up with standards and technologies.
Crypto hack attacks, banning stock trading in Congress, and J.Crew cool again? Welcome to ‘Nightcap’
Software engineer Molly White talks to Nightcap's Jon Sarlin about the recent high-profile crypto hacks. Plus, Project on Government Oversight's Liz Hempowicz argues it's crucial to ban members of ...
Currency or Witchcraft?: Crypto Goes Farm-to-Table
Instead, it is working with a pioneer of the farm-to-table movement to use a technology often associated with unfettered global capitalism for a different end: radical localism. The launch this spring ...
Japan may see a reduced 20% tax on crypto earnings with new proposal
The proposal calls for a separate 20% tax on crypto earnings and exemptions of any tax on crypto gains, with losses carried forward for up to three years.
New crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry shakes
The latest bipartisan proposal would hand the regulatory authority over bitcoin and ether to the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.
‘Exclusive’ Oversight—Senate Introduces A Radical Crypto Bill As Price Of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Dogecoin Swing
A Senate committee has introduced a bill that would give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) "exclusive" oversight over a newly-created asset class called digital commodities that includes ...