Cryptocurrency took center stage at UFC Freedom 250, where fighters collected performance bonuses paid in digital assets. Held on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 14, the ...
Japan’s biggest taxi app raised $553 million in the country’s largest IPO this year
Go Inc. starts trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange after raising ¥88.6 billion in Japan's largest 2026 IPO, backed by Goldman Sachs and BlackRock.
Bank of Japan set to raise rates to 31-year high, vow further increases
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, June 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates to a 31-year high on Tuesday, marking another landmark step in normalising monetary policy as it focuses on ...
Is Japanese Crypto Exchange Banning Prediction Markets? Bitbank Issues Warning
Bitbank warns users over prediction market activity Warning comes as Japan attracts industry interest. Global regulators are tightening scrutiny. Japanese crypto exchange Bitbank has warned ...
It’s ‘Over’—Crypto Is Quietly Braced For A ‘Critical’ BlackRock Bitcoin Price Earthquake
The bitcoin price has dropped to 2026 lows of just under $60,000 per bitcoin, plunging by half from its October peak of ...
It’s ‘Over’—Crypto Is Quietly Braced For A Massive BlackRock Bitcoin Price Earthquake
The bitcoin price has dropped to 2026 lows of just under $60,000 per bitcoin, plunging by half from its October peak of ...
Japan’s Nikkei Crosses 69,700, but Tomorrow Brings Rate Risk
Nikkei 225 broke 69,700 on a US-Iran peace deal, but a Bank of Japan rate hike to 1% now looms as the next risk.
Nikkei average surges above 69,000 to record high
Investors cheer U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that a deal had been reached to end the conflict between the United States and Iran.
Bank of Japan: When the Messenger Matters as Much as the Message
The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise interest rates this week, taking its policy rate from 0.75% to 1.00%, the highest level since 1995.
Crypto token’s 50% wipeout shows magnitude of AI-hacking threat
When Eli Ben-Sasson helped create the Zcash cryptocurrency nearly a decade ago, the cryptographer worried about human adversaries. He didn’t expect that machine intelligence would one day expose a ...
Japan Three Biggest Banks Unite to Launch Yen Crypto Stablecoin by March 2027
MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation have established a formal joint council to develop and co-issue a yen-backed crypto stablecoin by the end of Japan fiscal year 2026, ...
A $1.9 trillion manager can now hold XRP: What T Rowe Price’s new crypto ETF means for XRP
Quick ReadT. Rowe Price, an 89-year-old manager with about $1.9 trillion in mostly retirement and mutual-fund money, got SEC approval on June 12 for its first crypto fund—the first actively managed, ...
Crypto Platforms Sold Users on SpaceX IPO Access. The Tokenized Stocks Never Arrived
Some crypto users thought they had found a way into the hottest IPO in years through tokenized SpaceX stock offerings. Instead, users of Binance Wallet, Bybit, and Bitget Wallet were told that the ...
How the listing is expected to be a headwind for crypto
Because crypto markets operate 24/7, they are often considered the market's ATM. Assets can sell for dollars in seconds, and then be redeployed elsewhere on faster timetables than what might be ...
Japan to send delegation to Greenland to evaluate rare earth extraction, Nikkei says
TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - Japan is preparing to send a delegation to Greenland this summer to evaluate possible rare earth extraction, the Nikkei newswire reported on Sunday. The visit would include ...
Japan moves to secure rare earth supplies with Greenland visit – Nikkei
Japan is preparing to send a delegation to Greenland this summer to evaluate possible rare earth extraction, Reuters reported, citing Nikkei.