The buyback is SoftBank's second largest after a record 2.5 trillion yen buyback launched during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Group keeps Nikkei afloat as tech shares stand out
Big gains for SoftBank Group kept Japan's Nikkei share average in the black on Tuesday, leading an outperformance in technology stocks while most shares on the index fell. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin, ether scale new peaks as flows pour in to crypto
Bitcoin and ether made record peaks in Asia trade on Tuesday, with enthusiasm for cryptocurrency adoption and worry about inflation driving momentum and flows into the asset class. ( read original story ...)
Here’s One Of The Easiest Ways To Find The Money To Invest In To Crypto, According To CEO Of cmorq
DeFi platform that is working to level the financial playing field for everyone. The CEO of cmorq is former Google senior research scientist and Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Clarity Money, ... ( read original story ...)
What some say is behind crypto’s record rally to $3 trillion, as bitcoin hits new high
The total cryptocurrency market tops $3 trillion Monday, for the first time, according to data from CoinGecko. Market capitalization of the crypto market ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s current account surplus in September drops 31 pct amid slow car exports
Japan's current account surplus for September dropped 31.1 percent year-on-year, the second consecutive month of decline, as the trade balance deteriorated due to sluggish automobile exports and ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Firm Talos Names Ex-Deutsche Bank Executive as APAC Head
Talos, a U.S.-based crypto-trading engineering company, is hiring Samar Sen as Asia-Pacific head and plans to open a Singapore office in 2022. ( read original story ...)
New York’s incoming mayor says crypto should be taught in schools
The incoming mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, thinks that schools should add cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to the curriculum. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Is The Key To The Metaverse
That said, the metaverse is also a tremendous opportunity to blockchain and cryptoassets to move to the mainstream; let’s dive in. The promise of the metaverse is that it will provide users an ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Vision Fund posts a record loss on Coupang plunge
TOKYO: SoftBank Group Corp reported a record loss at its Vision Fund unit as the value of public holdings like Coupang Inc and Didi Global Inc plunged. ( read original story ...)
Japan, once a leader on climate, under fire for coal use at COP26
More than 20 countries agreed to phase out coal power at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, but not Japan - a "leap backwards" for a country that once led the way on the Kyoto Protocol to reduce ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Y1,033.7 Billion Current Account Surplus In September
Japan posted a current account surplus of 1,033.7 billion yen in September, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. That missed ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Shares Soar on Plans for Buyback of Up To $9 Billion
SoftBank Group Corp. shares surged as much as 10% after the company said it would buy back as much as 1 trillion yen ($8.8 billion) of its own stock, reverting to a strategy that founder Masayoshi Son ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Overall Bank Lending Climbs 0.9% On Year In October
The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 0.9 percent on year in October, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday - coming in at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s September real wages fell for first time in 3 months as inflation bites
TOKYO: Japan's real wages declined in September for the first time in three months as inflation picked up faster than growth in nominal pay, the government said, a sign of global cost-push inflation ... ( read original story ...)
Jim Cramer: Crypto Gaining Credibility
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer said on a recent episode of the Mad Money TV show that in all of his years, he's never seen people get excited about stocks the way they get excited about the likes of Bitcoin, ... ( read original story ...)