Crypto currency has become as sought after as fiat money. It is now a medium of exchange and has real significant value. It has real-life commercial applications and the general public is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.77%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.77%. The best ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group appoints Colin Chen as first Asia Pacific ESG finance head
Chen, who is based in Singapore, takes on the newly created position after 21 years with the multinational bank, which is Japan’s largest. He will perform the role in addition to his job as head of ... ( read original story ...)
A techie who once mistrusted the internet is now building one of India’s largest crypto exchanges
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) circular put crypto exchanges in a precarious position. With investors fretting over the ban, trading volumes on exchanges dropped severely and some players in ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto News Recap: WWE Raw & Fashion Brands Join the NFT Party, Central Banks Race to Roll Out CBDCs
While each and every new week comes with hopes and stories on the adoption of the wild world of crypto and the creative technology behind it; Blockchain ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase’s imminent listing on the Nasdaq: Boosting crypto’s legitimacy and price
Besides the boost to cryptocurrency legitimacy, the best thing about Coinbase listing is that it should help act as a gateway for investors to dip their toes in cool white rapids of the crypto river. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei slips after industry bellwether Yaskawa earnings fail to inspire
TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - Japanese shares fell on Monday, dragged down by a sharp drop in Yaskawa Electric after the industry bellwether’s earnings failed to meet the market’s high expectations. ( read original story ...)
Japan Wholesale Prices Rise for First Time in 13 Months as Global Recovery Boosts Commodity Costs
Japan's economy has emerged from the initial ... featuring tips and expert insight on all things money: personal finance, careers, investing, real estate and more. The Most Important Ages for ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan wholesale prices rise for first time in 13 months as global recovery boosts commodity costs
Analysts, however, expect such pressures to remain more modest in Japan than in the United States, as slow rollouts of vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic are seen weighing on Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 0.36 pct
TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 opened up 0.36 percent at 29,874.43 on Monday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.40 percent at 1,967.30. ( read original story ...)
Japan bank lending rises again as pandemic pressures services sector
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese bank lending rose 6.3% in March from a year earlier, data showed on Monday, as restaurants and hotels sought more loans to weather the hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Japan Overall Bank Lending Climbs 6.3% On Year In March
Overall bank lending in Japan was up 6.3 percent on year in March, the Bank of Japan said on Monday - coming in at 579.994 trillion ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Slow Vaccine Rollout Pushes Back Recovery Time Frame
The fast pace of finance is right at your fingertips ... A restaurant worker removes a doorway divider from a storefront in the Umeda district of Osaka, Japan, on Friday, April 9, 2021. Osaka, the ... ( read original story ...)
Yoshihide – Tokyo’s Koike says will ask govt for emergency measures to stem COVID-19 rise
The current prime minister of Japan is Yoshihide Suga. On 14 September 2020 he was elected to the presidency of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Long & Short: Peter Thiel Defines Bitcoin’s Accidental Role in Global Politics
As with most things in life, context is key, and this statement is crying out for it. You’re reading Crypto Long & Short, a newsletter that looks closely at the forces driving cryptocurrency markets. ( read original story ...)
‘Volatility is your friend’: A former Goldman Sachs hedge-fund boss says crypto investors should embrace bitcoin’s wild price swings – and explains why it’s one of the asset’s …
He instead argued that it should be looked at positively. Load Error "It's a feature that drives the risk-reward," Pal said at an "Investing in Crypto" conference hosted by MarketWatch. "So without ... ( read original story ...)