Tag: nikkei

SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund is poised to have a new number-one asset in its portfolio with the upcoming floatation of top South Korean e-tailer Coupang, furthering a turnaround that has seen ... ( read original story ...)

Soltec’s was the only IPO on a Spanish exchange in 2020, when the coronavirus crisis kept many companies and investors away from public markets. The deal pipeline is looking decidedly healthier ... ( read original story ...)

São Paulo, Brazil, is home to one of the biggest Japantowns in the world. Here, descendants of Japanese migrants have created a unique culture, fusing their traditions with local ones. An influx of ... ( read original story ...)

It's not easy to buy things with Bitcoin, but the tide has turned since Tesla says it will accept it as payment. ( read original story ...)

In a historic week for Bitcoin, let's take a look back at the biggest news stories from the worlds of forex, fintech, and crypto. ( read original story ...)

ThinkMarkets has acquired the Japanese FX firm, Japan Affiliate, in a move that allows the multi-regulated brokerage firm to offer its service in the Asian country. ( read original story ...)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday said Japan had signed a 73.6 billion yen (US$668 million) loan agreement to help replenish the lender’s main development fund. ( read original story ...)

Telsa billionaire Elon Musk, whose tweets about "joke" meme-based cryptocurrency dogecoin helped push it to a $10 billion valuation, has warned the price of bitcoin and ethereum. ( read original story ...)

Japan remains dented by a living memory of what true, nostril-flared investment mania looks like when it grips a country. Which is why the sight of the Nikkei 225 Average surging back above the 30,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin's massive rally continued into the weekend, pushing the market capitalization of the world's first and largest cryptocurrency to $1.2 trillion Saturday, and leading to the broader crypto ... ( read original story ...)

These are the people at some of the world's largest payment firms exploring new use cases for digital currencies in the industry. ( read original story ...)

Billionaire Elon Musk defended Tesla Inc.’s $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment on Twitter, calling the cryptocurrency a “less dumb” version of cash. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin’s market value reached $1 trillion for the first time, a surge that’s helping cryptocurrency returns far outstrip the performance of more traditional assets like stocks and gold. ( read original story ...)

Japan has decided to utilize its state-owned facilities that remain unused as venues for COVID-19 vaccination as the government is preparing to expand the vaccine rollout to people nationwide. The ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is set to start experimenting with digital currency this spring. The central bank says it has no plan to issue such a currency at the moment, but hopes to prepare by responding to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has decided to utilize its state-owned facilities that remain unused as venues for COVID-19 vaccination as the government is pr ... ( read original story ...)