TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday, as investors locked in profits after recent gains, while caution ahead of a key US inflation print also weighed on risk sentiment. The Nikkei was ...
Japan Overall Bank Lending Rises 3.2% On Year
The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 3.2 percent on year in March, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday - coming in at ...
Bets on Intervention Fuel Yen Buying by Japan’s Retail Investors
As the yen trades near a 34-year low, speculation over possible intervention is consuming Tokyo’s currency markets. One group is confident it will happen — domestic retail investors. Most Read from ...
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Japan warns off excessive volatility as yen slides further
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki says authorities won’t rule out any options in dealing with excessive yen moves, repeating his warning that Tokyo is ready to act against the currency’s ...
Gen Z and millennials are as likely to own crypto as they are to own real estate
Gen Zers and millennials are almost equally likely to own cryptocurrency as they are to own a home, according to new data from Policygenius’s 2024 Financial Planning Survey published Tuesday.
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Marshmello has threatened legal action over the stunt that he alleges was used to pump a meme coin. What really happened?
GOP says Biden administration is using crypto as a ‘scapegoat’ for foreign-policy failures
The digital-asset industry and its allies in Congress on Tuesday criticized the Biden administration for blaming cryptocurrency for its failures to ...
Japan finance minister warns against excessive yen volatility
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that excessive volatility in the exchange-rate market was undesirable. He also told a news conference that authorities wouldn't rule out any ...
Crypto analysts outline supply impacts of upcoming bitcoin halving
Influential crypto market analysts gathered to discuss the potential price implications following the next bitcoin supply shock.
Crypto Trader’s $110 Million Haul Was Not a Theft, Lawyer Says
A jailed trader accused of manipulating the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange to steal $110 million was actually executing perfectly legal, high-risk trades and had no intent to defraud anyone, ...
Microsoft to invest $2.9 billon to expand AI, cloud infra in Japan
The investment - the company's largest in the 46 years of its operations in the country - will also go towards skilling three million people in AI and setting up a Microsoft Research Asia lab in Tokyo ...
Japan Metaplanet joins the Bitcoin trend with a $6.5 million investment
The choice of the Metaplanet therby to impele an adoption of Bitcoin as an investment asset represents an important milestone of its policy regarding promotion of digital finance era in Japan. The ...
Japan’s Metaplanet Surges 90% On Bitcoin Investment Copying MicroStrategy
Tokyo-listed Metaplanet, a Web3 infrastructure provider, experienced a remarkable surge in its stock, climbing nearly 90% over a span of ...
Crypto exchange Binance is looking for a home because it has reached ‘regulatory maturity’
Binance, the largest crypto exchange by trading volume, will finally establish its headquarters — contrary to its popular philosophy that a decentralized firm does not need an office.
JPMorgan predicts potential boost for $435 billion crypto network
Analysts with the Wall Street titan gave even odds for spot ethereum ETF approval in May, warning that the SEC faces litigation if not.