Regulatory efforts should be directed primarily at preventing the use of crypto-assets to circumvent financial regulation and in shielding the mainstream financial system from crypto risks, Panetta ...
Crypto energy demands drop by country-sized amount following Ethereum Merge, study reveals
The energy demands of cryptocurrency have dropped by a country-sized amount following a change to the underlying technology of Ethereum, according to a new study. The world’s second largest ...
Seeing A Bargain, Goldman Sachs Eyeing Crypto Businesses for Acquisition
Last month, the company announced a crypto data service with financial company MSCI and crypto firm Coin Metrics to better categorize crypto coins and tokens to help investors navigate the market.
Japan recommends against algorithmic backing in stablecoins
Japan's current regulation, which was passed by Parliament in June and will become law in June 2023, doesn’t cover algorithmic stablecoins.
Japan NFT Market Intelligence Report 2022: Market is Expected to Grow by 53.0% to Reach $1,361.5 Million in 2022 – Future Growth Dynamics to 2028
The "Japan NFT Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook - 50+ KPIs on NFT Investments by Key Assets, Currency, Sales Channels - Q2 2022" report has been added to ...
Japan’s Nikkei hits 4-week low as tech shares track sell-off in U.S. peers
Japan's Nikkei share average touched a four-week low on Wednesday, tracking a tech-led sell-off on Wall Street overnight, although gains in auto stocks helped cap losses.
How To Invest In Japan
Japan remains an enigma for investors, with its glory days of the 1980s long eclipsed by three ‘lost decades’ of stagnant growth. And, although Japanes ...
Young, crypto-hungry investors are shaping the digital assets class
Leading the way is an upstart segment of young investors — digital natives who will go on to shape the future of finance. New research into the attitudes of high-net-worth investors towards digital ...
Customers Of Crypto Billionaires Winklevoss’ Gemini Plead For Lost Funds
The Winklevoss twins promised “real return” for Gemini users who signed onto their lending program. Now customers are owed $900 million as the contagion that began with the collapse of Sam ...
Japan’s Nikkei hits four-week low as tech shares sink tracking U.S. peers
Japan's Nikkei share average touched a four-week low on Wednesday, tracking a tech-led selloff on Wall Street overnight, although auto stocks' gains amid a weaker yen capped losses. The Nikkei ended ...
Nomura’s crypto arm seeks profit in two years in shakeout after FTX crisis
Nomura Holdings Inc. plans to break a profit at its crypto unit within two years as the spectacular failure of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange spurs demand for safer counterparties in the ...
Crypto Firm Amber Cuts Staff, Pauses Fundraising in FTX Fallout
Amber Group, one of Asia’s leading crypto platforms, has continued to lay off staff and put a funding round on hold amid turmoil in the digital-asset sector following the bankruptcy of the FTX ...
Japanese banks must learn to lure Southeast Asia’s youth
Going abroad is easier than making a go of a business overseas; the Japanese may need to emulate a family-run Singapore bank.
Japan Foreign Reserves Rise to Highest in Six Years
Japan's foreign reserves grew 2.65% from the previous month to $1.226 trillion at the end of November, the first rise in four months and their highest since December 2016, ministry officials said.
Japan to earmark 5 tril. yen for long-range missiles over 5 years
Japan is considering spending around 5 trillion yen ($37 billion) to develop and deploy long-range missiles from fiscal 2023 to 2027, government sources said Tuesday, as the nation aims to possess an ...
Signature says it is ‘not just a crypto bank’ as it sheds deposits
Signature Bank plans to offload as much as $10bn in deposits tied to the cryptocurrency industry, a U-turn for a US lender that achieved rapid growth after aggressively courting digital assets. The ...