The cryptocurrency exchange is giving away $75 a month for three months to Ukrainian refugees who qualify for the card ... ( read original story ...)
What Will Mainstream Crypto Adoption Look Like?
Although there is currently a great deal of uncertainty about the state of the markets, what is undeniable is that the past couple of years have been tremendous for cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)
Scammers are impersonating influencers on platforms like Instagram to lure their followers into shady crypto schemes
Creators say there's a scamming problem, with accounts copying their profiles and reaching out to fans to promote suspect cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
New York City Mayor Asks Regulators to Listen to Crypto Insiders to Understand the Industry Better
"Sometimes we are fearful when it comes to new technologies, particularly something like cryptocurrency and blockchain." ... ( read original story ...)
SRCO Enters Crypto Space With New Payment System
Sparta Commercial Services (OTC:SRCO) is stepping into the blockchain boom by launching SpartaPayIQ, a payment gateway that allows companies to accept cryptocurrency. SpartaPayIQ’s launch is SRCO’s fi ... ( read original story ...)
Why the UK joined the race to woo the crypto industry
Global investment in the sector topped $30bn in 2021 but the government’s plan to attract some of that money lacks detail, say critics ... ( read original story ...)
2 S Koreans arrested for spying for N Korea, paid in crypto
A South Korean army captain and a businessman have been arrested for allegedly stealing military secrets under the direction of a North Korean spy who lured them with cryptocurrency ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka ‘filtering the negativity’ ahead of Madrid Open after heckler incident
Naomi Osaka was seen wiping away tears after being heckled and taunted during her second-round defeat to Veronika Kudermetova at the Indian Wells Masters in March ... ( read original story ...)
4 Tokyo bars ranked in Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022 list
A total of six bars in Japan made it to the prestigious list – one of our favourite haunts even clinched the top five ... ( read original story ...)
Virtual Yokohama: Interactive Website Launched
Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau has launched a website to introduce the tourism and MICE elements of Japan’s second-largest city to the world. ( read original story ...)
Love in Tokyo? US to woo India out of Russian arms
The White House confirmed on Wednesday that Biden will travel to South Korea and Japan May 20-24 for a bilateral visit to the former followed by the QUAD in Japan, during which he will also meet Modi. ( read original story ...)
Coinciding with Biden’s Tokyo visit, Japan proposes May 24 for next Quad summit
Japan has proposed May 24 as the date for the next Quad Leaders’ Summit, coinciding with US President Joe Biden’s visit to Tokyo, though the date is yet to be locke ... ( read original story ...)
Ukraine becomes a wake-up call in faraway Japan
Just days before the national holiday this Friday commemorating the birth of the late Emperor Hirohito, Japan got a rude reminder of its inextricable part in the global history of war. It came in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan reaffirms extensive strategic partnership with Vietnam
VOV.VN - Vietnam is an extensive strategic partner that shares strategic interests with Japan, a Japanese Government official affirmed ahead of PM Fumio Kishida’s coming visit to Vietnam. ( read original story ...)
How Japan’s military overhaul could tip Asia’s balance of power
Those limits “denied it the right to maintain a military and allowed it to defend itself only under a direct attack”. But now, in a “historic move” that “will be welcomed by Washington”, Tokyo plans ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei rebounds 1.8% on BoJ ultraease policy
At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average surged 461.27 points, or 1.75%, to 26,847.90. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 38.86 points, or ... ( read original story ...)