Hardware wallet maker Ledger has taken the number four spot on Forbes’ list of biggest fundraising rounds in crypto and blockchain after it announced it raised $380 million in a series C round. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin anonymity is just a big myth — and using it to launder dirty money is stupid, a crypto ATM chief says
The digital asset is perceived to be anonymous as it has often been associated with illegal activity, but only bitcoin addresses are nameless. ( read original story ...)
A top exec at ‘green’ crypto firm Chia says today’s volatility is just like the wild price swings in dot-com stocks in the 90s – and that both further turbulence and regulation …
"It's kind of like saying that we're gonna adopt the internet in the late 90s without having volatility in internet stocks," COO Gene Hoffman said. ( read original story ...)
French Open Defends ‘Pragmatic’ Stance in Osaka Dealings
French Open organizers said they took a “pragmatic” approach in their dealings with four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka earlier in the tournament, insisting they tried to engage with her several ... ( read original story ...)
French Open organizers say they took ‘pragmatic’ stance with Naomi Osaka
French Open organizers say they took a "pragmatic" approach in their dealings with Naomi Osaka earlier in the tournament, insisting they tried to engage with her several times before she decided to ... ( read original story ...)
French Open Exec Says Naomi Osaka Was Contacted Before Withdrawal; Explains $15k Fine
French Open organizers attempted to speak with Naomi Osaka before the Japanese star withdrew from the tournament. "We really tried to engage with Naomi ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin may have to tumble below $30,000 before major buyers are lured back in, JPMorgan’s crypto expert says
The lesson from the 2018 bitcoin crash is that the current bear market may last months, JPMorgan strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou told Insider. ( read original story ...)
Japan to start antitrust probe on Apple and Google, says Nikkei
The probe will include input from executives from domestic smartphone handset-makers as well as manufacturers of smart speakers and personal computers. ( read original story ...)
Alleged Accomplices in Ghosn Escape Set to Appear in Tokyo Court
Two Americans charged with helping former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee trial in Japan a year-and-a-half ago are now set to appear at their own hearing at the Tokyo District Court on ... ( read original story ...)
Biden reaffirms support for Tokyo Olympics to Japan’s Suga
U.S. President Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for the Tokyo Olympics at a meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday, highlighting the necessity of imposing public health ... ( read original story ...)
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Reveals Surprise Bitcoin Plan After Elon Musk Sparked Crypto Price Chaos With Ethereum And Dogecoin Support
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, a long-time bitcoin-backer, has revealed it's "only a matter of time" before either Twitter or its fledgling decentralized social network project Bluesky ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Redux by David Peace, review — revisiting an unsolved real-life murder
A character in David Peace’s new novel quotes the Qing dynasty Chinese author Cao Xueqin: “Truth becomes fiction when the fiction is true.” This line could serve as a motto for Peace’s entire oeuvre ... ( read original story ...)
The inflammatory Toshiba report may finally change corporate Japan
The show still has months to run, but we already know how it ends: Japan emerging from the 19th century with a unique, ethically and socially superior brand of stakeholder capitalism whose qualities ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Start Antitrust Probe on Apple, Google, Nikkei Says
The Japanese government will start investigating how Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google deal with Japanese smartphone makers, which could lead to tightening antitrust regulations, the Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
England wilt, Wales are temporary, and Japan aren’t in Europe – my family’s flag tradition
We stood on the pavement on the opposite side of the street and sighed in aesthetic appreciation of what we had achieved — but only for a few seconds because my elder son dashed back indoors like a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Under-23s pound uninspired Boyz 4-0 in Nagoya
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz went down to a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Japan's Under-23 team in friendly international game at Toyota Stadium on Saturday. Takefusa Kubo (32nd), Wataru Endo (42 nd ), Ayase ... ( read original story ...)