Rough Cuts Tokyo holds Olympic skateboarding 'test event' Posted . Tokyo organizers held a test event for skateboarding with 19 Japanese skateboarders as the sport is set to make ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s micro-apartments: Justin McCurry spends a night in a tiny home
Each micro-apartment measures just nine square metres, which is under half the size of a typical studio apartment in Tokyo. On the plus side there is zero deposit and no 'key money', a nonrefundable ... ( read original story ...)
Meet Japan’s small-town mayor, “Jo Baiden”
Rough Cuts Meet Japan's small-town mayor, "Jo Baiden" Posted . Yutaka Umeda, a small-town mayor in southwestern Japan, has become an internet sensation for having kanji characters ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin will SURGE to $120,000 by the end of 2024 according to Standard Chartered – but one expert says it’s a number ‘plucked out of the air’
It was invented by someone claiming to be called Satoshi Nakamoto and to be Japanese, but their real identity is unknown. Bitcoin, like other cryptocurrencies, has become associated with illicit ...
The Crypto Market Crash Is Not Stopping Melania Trump From Selling NFTs
Former First Lady Melania Trump is hoping to go, as they say in the crypto community, to the moon. Despite crashes that have hit the crypto and NFT market hard in recent ...
Transparency in Crypto: The Key to Easing Regulatory Concerns?
Their compelling conversation brought forward some intriguing perspectives on how these regulations might be affecting the crypto ecosystem. Rob Nelson initiated the discussion, expressing his concern ...
Team behind crypto privacy protocol Manta Network is now valued at $500M
Even amid the crypto winter, some web3 companies are racking up hefty valuations. P0x Labs, the team behind Manta Network, a privacy-preserving protocol running on the Polkadot blockchain, announced ...
SEC ‘Crusade’ Against Crypto Industry Must End, Congressman Torres Says
The SEC faced more criticism from Congressman Ritchie Torres, who urged chair Gary Gensler to end his ''crusade'' against crypto.
Crypto Whale Watch: $116M In Ether Acquired In ICO Gets Moved To Kraken Exchange
A digital wallet that had accumulated over 61,000 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH) during the initial coin offering (ICO) about eight years ago has now transferred the en ...
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.32%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Services and Precision Instruments sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei ...
Teenage Tourist Carves His Name Into 1,200-Year-Old Temple in Japan
The UNESCO World Heritage site is one of several historical landmarks around the world to be vandalized this summer ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese investors bullish on New York again
As the Asian nation’s economy rebounds from its “lost decade” period, its companies have returned to snapping up real estate across the city ... ( read original story ...)
ISO 20022 Crypto: List of Compliant Coins in 2023
The ISO 20022 crypto-list is a collection of compliant digital coins and tokens that satisfy the standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards 20022. Many ...
Crypto memes could land you in prison or with an unlimited fine for breaching financial promotion rules, UK regulator warns ‘finfluencers’
An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. An curved arrow pointing right. Crypto memes could break financial promotion rules and land people in prison, the UK's Financial Conduct ...
Fiat to Crypto Onramp: The Future of Cross-Border Payments with Crypto Remittance
In the evolving world of finance, the global remittance market appears to be on the edge of a significant shift, driven primarily by the increasing adoption of crypto-based transactions. Crypto ...
Explainer: Why won’t China become the next Japan?
Provided by Xinhua Whether China is entering a balance sheet recession, which could drag China into a Japan-style lost decade. Such argument on Weste ...