Ron Insana, CNBC senior analyst and commentator, Schroders North America senior advisor, and CNBC's Kate Rooney join 'Power Lunch' to discuss the volatility in cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)
Secai Marche nabs $1.4M to extend food supply chain connecting farmers with F&B in Asia
Kuala Lumpur-based Secai Marche, the Japanese startup behind shared food supply chain for the Southeast Asian market under the same name, ... ( read original story ...)
Today In Payments Around The World: Nayax Lands $142 Million In IPO; Square Rolls Out In Ireland
In today’s top payments news around the world, Nayax raised about $142 million in an initial public offering (IPO), while Square has launched in Ireland. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Top Concert Promoters Form Alliance to Bring Back International Acts
A group of Japan’s leading concert promoters have joined forces to help accelerate the reopening of live concerts by international artists in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan finance group SBI faces likely stop order at social lending unit
Japanese financial authorities are likely to order a unit of online financial firm SBI Holdings to suspend operations over alleged illegal soliciting from investors, sources familiar with the matter ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s obsession with perfection is an Olympic-sized problem
While it is true that you can set your watch to the departures and arrivals of Japan's trains, from the high-speed shinkansen to more humble commuter rails and subways, you do not really need a watch ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles Lands Yurchenko Double Pike Ahead of Olympics After Saying She May Attempt It in Tokyo
The move, which Simone Biles has been teasing since 2020, has never been performed by a female gymnast in a competition ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Investors Are Acquiring Land Around Japan’s Military Bases: Report
Following the security concerns, more than 700 Chinese-funded transactions of plots of land have been detected around military bases in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Sino-Japanese Tension: Chinese buying up land around military bases in Japan
Chinese are buying land around military bases in Japan, an episode that might trigger security concerns and further tensions between the two nations with already frayed relations, media reports said ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto payments above $10,000 would be reported to IRS under Treasury plan
The Biden administration wants businesses to report cryptocurrency transactions with values of at least $10,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. "Cryptocurrency already poses a significant detection ... ( read original story ...)
Former Broker Patrick Horsman Launches A Crypto Hedge Fund
Horsman was forced to resign from Blue Sand Securities after being accused of misrepresentation and fraud in a pending civil lawsuit ... ( read original story ...)
The people who won big at crypto – and those who didn’t
My friend knows a doctor who struck gold on cryptos and now has $100m and a penthouse on Central Park East. But for most people, the gains are not quite as spectacular ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Retail investors learn to love the crypto rollercoaster
"Investing in crypto is not for the faint of heart," said Bettencourt, a 32-year-old photographer in Toronto who has owned bitcoin and ether over the last year-and-a-half to complement his stock ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin bros mock Paul Krugman for comparing the crypto craze to ‘a natural Ponzi scheme’
That was Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman questioning crypto’s tangible value in a recent op-ed piece. The self-described “crypto skepti ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Hedge Funds Buy the Dip in Bitcoin’s Week of Reckoning
Felix Dian is in fighting spirits after this week’s crypto meltdown.Like many pros, the former Morgan Stanley trader says Bitcoin’s volatility actually shows why hedge funds are in the ... ( read original story ...)
Why companies like crypto platform Coinbase are issuing a torrent of convertible bonds
What are convertible bonds? Investors can buy the bonds to earn a steady, often modest income stream, but also might end up owning valuable company stock. ( read original story ...)