Coinbase Global Inc. is one of the most important investors in the world of cryptocurrency. It’s the all-time biggest backer of industry startups in terms of number of deals, according to PitchBook data. But in recent months, its investing activity has fallen off.
Tokyo stocks close sharply higher
Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday after rallies on Wall Street as US inflation data fuelled hopes of an end to interest rate hikes. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 2.52 percent, or ...
SC Capital Partners’ Zeus DC plans data center in Osaka, Japan
APAC data center firm SC Zeus Data Centers has acquired land in Osaka, Japan. The company, part of the SC Capital Partners Group, this week announced plans to develop a data center campus on the land. ( read original story ...)
Update on Disclosed Matter: Mitsubishi Electric’s Execution of the Company-split Agreement to Transfer Automotive-equipment Business to Newly Incorporated Subsidiary as Part …
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it has executed a Company-split agreement and formally established a wholly owned su ... ( read original story ...)
Cannabis-derived gummies probed in Tokyo after people fall ill
Five people aged from their teens to their 50s were taken ill on Nov. 4 after eating the gummies, which were handed out by a man during a festival. ( read original story ...)
Japan mum lashes out at Tokyo’s failure to free daughter abducted by North Korea in 1977: ‘I’m exhausted’
Officially, Tokyo recognises 17 of its nationals as having been abducted by Pyongyang agents, and in 2002, North Korea permitted five to return to Japan. The others, including Megumi, had died of ... ( read original story ...)
Gummies that made 6 ill at Tokyo festival may have contained cannabis constituents: MPD
Six people complained of feeling ill after eating gummy candies distributed at a festival at a suburban Tokyo park on Nov. 4, and police susp・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Six people in Tokyo sickened by gummies containing unregulated substances
Six people in Tokyo have been taken to a hospital after eating gummies suspected to contain unregulated, marijuana-derived substances. Police are analyzing the gummies. ( read original story ...)
Japan sees 2.52 million visitors in Oct, exceeding pre-COVID levels
Visitors to Japan exceeded pre-pandemic levels in October, official data showed on Wednesday, marking a full recovery in arrivals for the first time since the relaxation of border controls last year. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida Wants Businesses to Make Higher Wage Hikes Next Year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday asked business leaders to raise wages in next year's spring labour negotiations to a level higher than this year's against the ...
Japan ex-currency tsar sees structural factors behind yen weakness
A former top Japanese financial official said on Wednesday yen weakness might be caused not only by interest rate differentials between Japan and the United States but also by structural factors such ...
Illness-inducing, cannabis-traced gummies under probe in Tokyo
Gummies allegedly containing substances derived from cannabis are under police investigation after nearly 10 people who ate them were ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency: what to expect in 2023
The President's Economic Report had a section on digital assets on March 20, 2023. This part was added for the first time in the report's history. The study revealed how current cryptocurrency assets ...
Turkey’s crypto rules seen addressing licensing, taxation after boom
Turkey's new rules to regulate the crypto market are likely to focus on licensing and taxation, sector officials say, as the world's fourth-biggest crypto-trading country seeks to get off an international financial crime watchdog's "grey list".
A fake BlackRock crypto ETF filing sent the price of XRP soaring before crashing back down
Last month, a false report also drove the price of bitcoin higher, claiming the SEC had approved an ETF from BlackRock.
Japan’s Nikkei jumps 2.5% on strong earnings, dovish Fed bets
Japan's Nikkei share average jumped on Wednesday, topping the 33,000 psychological level for the first time in nearly two months, on strong corporate earnings and bets for a more dovish U.S. Federal ...