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CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 29, 2021
GameStop's ‘French Revolution’ is a crypto-farce
If WallStreetBets is checkmate for old-school finance, then surely they'd want to win fair and square.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2021
About 30 charged for allegedly exchanging stolen cryptocurrency
The trading involving the 30 people at the underground exchange is estimated to have totaled over u00a510 billion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 5, 2021
JPMorgan says bitcoin could surge to $146,000 in long term
Bitcoin has the potential to reach $146,000 in the long term as it competes with gold as an asset class, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg has another answer to Bitcoin
As German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz put it, referring to Libra's name change, 'a wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf.”
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2020
All aboard the billionaires’ Bitcoin bandwagon?
A surge of 1,000% in 2017 took Bitcoin's value to $19,000. A year later, it had dropped to less than $3,500.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 8, 2020
G7 finance officials back need to regulate digital currencies
Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven advanced economies strongly supported the need to regulate digital currencies, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement on Monday after a virtual meeting of the officials.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2020
What Bitcoin's new record means for Wall Street
Bitcoin won't be viewed as an existential threat to the banking system just because its price is soaring. But it won't be ignored either.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 17, 2020
Bitcoin is gunning for a record and no one is talking about it
Bitcoin has more than doubled since December and many fans are once again eyeing the $20,000 level as the next barrier to breach.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2020
BOJ official says digital currency needs public support first
China's plans to issue a digital yuan, while still not fleshed out, have heightened global interest in digital currencies among central banks and policymakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2020
Japan must revise BOJ law to speed up digital currency, senior LDP official says
Japan has been cautious about moving too quickly on digital currencies given the social disruptions it could cause.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 9, 2020
Japan has no plan for digital currencies yet but will delve deeper
Japan has no plans now to issue central bank digital currencies but must deepen research on the possibility, the government's top spokesman said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 10, 2020
How bitcoin gained currency in Africa
Monthly cryptocurrency transfers to and from Africa of under $10,000 jumped more than 55 percent in a year to reach $316 million in June.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 16, 2020
Hacking spree alarms experts concerned about Twitter's security
The company statements confirmed the fears of security experts that the service itself — rather than users — had been compromised.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 11, 2020
Tokyo police arrest two for receiving stolen NEM cryptocurrency
Tokyo police arrested two men on Wednesday for alleged possession of NEM, a cryptocurrency, that they knew was stolen in a massive cyberattack on a Japanese startup in 2018, according to investigative sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2020
Facebook weighs Libra revamp to win over reluctant regulators
Facebook Inc. and its partners are considering re-designing the Libra cryptocurrency project so that the network accepts multiple coins, including those issued by central banks, in an effort to woo reluctant global regulators and rebuild momentum for the plan.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 25, 2020
Japanese asset manager SBI Holdings leads funding boost for Taiwanese crypto-security firm CoolBitX
Financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. has led a group of investors participating in a Series B, $16.75 million funding round for CoolBitX, a Taiwanese blockchain security company offering services to help crypto-exchanges comply with more stringent international standards for the collection of...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 22, 2020
Japan's financial and monetary authorities taking hard look at minting digital currencies
The Finance Ministry, Financial Services Agency and Bank of Japan have met to promote research on digital currencies for possible issue by central banks, it has been learned.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2020
Letter bombs explode in ABN Amro and Ricoh offices in Netherlands alleged bitcoin extortion
Two letter bombs exploded on Wednesday at two separate locations in the Netherlands but nobody was hurt in the incidents, which police blamed on an extortionist who had demanded payment in bitcoin.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 7, 2020
Tokyo court convicts man of using website to install cryptomining programs on computers
The Tokyo High Court on Friday overturned the acquittal of a man accused of secretly installing and using a cryptocurrency mining program on the computers of visitors to his website.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2020
Bank of Japan, ECB and other central banks to discuss starting digital currencies
The central bankers will meet in Washington on the sidelines of an International Monetary Fund conference, sources said.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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