City Tokyo Financial News

15.11 / 11:33

Japan’s Economy Contracts Slightly in the Third Quarter

TOKYO—Japan’s economy contracted for the first time in a year in the third quarter, reflecting increases in services imports and a sluggish recovery in private spending due to lingering fears over Covid-19 and rising prices.

07.11 / 17:03

Adoption Europe ATM Bitcoin Crypto Adoption: Number of Bitcoin ATMs in Canada Jumps 28% in One Year

The number of bitcoin (BTC) automated teller machines (ATMs) in Canada went up nearly 28% in a year and almost 190% in two years, according to data provided by Coin ATM Radar.

03.11 / 05:39

business Blockchain Adoption JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on public blockchain

Multinational banking firm JP Morgan has successfully executed its first ever cross-border transaction using decentralized finance (DeFi) on a public blockchain.

02.11 / 17:19

UPS scam Alleged Japanese Scam Operators Paid up to 3,000 ‘Investors’ in a ‘Worthless’ Cryptoasset

A group of Japanese lawyers has alleged that 3,000 people may have been duped in an apparent Ponzi scheme allegedly hatched by a firm that pledged to pay investors in a “worthless” cryptoasset.

25.10 / 12:05

UPS CBDC Digital Platform Japanese Credit Card Giant JCB Begins CBDC Pilot in Tokyo

The Japanese credit card giant JCB is set to begin a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot that will intentionally make use of technology similar to that used by the central Bank of Japan in its own digital yen experiments.

23.10 / 20:11

Blockchain Binance Bitcoin How CZ built Binance and became the richest person in crypto

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the founder and CEO of global cryptocurrency exchange Binance, is one of the most influential crypto personalities today, but his story is a true rags-to-riches one.

19.10 / 18:55

Blockchain ETH Digital Platform week Top Trending NFTs: Week of October 19

Market analytics platform Cryptounfolded released data this month showing that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) sales on OpenSea, the largest marketplace for digital collectibles, fell by 60% from Q2 to Q3.

19.10 / 15:39

Digital Walmart Puma Indian Backed Customers Walmart-Backed Indian Commerce Giant Flipkart to Allow Customers to Buy Items in the Metaverse

As Indian online retail giant Flipkart seeks more digital interaction with its customers, the company has announced it will initiate a metaverse offering, Flipverse, enabling them to access “gamified, interactive and immersive” experiences through the firm’s app.

19.10 / 13:13

Blockchain Sport e-commerce week Shoppers in India can now order a sneaker in Metaverse for a week

Consumers in India are getting more options for a digital shopping experience as major local e-commerce platforms increasingly experiment with blockchain and metaverse.

09.10 / 20:01

Blockchain Ripple XRP SEC Ripple (XRP) Price Prediction 2025-2030: Can Ripple beat SEC to push XRP to $10?

Disclaimer: The datasets shared in the following article have been compiled from a set of online resources and do not reflect AMBCrypto’s own research on the subject

07.10 / 08:07

Blockchain cryptocurrency Binance Digital Crypto hacked again in $100 million theft of Binance coin

An already bad year for cryptocurrencies took another turn for the worse after roughly $100 million of Binance Coin was stolen in what appears to be the latest hack to hit digital assets.

07.10 / 05:51

Blockchain cryptocurrency Binance Digital Backed Binance-Backed Blockchain Probes $100 Million Hack of Tokens

A major blockchain backed by Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is probing the potential theft of between $100 million and $110 million of digital tokens native to the network.

03.10 / 00:41

business Art Artists Music NFTs a powerful tool to transform an audience into a community

As one of the oldest entertainment industries in existence, the music business has experienced many technological advances that enhanced widespread adoption. The digitalization of music meant that artists could reach any audience across the world, and digital distribution gifted people with unlimited access to music.

02.10 / 19:58

UPS Ripple XRP SEC Ripple (XRP) Price Prediction 2025-2030: Will legal victory finally push XRP to $10?

Disclaimer: The datasets shared in the following article have been compiled from a set of online resources and do not reflect AMBCrypto’s own research on the subject

01.10 / 12:49

Adoption ATM Bitcoin Time Net Bitcoin ATMs growth drops globally for the first time ever

The domino effect of a prolonged bear market seeped into the Bitcoin (BTC) ATM ecosystem as September 2022 recorded negative growth in global net installations for the first time in history — primarily driven by a slowdown in the United States.

22.09 / 17:13

Time Japan Jumps Into Market to Buy Yen for First Time in 24 Years

TOKYO—Japan intervened in the foreign-exchange market by buying yen for the first time in 24 years, shortly after the Bank of Japan accelerated a fall in the currency by confirming it would maintain ultralow interest rates.

21.09 / 13:25

NFT Metaverse Crypto Exchange Japanese Crypto Exchange Coincheck Partners with Actor Kenji Kohashi for The Sandbox Project

The Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck has enlisted Kenji Kohashi, a top-billing movie director and event organizer, to design its metaverse space in The Sandbox.

21.09 / 09:21

Climate change Man set himself on fire amid outcry over Shinzo Abe's state funeral plans

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo early Wednesday in a sign of protest against the state funeral for former leader Shinzo Abe.

20.09 / 07:25

Blockchain Gaming Yield Guild Games: Web3 gaming adoption needs a local touch

The blockchain-based gaming industry will need to look at localized strategies to attract Web3 gamers, says decentralized gaming guild Yield Guild Games (YGG).

19.09 / 05:55

business Blockchain Gaming Bandai Namco, SEGA among gaming giants eyeing blockchain gaming

Japanese gaming giants are positioning for mainstream blockchain game adoption, and will not be swayed by the section of gamers that are against crypto and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), an exec from the Oasys blockchain project told Cointelegraph.

19.09 / 00:05

recovery Asia-Pacific Reopens for Tourism, but Recovery Is Slow

Japan is getting ready to join other top Asia-Pacific destinations in fully reopening to tourism. But the region’s beaches, shopping meccas and cultural sites are finding the return to pre-Covid prosperity is slower than in the U.S. and Europe, in part because would-be Chinese tourists are still largely stuck at home.

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