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26.12 / 10:19

Art Future Nifty News: Square Enix invests into NFT gaming firm, Beeple speaks on NFT art future and more…

NFT-friendly Japanese gaming giant Square Enix has invested 7 billion yen ($52.7 million) into game developer Gumi to create “high-quality” mobile games, blockchain games and a Metaverse initiative, among other things.

26.12 / 07:51

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Hackers linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group are reportedly behind a massive phishing campaign targeting non-fungible token (NFT) investors — utilizing nearly 500 phishing domains to dupe victims.

26.12 / 01:41

Time Low Time Might Run Out on Japan’s Low-Rate Policy

Japan has kept interest rates below zero this year, where they have been since 2016, even as other major central banks sharply raise their own.

25.12 / 13:39

Time Low Time Might Run Out on Japan’s Low-Rate Policy

Japan has kept interest rates below zero this year, where they have been since 2016, even as other major central banks sharply raise their own.

24.12 / 18:51

Japan Inflation Hits Four-Decade High, Pressuring Central Bank in 2023

TOKYO—Japan’s core inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly 41 years in November, fueling market speculation that the Bank of Japan would look to tighten monetary policy in 2023.

24.12 / 16:03

Hackers New Report: North Korea has Stolen In Excess of $1 Billion Worth of Crypto Assets

Hackers sponsored by the North Korean government have stolen over $1 billion worth of digital assets since 2017.

24.12 / 02:15

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The chaos we’ve experienced in global markets this year — global geopolitical upheaval magnified by the confluence of broken supply chains, inflation and heavy national debt loads — seems to signal the beginning of a new era. All of this is within the context of the United States dollar serving as the primary global reserve currency, currently accounting for about 40% of global exports.

23.12 / 13:57

Blockchain Platform Gaming Deal Seal Japanese Securities Giant SBI, Gaming Firm Square Enix Seal Crypto Gaming Deal

The Japanese securities, banking, and crypto heavyweight SBI and the Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed gaming firm Square Enix have announced a crypto gaming M&A deal. The companies have signed a share purchase deal for Gumi, an up-and-coming crypto and blockchain gaming company.

23.12 / 13:53

Japan Inflation Hits Four-Decade High, Pressuring Central Bank in 2023

TOKYO—Japan’s core inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly 41 years in November, fueling market speculation that the Bank of Japan would look to tighten monetary policy in 2023.

23.12 / 13:53

Time Low Time Might Run Out on Japan’s Low-Rate Policy

Japan has kept interest rates below zero this year, where they have been since 2016, even as other major central banks sharply raise their own.

23.12 / 00:33

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After taking pitches from many law firms, the nine-member committee representing unsecured creditors of the disgraced crypto exchange FTX has decided on a legal adviser, the Wall Street Journal reported on Dec. 21.

22.12 / 17:53

Blockchain MET Digital Enterprise Japan Reduces 30% Crypto Tax On Paper Earnings For Token Issuers

Even if they haven't made a profit via the sale of their shares, Japanese crypto issuers are compelled to pay a predetermined corporation tax rate of 30% on their holdings under the current framework of the law. As part of its efforts to encourage expansion in the domestic financial and technology sectors, the government of Japan is planning to relax the tax criteria that must be met by local crypto businesses.

22.12 / 03:43

Time Low Time Might Run Out on Japan’s Low-Rate Policy

Japan has kept interest rates below zero this year, where they have been since 2016, even as other major central banks sharply raise their own.

21.12 / 18:49

markets Federal Reserve Bitcoin Support Bitcoin rebound to $18.4K? BTC price derivatives show strength at key support zone

Bitcoin (BTC) price lost 11.3% between Dec. 14 and Dec. 18 after briefly testing the $18,300 resistance.

21.12 / 18:27

Fraud Police Dating App Crypto Scammers Strike Again as Catfished Japanese Man Loses $90k

Crypto scammers are ramping up their catfishing campaigns on East Asian dating apps, with another Japanese man falling victim to fraudsters. The man lost “more than $90,000” to a “foreign woman” – who has since vanished.

21.12 / 15:39

Lowe's Target Bank of Japan Lets a Benchmark Rate Rise, Causing Yen to Surge

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan made a surprise decision to let a benchmark interest rate rise to 0.5% from 0.25%, pushing the yen higher and ending a long period in which it was the only major developed-nation central bank not to increase rates.

21.12 / 15:39

UPS Japan Bends to Global Forces Pushing Up Interest Rates

TOKYO— The Bank of Japan ’s governor, nearing the end of a decade in office, gave markets one more surprise in the form of an interest-rate increase that he said wasn’t really an increase.

21.12 / 15:39

Time Low Time Might Run Out on Japan’s Low-Rate Policy

Japan has kept interest rates below zero this year, where they have been since 2016, even as other major central banks sharply raise their own.

21.12 / 14:53

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Bitcoin (BTC) divided traders yet again on Dec. 21 as sideways BTC price action split opinion on the future.

20.12 / 23:17

markets Ethereum VISA Congress Ethereum bounces above $1.2K, but derivatives metrics show traders fear a collapse

Ether (ETH) gained 5.6% on Dec. 20 after testing the $1,150 support the previous day. Still, a bearish trend prevails, forming a three-week-long descending channel, a price action attributed to expectations of further U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

20.12 / 17:51

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Bitcoin (BTC) and other bulls will not benefit from a major change in United States inflation policy in 2023, one analyst says.

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