Japan Financial News

09.11 / 15:57

Web3 Japanese Mobile Firm NTT Plans to Invest $4 Billion in Web3 Technology – Find Out Why

Japan’s largest mobile telecoms operator NTT DOCOMO has announced plans to invest up to 600 billion yen ($4 billion) into Web3 infrastructure.

09.11 / 14:07

Target BLOCK South Korean Academic: We Must Block North from Hacking Crypto

A South Korean academic has claimed that Seoul must take steps to stop Pyongyang from hacking crypto targets south of the demilitarized zone – as tensions escalate between North Korea and its southern neighbor.

08.11 / 15:13

COST UPS Japan’s Waning Appetite for Treasurys Fuels Anxiety on Wall Street

Japan has been one of the world’s biggest buyers of U.S. Treasurys for years, helping to hold down borrowing costs for American businesses and consumers. Now that is changing.

08.11 / 12:19

Adoption Web3 DAO Japan’s largest mobile operator to establish Web3 consortium

NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest mobile operator with over $40 billion in annual revenue, partnered with multichain smart contract platform Astar Network to accelerate the Web3 implementation in the country. The joint effort will take the form of a consortium, which would give individuals and corporations the ability to utilize tokens for governance.

07.11 / 17:03

UPS Digital Cooper boost Cross-border e-CNY S Korea Claims Cross-border CBDC Success, Chinese Bank Chief Says e-CNY Will Boost Trade

East Asia could become the central bank digital currency world’s center of gravity – with major cross-border functionality advances on the cards in China and South Korea.

07.11 / 05:05

Digital Nomura eyes crypto trading as part of 50-strong digital assets spin-off

Nomura is building a 50-strong team for its crypto spin-out, and is aiming to start trading digital assets early next year as it makes a major push into the sector.

06.11 / 08:39

Dash 2 Trade Calvaria Axie Infinity price Axie Infinity Price Prediction as AXS Pumps Up 20% – How High Can it Go?

Axie Infinity price prediction remains bullish, especially above the $10.15 level, extended by a 61.8% Fibonacci retracement.

04.11 / 11:33

Interest rates Literature Support Ukraine war: Putin 'waiting for General Winter' to support Russian army, says Borrell

Vladimir Putin is waiting for "General Winter" to come and support Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, claims the EU's foreign affairs chief.

03.11 / 21:01

Government regulation DAO Agency Japan's Digital Agency launches DAO to explore DAOs and Web3

The Digital Agency of Japan, aimed at harmonizing nationwide initiatives related to digital transformation, has launched a research decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, targeting Web3.

03.11 / 14:33

Dogecoin Blockchain Ethereum Pool Shiba Inu Shiba Inu and ApeCoin Holders Envy Oryen Presale Buyers with 100% Gains during ongoing Presale

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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.

03.11 / 02:05

Blockchain Digital CEO Pool Singapore Fintech Festival 2022: Inside Project Guardian

Under this first industry pilot, the banks conducted foreign exchange and government bond transactions against liquidity pools comprising of tokenised Singapore Government Securities Bonds, Japanese Government Bonds, Japanese Yen (JPY) and Singapore Dollar (SGD). Further, a live cross-currency transaction involving tokenised JPY and SGD deposits was successfully conducted and a simulated exercise was performed involving the buying and selling of tokenised government bonds.

02.11 / 19:03

Ethereum coinbase DApp Bitcoin Union Bank defi protocols Crypto News Summary: DBS Adopts DeFi Protocols for FX & Government Securities Transactions, Union Bank of Philippines to Launch BTC & ETH Custody & Trading

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.

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.

02.11 / 13:07

Digital JPMorgan Pool JPY defi protocols Global banks test DeFi protocols for FX and Government bond transactions

Under the pilot, DBS Bank, JPMorgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings conducted foreign exchange and government bond transactions against liquidity pools comprising of tokenised Singapore Government Securities Bonds, Japanese Government Bonds, Japanese Yen (JPY) and Singapore Dollar (SGD). A live cross-currency transaction with real-world assets was conducted as an isolated exercise using tokenised JPY and SGD deposits, alongside a simulated test involving the buying and selling of tokenised government bonds.

02.11 / 12:47

business regulation Huobi Caribbean Huobi Global reportedly plans relocation to the Caribbean

Chinese crypto exchange, which recently has had to disavow the rumors about massive layoffs inside the company, unveiled the plans to move its headquarters to one of the jurisdictions in the Caribbean, with Dominica being the first candidate.

02.11 / 07:17

Government Asia Singapore bank DBS uses DeFi to trade FX and state securities

DBS Bank, a major financial services group in Asia, is applying decentralized finance (DeFi) for a project backed by Singapore’s central bank.

30.10 / 14:39

business Facebook Adoption virtual reality PUMP FTX CEO dissects Mark Zuckerberg's intent to pump $10B/year into Meta

Facebook’s rebranding into Meta was Mark Zukerberg’s latest attempt to retain dominance in the social media world of Web3, specifically, the Metaverse. On the occasion of Meta completing one year on the rebrand, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the CEO of the crypto exchange FTX, shared his thoughts on the rebranding and what it means for the future of Meta.

29.10 / 14:37

business education students Metaverse schooling to help Japanese city combat growing absenteeism

The Japanese city of Toda, Saitama, adopted a metaverse-schooling service to encourage students — especially those staying far away from school — to attend their classes.

29.10 / 00:03

business NASDAQ stocks Crypto exchange Coincheck plans Nasdaq listing in July 2023

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has confirmed plans to pursue a public stock offering in the United States through Nasdaq — a move that would give the company access to the country's lucrative capital markets.

28.10 / 12:59

UPS Cooper Platform Sky News Deal Premier League Soccer Premier League Lines Up £30 Million Deal with Sorare NFT Platform

The Premier League, the top tier of England’s professional soccer league, is readying to expand its exposure to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through a potential partnership with NFT fantasy soccer game Sorare that could be worth some £30 million ($34.6 million) per year.

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