The Bank of Japan has decided to keep its policy rate unchanged at 0.75%. There is a slight increase in projected inflation, but optimism is sufficient for the growth of Japan. Meanwhile, the crypto market has remained largely unchanged, with possible support from US markets, which closed on a high
Capital One Financial Corporation, an American bank holding company, is preparing to acquire a fintech business named Brex through a business deal expected to affect the corporate finance and expenditure management sector. The deal values Brex at around $5.15 billion. The bank reportedly is prepared to finance the deal through
The prosecutor from South Korea is investigating the disappearance of Bitcoin captured from government custody. A lot of Bitcoins were missing at the time of the storage and management process of prosecutors. As per the internal reviews, it was reported that the incident is believed to have occurred in mid-2025.
F/m Investments, a $18 billion U.S. asset manager, filed a landmark application on January 21 with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking approval to tokenize shares of its U.S. Treasury 3‑Month Bill ETF (TBIL) on a permissioned blockchain ledger, marking the first investment registered company to tokenize its shares on blockchain,
The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), the blockchain payment firm Fedi, along with the Brooks School Tech Policy Institute of Cornell University, has revealed the launch of a two-year empirical research collaboration to understand how Americans perceive financial privacy, the privacy trade-offs that they are willing to make, and how public
The co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance, namely Changpeng Zhao, made the announcement at the meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) that took place in Davos, Switzerland, and the announcement was that talks concerning tokenization have taken place with “probably a dozen” countries. Tokenization essentially means the process
Justin Sun, founder of TRON, has invested $8 million in the DeFi project called River, according to the announcement made on Wednesday. After the investment, the Rivers’ token (RIVER) increased 24% on the same day. Analyst warns that the price surge may be driven more by leveraged trading than by
U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a sharp outflow on January 21, as Bitcoin ETFs recorded an outflow of around $709 million and about $287 million outflows in Ether funds, marking one of the largest single-day redemptions. When combined, it nears $1 billion, the highest outflows ever
The brief uptick reflects the current recovery attempt, bringing a green wave, but it remains fleeting. With the fear sentiment across the crypto market, the asset’s price movement is swinging up and down. Also, a sudden fluctuation could push them into the red zone, allowing the bears to strengthen their
Vietnam has officially begun the procedure of accepting applications for licenses to allow the trade of virtual assets, a procedure that has been viewed as a milestone step towards the launch of a long-awaited cryptocurrency market. The State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) confirmed the move on Tuesday, stating that
