Metaplanet Shares Soar as Japanese Firm Mimics MicroStrategy on Bitcoin Buying
Metaplanet began as Red Planet Japan, a budget hotel operator, before pivoting to become a Web3 developer.
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Apr 9, 2024 at 9:55 a.m. UTC
Apr 9, 2024
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Bank of Japan Ends Eight-Year Negative Rates Regime; Bitcoin Slides to $62.7K
The BOJ hiked the benchmark borrowing cost by 10 basis points, abandoning the prolonged negative interest rate policy.
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Mar 19, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Mar 19, 2024
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Bitcoin-Yen Pair Hits Record High, Reflects Stress on Japan's Fiat Currency
Bitcoin's ongoing rally is telling of current market perceptions about fiat currencies, with sentiment being weakest for the Japanese yen.
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Feb 15, 2024 at 6:07 a.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2024
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Japan Will Launch Pilot for Issuing Digital Yen in April
The move comes after more than two years of proof-of-concept experiments by the BoJ.
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Feb 17, 2023 at 8:06 a.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2023
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Bitcoin Gains 2%, Stocks Drop as Bank of Japan Allows Benchmark Bond Yields to Rise
The BOJ unexpectedly lifted the cap on the 10-year Japanese government bond yields to 0.5% from 0.25%, ending the prolonged period of near-zero yields.
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Dec 20, 2022 at 7:19 a.m. UTC
Dec 20, 2022
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Does the Bank of Japan’s Intervention Spell Trouble for the US Treasury Market?
The BoJ is trying to prop up the price of the yen.
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Oct 24, 2022 at 8:13 p.m. UTC
Oct 24, 2022
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Circle Invests in JPYC, Baby Shark NFTs Announced
Axie Infinity earnings drop below minimum wage level in the Philippines. USDC issuer Circle to invest in Japanese yen stablecoin. Baby Shark creator announces an NFT series. W...
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Nov 16, 2021 at 4:19 p.m. UTC
Nov 16, 2021
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Cuáles son las monedas que podrían reemplazar al dólar como principal reserva de valor
La participación de la moneda estadounidense en las reservas mundiales no ha dejado de disminuir desde hace años. ¿Tomará el euro, yuan o bitcoin su lugar en el centro de las...
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Aug 20, 2021 at 2:31 p.m. UTC
Aug 20, 2021
Ranking the Currencies That Could Unseat the Dollar
The dollar's share of global reserves has declined steadily for years. Will the euro, yuan or bitcoin take its place at the center of global finance?
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Aug 15, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 15, 2021
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Japan’s bitFlyer Gives US Clients Access to Bitcoin and Japanese Yen Pair Trading
Japan-based crypto exchange bitFlyer introduces cross-border trading in the U.S. by allowing users to trade bitcoin in Japanese yen pairs. Joel Edgerton, CEO of bitFlyer USA,...
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Jun 11, 2021 at 3:41 p.m. UTC
Jun 11, 2021