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By Rae WeeBitcoin slipped below $90,000 for the first time in seven months on Tuesday in the latest sign that investor appetite for risk-taking is drying up across financial markets.The risk-sensitive cryptocurrency has erased 2025 gains and is now down nearly 30% from a peak above $126,000 in Octob…
A Shiba Inu developer sent an official warning about a critical technical change happening on Shibarium, the layer-2 blockchain for the SHIB ecosystem. The developer is warning all projects using Shibarium RPC to migrate from the old public endpoints.Old Shibarium RPC endpoints shutting down soonThe…
Japan’s new government plans to roll out a stimulus package exceeding 17 trillion yen (approximately $110 billion) to counter rising prices and revive economic momentum. The move follows a 1.8% annualized contraction in Japan’s economy during the third quarter of 2025, which ended a six-quarter grow…
Bitcoin held steady on Thursday while stocks delivered a mixed session across Asia, as to reopen the US government and end the longest shutdown on record.The House approved the deal 222 to 209 after Senate negotiators reached a compromise, keeping agencies funded through January and securing full-ye…
The Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is considering measures to limit the growth of red-hot "digital-asset treasury" companies (DATs), Bloomberg reports. The shares of Tokyo-based Metaplanet, one of the largest Bitcoin treasury firms, have plunged by 7%.Potential measuresJPX is looking at Stricter applica…
Payment processor Square has launched its Bitcoin payment feature for sellers, allowing them to opt in and accept Bitcoin at checkout through its point-of-sale system.Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Block, which owns Square, said in an X post on Monday that with the new feature, merchants using Square ca…
Bitcoin jumped back above $106,000 as Asia opened on Monday, and regional stocks advanced as .The Senate on Sunday advanced a 60-vote cloture deal to reopen the federal government, sending the package to the House and President Trump for approval. The agreement funds operations through Jan. 30, 2026…
Japan’s financial regulator, the FSA, has officially announced its support for a stablecoin pilot involving the country’s three largest banks.
Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has officially announced its support for a stablecoin pilot project involving the country's three major banks, as Japan continues to advance its efforts in payment innovation.In a statement released Friday, the FSA said the experiment brings together Mizuho Ba…
Japan's Financial Services Agency will support a project by the country's three-largest banks to jointly issue stablecoins, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday, adding to momentum supporting digital payments in a country where cash and credit cards remain popular.Katayama, who also …
Top Stories This WeekBybit halts new user onboarding in Japan, citing emerging regulationsBybit, the worlds second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has announced it will pause new user registrations in Japan starting Oct. 31, as it adapts to new regulations from the countrys Financial Serv…
Bybit, one of the largest crypto exchanges globally, will suspend onboarding new users in Japan starting tomorrow (Friday). This will impact both Japanese residents and nationals.Aligning with Local LawsIn a press release today (Thursday), the exchange stated that the move came “as part of its proac…