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Cryptocurrency holders typically secure their holdings in "cold storage" using offline hardware wallets beyond the purview of governments and financial institutions.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 7, 2026
Hack of supposedly safe bitcoin tool tests faith of the devoted
Bad actors fleeced investors of an estimated $130 million by exploiting a software flaw in an offline hardware wallet called Coldcard.
Blockchain's revival is being driven by financial institutions that are tokenizing assets, launching stablecoins and pursuing 24/7 markets.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2026
Bankers are doing grown-up stuff with crypto now
Turning cash into code will reduce the number of steps in market transactions and trades, allowing for instant settlement and programmable rules on where money goes and when.
An FBI agent allegedly used the bureau's systems to access the keys needed to transfer funds from cryptocurrency accounts associated with an "adversarial nation¡± to himself.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2026
FBI agent allegedly turns himself in for $1 million crypto theft
The agent allegedly used FBI systems to access the keys needed to transfer funds from cryptocurrency accounts associated with an ¡°adversarial nation¡± to himself.
A representation of Tether stablecoin cryptocurrency. The coins¡¯ rapid growth in anonymous, self?custody wallets is undermining financial oversight.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2026
Stablecoin is the wrong weapon in U.S.-China fight
As the market in digital greenbacks grows, Washington and Beijing will fight over the future of money ¡ª just as they are over control of AI.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
WORLD / Politics
Jul 6, 2026
Farage¡¯s retreat from spotlight fuels fresh doubts about Reform
His acceptance of ?5 million from a British cryptocurrency investor shortly before returning to the House of Commons in 2024¡¯s election is under scrutiny.
U.S. President Donald Trump averaged 85 trades per market day, an analysis of his 2025 financial disclosure report shows.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2026
Trump financial disclosure shows 21,000 trades in 2025
The U.S. president averaged 85 trades per market day, an analysis of the report shows.
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that he was not aware of the extent of his digital asset holdings but said there was nothing illegal about his involvement, following reports that his earnings totaled at least $1.4 billion in 2025.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2026
Trump Insists ¡®there¡¯s nothing wrong¡¯ with his big crypto gains
U.S. President Donald Trump reported earlier this week earnings of at least $1.4 billion in 2025 from business ventures related to ¡°meme coins¡± and cryptocurrencies.
U.S. President Donald Trump's worth is an estimated $7.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2026
Trump reports at least $1.4 billion in 2025 crypto earnings
The crypto haul was by far the largest source of U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s income, according to his latest annual financial disclosure.
Traffic moves past the Iranian national flag displayed on a building at Enghelab square in Tehran on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 16, 2026
Polymarket traders clash over $345 million Iran peace market
Bets on a peace deal are in limbo because it was not clear if the announcement was enough to meet the conditions written into Polymarket¡¯s contracts.
The same artificial intelligence tools helping developers audit code in cryptocurrency are also lowering the barriers for attackers, creating an arms race across the industry, researchers say.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 15, 2026
Crypto token¡¯s 50% wipeout shows magnitude of AI-hacking threat
The same AI tools helping developers audit code are also lowering the barriers for attackers, creating an arms race across the industry, researchers say.
Branding for Claude Code on removable posters at Anthropic PBC's Code with Claude developer conference in London on May 19, 2026.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 14, 2026
Global capitalism bets it all on AI future, alarming voters
Some AI leaders warn that the technology may accelerate into a potentially dangerous new phase.
Japan is home to 27 registered crypto exchange providers, including BitFlyer.
BUSINESS
Jun 11, 2026
Japan moves to regulate crypto like stocks in market growth push
The bill would classify crypto assets as financial instruments, making them subject to lower taxes and stricter trading rules and opening the door to new products like ETFs.
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump stand outside the Nasdaq building after ring the opening bell to celebrate the closing of ALT5¡¯s $1.5 billion offering and adoption of its $WLFI Treasury Strategy at the Nasdaq Market, in New York in August 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2026
Parsing the Trumps¡¯ crypto profits and investors¡¯ losses
The Trump family has made $2.3 billion from crypto with little-to-no downside risk, while other investors have lost $2.3 billion, including paper losses, as of the end of April.
A video of U.S. President Donald Trump speaking at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville plays on a screen during a forum at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on Aug. 28, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2026
Under the Trump crypto playbook, the family always wins. Investors don¡¯t.
The Trump family has generated at least $2.3 billion in profit from investors since Donald Trump retook the presidency
Nine anonymous cryptocurrency wallets have effectively gained control over who wins and loses on Polymarket¡¯s most contested prediction market bets.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 29, 2026
Nine crypto whales dominate Polymarket disputes worth billions
Under Polymarket¡¯s rules, whenever the outcome of a bet faces an official challenge, the dispute goes to a vote among holders of UMA, an independent cryptocurrency.
As U.S.-backed stablecoins move closer to widespread global adoption, China is preparing to counter growing dollar dominance by expanding the digital yuan and cross-border payment systems in emerging markets.
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2026
China will fight back if digital dollars corner global savings
Anything that entrenches the U.S. currency¡¯s hegemony in countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Egypt or Sudan goes against China¡¯s strategic interest.
Jared Kushner (left) and Steve Witkoff, special peace envoys, take part in a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran on April 12 in Islamabad.
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2026
The high cost of Donald Trump¡¯s crony diplomacy
Together, Kushner and Witkoff have spearheaded negotiations on Ukraine, Gaza and Iran.
Eric Trump, right, a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, a Trump family crypto firm, at a cryptocurrency conference in Dubai on May 1, 2025
BUSINESS / Tech
May 19, 2026
How Trump¡¯s crypto venture and Iran¡¯s top exchange tapped into the same industry networks
Sharing crypto networks with an Iranian company performing sanctioned transactions highlights the potentially conflicted position in which the Trumps¡¯ sprawling business interests have placed the U.S. presidency.
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage walks through the House of Commons to attend the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 14, 2026
Farage faces inquiry into ?5 million from crypto investor
Nigel Farage accepted the sum from Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based British investor, shortly before saying he would run for a seat in the House of Commons in 2024.
Justin Sun speaks during an press conference in Hong Kong on April 3, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
May 5, 2026
Trump family crypto project countersues billionaire backer Sun for ¡®smear campaign¡¯
In April, Hong Kong-based Justin Sun sued ?World Liberty Financial, saying the company had illegally frozen the tokens he had bought.
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¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
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Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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