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The Monetary Authority of Singapore recently announced a hard deadline of June 30 for cryptocurrency firms incorporated in Singapore and offering services offshore to cease activities.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 2, 2025
Binance to keep hundreds of staff in Singapore despite crypto crackdown
More than 400 Binance workers label themselves as based in Singapore on LinkedIn.
China is preparing to counter the rising threat of U.S.-backed digital dollars by leveraging its powerful e-commerce firms and Hong Kong’s crypto-friendly financial system to promote stablecoins tied to local currencies.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2025
China is more than ready for U.S. stablecoins
E-commerce prowess and Hong Kong’s financial chops can ward off the threat from digital dollars.
Jeremy Allaire, chief executive officer of Circle Internet Financial (center) celebrates during the company's initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on June 5.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2025
A digital dollar is a trade war weapon, and Europe may be a primary target
Stablecoins could serve to entrench the existing tech and monetary order dominated by the U.S., as 95% of them are dollar-denominated. The euro commands less than 1%.
Over a five-year period, shares of Bitcoin-buyer Metaplanet have soared more than 3,000%.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2025
Bitcoin buyer Metaplanet sees market value top ¥1 trillion amid crypto rally
But not everyone is convinced Metaplanet’s rally will last, with short positions having grown to about 23% of its free float as of last Thursday.
People protest as a guest arrives to a private dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump and buyers of his cryptocurrency tokens at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, on May 22.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2025
Trump reports tens of millions in income from crypto ventures
The U.S. leader's first financial of his second term showed income from various assets, including Trump's properties in Florida.
The IMF and World Bank's Spring Meetings 2025 in Washington on April 25. At this year's meetings, central bankers expressed alarm over the Trump administration's push toward privatizing money through dollar-pegged stablecoins.
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2025
Trump wants big tech to own the dollar
At this year’s IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, central bankers were alarmed by the U.S. push toward privatizing money through dollar-pegged stablecoins.
A Boeing 747 from Qatar at Palm Beach International Airport, following President Donald Trump’s tour of the plane, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Feb. 15. The president and his family have profited from the White House more than any other occupant, normalizing activities that once would have provoked heavy blowback and official investigations.
WORLD / Politics
May 26, 2025
As Trump family monetizes presidency, profits outstrip protests
The scale and the scope of the presidential mercantilism has been breathtaking.
Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, last July.
WORLD / Politics
May 19, 2025
$TRUMP dinner blurs lines between profit and politics
Launched hours before his January inauguration, the $TRUMP memecoin is only one example of the Trump family's ever-expanding moves into cryptocurrency.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and the U.S. president's son, looks over the proposed plan ahead of the signing ceremony with Qatar's Diar and Dar Global in Doha on April 30.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2025
As Trump family's Gulf empire grows, rulers seek influence, arms and tech
Ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gulf visit next week, his son Eric was promoting his crypto firm in Dubai, while Don Jr prepared to talk about "Monetizing MAGA" in Doha.
The activity represents the continuing evolution in the sprawling North Korean efforts to target the cryptocurrency sectors in a bid to raise cash for the North Korean government.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2025
North Korean cyber spies created U.S. firms to dupe crypto developers
The activity shows the continuing evolution in North Korea's efforts to target the cryptocurrency sectors to raise cash for the North Korean government.
The U.S. Justice Department is disbanding its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, a memo has shown.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. Justice Department disbands crypto enforcement team
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. government has been reversing course on crypto.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order earlier this month establishing the 'Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.'
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Mar 16, 2025
Trump's bitcoin reserve to be a 'digital Fort Knox'
The reserve is funded by about 200,000 bitcoins — worth nearly $17 billion — that have been seized in the U.S. as a result of civil and criminal cases.
Bybit, one of the biggest crypto exchanges, was forced to borrow from other platforms and use its own treasury funds to replace the roughly 515,000 tokens, mostly Ether but also derivatives of the coin, that were stolen in the North Korean attack.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2025
North Korea’s $1.5 billion heist puts the crypto world on notice
Cybersecurity researchers quickly concluded that the era of giant digital-asset heists had entered a new and potentially ruinous phase following the theft.
Multinational victims of scam centers, who were trafficked into working in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand, queue for food at a shelter as they wait for their embassies to pick them up, in Tak province, Thailand, on Feb. 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2025
'Contemplated suicide': Ethiopians recount horror of Southeast Asia scam centers
The complexes have flourished across the region, often staffed by foreigners who are made to swindle people in what analysts say is a multibillion-dollar industry.
Visitors listen to a keynote address at Consensus, a cryptocurrency event in Hong Kong on Feb. 15.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 23, 2025
Hong Kong and Singapore lead Asia's drive to cash in on crypto boom
Bitcoin recently hit a record of close to $110,000 while others have also rallied on the back of Trump's pro-crypto promises.
Atsuko Sato holds her shiba inu, Neiro, alongside the bronze statue of her shiba inu Kabosu, in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, in December.
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2025
Shiba inu Kabosu continues to be loved after death
Atsuko Sato received many letters from Kabosu fans across Japan on the dog's birthday last November, six months after her death.
Capital gains on direct Bitcoin purchases are subject to taxes of up to 55% in Japan, making investing in stock proxies like Metaplanet via the Nippon Individual Savings Account program a cheap and convenient option for small-scale and first-time buyers.
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 10, 2025
Bitcoin hoarder’s stock soars 4,000% in Japan on crypto rally
Shares of Metaplanet are up more than 4,000% over the past 12 months, the largest gain among all Japanese equities in that period.
A Donald Trump 2024 campaign hat on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 22, 2025
Markets braced for uncertainty as Trump holds back from pledged tariffs
Chinese markets were relieved after Beijing avoided an instant blizzard of executive orders, but Mexico's peso and Canada's dollar weren't so lucky.
The Nasdaq MarketSite is seen on the day that shares of Trump Media & Technology Group start trading under the ticker "DJT" in New York on March 26, 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 21, 2025
Trump's crypto and Truth Social believers bet on his presidency
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. retail investors have linked their fortunes with those of the president they support.
Donald Trump speaks at a Bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 27, 2024.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 20, 2025
Cocktails and Snoop Dogg — crypto industry celebrates Trump inauguration
The crypto gala marks a stunning turnaround for an industry that has been in the Biden administration's crosshairs.
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato holds a copy of the latest banzuke ranking in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks
A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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