By Wayne Jones Arthur Hayes published a new essay this week arguing that the US Treasury and Japan’s Ministry of Finance have settled on a single method to strengthen the yen: running newly printed dollars through the Federal Reserve’s currency swap facility. Hayes says the mechanics point to a wave of dollar liquidity hitting the […]
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By admin Japan has officially enacted legislation that formally reclassifies cryptocurrencies as financial assets under its primary securities framework. This landmark decision transitions digital assets away from the Payment Services Act and integrates them into the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. The move subjects crypto businesses to securities style regulations, including explicit insider trading prohibitions […]
Ethereum (ETH) should be understood less as a speculative ‘coin’ and more as the ‘operating system’ for next-generation finance, Fundstrat co-founder Tom Lee told attendees at WebX 2026 in Tokyo on Monday, arguing that the network could become the settlement backbone for stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and emerging AI-driven commerce. Lee—also chairman of the board […]