Crypto News Japanese payments firm PayPay, partial owner of Binance Japan, seeks $1.1 billion IPOBy Oguz OzdemirMarch 2, 2026 PayPay, a SoftBank Corp-backed payments company that owns a 40% stake in Binance Japan, is seeking to raise as much…
Crypto News Why the Japanese yen carry trade matters for BitcoinBy Oguz OzdemirFebruary 1, 2026 Japan spent decades as the world’s best destination for the world’s easiest funding trade. You could borrow yen at very…
Blockchain Japanese Banking Giant’s Crypto Subsidiary Applies for US Banking CharterBy Oguz OzdemirJanuary 29, 2026 In brief The Nomura-owned Laser Digital applied for a U.S. OCC charter to launch a crypto-focused national trust bank. The…
