Currencies

The Japanese government is slapping penalties on several crypotocurrency exchanges in the country, after 58 billion yen ($530 million) of virtual coins were lost earlier this year from hacking.

U.S. stocks are broadly lower Wednesday morning as investors react to the departure of Gary Cohn, the top economic adviser to President Donald Trump.

Investors took the news as a sign that the agency will increase oversight of the fast-growing digital currency market.

Authorities have expressed concerns that digital currencies such as bitcoin may become the next offshore bank account – a way for the everyday person to move mass amounts of money without leaving a trail while simultaneously dodging taxes.

Asian stock markets fell Wednesday after the surprise departure of President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, who was the administration's leading internal opponent of his planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.

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Asian stock markets surged Tuesday despite U.S.-Chinese trade tensions after Wall Street posted its strongest gains in a week.

U.S. stocks fell Monday and markets around the world wobbled as investors continue to question whether they can count on two of the main drivers that propelled markets to record heights: an expanding global economy and low interest rates.

The decentralized nature of digital currencies has created a need for confirmation.

Asian shares fell Monday as investors evaluated Beijing's annual growth forecast for the Chinese economy while the uncertain outcome of Italian elections weighed on sentiment.

Critics argue that the lack of any centralized oversight makes investors vulnerable to hacking and fraud.

Asian shares posted steep declines Friday, adding to global stock market losses after President Donald Trump vowed to impose stiff steel and aluminum tariffs, sparking fears of a trade war.

U.S. stock indexes joined a worldwide slide Thursday, as investors wait to see if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will again move markets with his testimony before Congress.

The agency has issued “dozens of subpoenas and information requests” to companies involved in the cryptocurrency market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued scores of subpoenas and information requests to technology companies and advisers involved in the red-hot market for digital tokens, according to people familiar with the matter.

Asian shares were mixed Thursday as sentiments got initially dragged down by a slide on Wall Street, but Chinese benchmarks later recovered on optimism for growth.

U.S. stocks rose in early trading on Wednesday to claw back some of their sharp losses from the prior day, when speculation about a more aggressive Federal Reserve rattled markets.

Legendary hedge fund investor Bill Miller is betting big on cryptocurrency as a “bitcoin observer,” with his firm betting nearly half of its assets in the digital currency.

The Seattle Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman and Stanford grad is also an investor and spokesman for Cobinhood, an app that allows users to trade cryptcurrencies without fees.

Official figures show that inflation across the 19-country eurozone fell in February for the third month running even though the region is growing at its fastest rate in a decade.