Bitcoin value rises over $1 billion as Japan, Russia move to legitimize cryptocurrency

Earlier this month, Japan began accepting bitcoin as legal currency with major retailers backing the new law. Consumer electronics retailing giant Bic Camera began accepting bitcoin last week. Bitcoin trading in Japanese yen is the second-most liquid market globally,...

No chance of Russia cutting ties with Assad, says former presidential advisor

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, has arrived in Moscow following the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting. That meeting included Middle East nations that have opposed the rule of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which has received renewed international criticism...

India’s smartphone market is seeing a huge shift but Apple might not see benefit for at least 2 years

The trend is positive in the long-term for the likes of Apple and Samsung, which both offer premium handsets at a high price. But in the near-term neither will see a boost in India, a country seen as a driver of growth in a slowing smartphone market. “All the...