Richard Cook, Author at Asia Times

Asia Times Financial launches news service, China domestic bond index

by Richard Cook April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

Asia Times Financial (ATF) today launched news and index services – notably the Asia Times Financial China Bond 50 Index – to provide expert, fast and accurate narratives about key Asian credit markets. The ATF China Bond 50 Index is a product created by the collaborative strength of Capital Link International and its partners: media platform ATF and […]

China, Hong Kong

評級是中國債券市場全球化的關鍵

by Richard Cook May 14, 2019February 18, 2020

China

Ratings key to globalizing China’s bond market

by Richard Cook May 10, 2019February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Middle East, Vietnam

Ini tidak akan terjadi dengan Wallach

by Richard Cook November 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam

Hindi ito mangyayari sa Wallach

by Richard Cook November 19, 2018February 18, 2020

The week-long Restart Puerto Rico events are held to help rebuild the Caribbean island after Hurricane Maria hit last year.

China, Hong Kong, World

How ‘hippie king of crypto’ is helping restart Puerto Rico

by Richard Cook November 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam

Is this the world’s greatest travel insurance?

by Richard Cook November 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Many are predicting that Bitcoin still has further to fall and may drop to $3,000 or lower. Photo: Reuters/ Bobby Yip

China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Bitcoin celebrates its 10th birthday

by Richard Cook October 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Bob Dylan creating his Mondo Scripto exhibition and the lyrics to Knockin on Heaven's Door, 2018Photos: Courtesy of Halcyon Gallery

China, European Union, Shanghai, World

Bob Dylan to launch ‘life story’ retrospective in Shanghai

by Richard Cook October 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Accessing the Vault involves downloading a companion app, inputting a randomly generated 24-word sequence, setting up a 10 characters password and then each time scanning a constantly changing QR code using the Vault’s camera. Photo: cobo.com

Beijing, China, World

And now for the self-destructing crypto wallet

by Richard Cook October 18, 2018February 18, 2020

IMF says 'Increased cybersecurity risks pose challenges for financial institutions, financial infrastructure, and supervisors.' Photo: Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Indonesia, World

IMF: crypto risky but rising world debt riskier

by Richard Cook October 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Block.one's Head of Developer Relations Serg Metelin (L) on the blockchain.live stage in London with Oracle's Retail Sales Development Director Antony Welfare. Photo: Asia Times

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, World

Block.one says blockchain ‘scalability challenge’ solved

by Richard Cook October 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Qatar-owned PSG released a statement announcing the crypto deal on Tuesday and, while it did not reveal the length of the agreement or how much money they will make from it, a source told AFP they expected it to be worth 'several million euros.' Photo: AFP

Middle East, World

Paris football giants to kick off their own crypto-currency

by Richard Cook September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

رجل يقوم بتبديل ريالات إيرانية ودولارات أمريكية في مركز صرافة في طهران في أغسطس 2018. صورة: AFP / Atta Kenare

European Union, Iran, Middle East, World

Goldman Sachs say no to Bitcoin while Tehran says yes

by Richard Cook September 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Rakuten has launched what it calls a 'borderless currency' and says 'the role of crypto-currency-based payments ... will grow in the future.'Photo: AFP/Behrouz Mehri

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Tokyo conglomerates move closer to full crypto ‘ecosystems’

by Richard Cook September 3, 2018February 18, 2020

The Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea’s equivalent to the CIA, stands accused of creating the world’s finest hackers who have allegedly struck more than 100 banks and crypto-currency exchanges around the world and made away with an estimated $650 million. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Italy, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

So who’s up for a Bitcoin conference in North Korea?

by Richard Cook August 28, 2018February 18, 2020

President Maduro launched his Petro crypto coin in late 2017 with the aim of circumventing US trade sanctions and easing the pressure on the ever-sliding bolivar. Photo: Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Crypto solution provides little for troubled Venezuelans

by Richard Cook August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A new SIngapore-based blockchain platform aims to help Asia's 'unbanked'. Photo: iStock / Nasa

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea

South Korea island aims to be key blockchain centre

by Richard Cook August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Made illegal in the 1930s, pump and dump schemes were prevalent again in the 1990s and were a core theme in the film Wolf of Wall Street, based on the corrupted trading life of New York broker Jordan Belfort. Photo: AFP/Bryan R. Smith

Jordan, Middle East, World

The crypto wolves and their multi-million ‘pump and dumps’

by Richard Cook August 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The China Banking Association says the platform has been designed to standardize and digitize interbank transaction information for trade and financial products. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

China calls for ‘industrial scale’ blockchain breakthrough

by Richard Cook July 17, 2018February 18, 2020

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