‘Mrs. Watanabe’ is back: How the archetypal Japanese housewife is fueling the bitcoin craze

Koji Sasahara/AP John Velis, a senior multi-asset strategist for State Street Global Markets, recently sat down for an interview with Business Insider to talk stocks, markets, and economic cycles. He had one of the best analogies to understand the current bitcoin mania that we’ve heard yet: “Mrs. Watanabe.” Last week, we asked State Street multi-asset […]

‘Detective Pikachu’ Cast Grows More Baffling As Ken Watanabe Joins

Hey, remember that a Detective Pikachu movie is happening? And remember that Ryan Reynolds is starring as the voice of the talking hardboiled private eye Pikachu? And that this will be the first Pokemon feature film outside of the anime movies that have been released? Well, this baffling movie just got a little more bizarre, with acclaimed serious actor Ken Watanabe […]