Patricia Kowsmann

Asia–Pacific (APAC)

Financial Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal

Financial correspondent at The Wall Street Journal @WSJ; previously in Lisbon, London, Singapore, DC. Born and raised in 🇧🇷 [email protected]

Articles

Foreigners Have Poured Trillions of Dollars Into U.S. Government Bonds

1 week ago | wsj.com | Patricia Kowsmann

Some analysts say “de-Americanization” is a driver of the U.S. market roller coaster in recent weeks. If foreign investors lose faith in America, there is a lot of unwinding to do, as these two charts, focused on the Treasury market, show. Global investors have also made huge bets on other U.S. assets, such as stocks and corporate bonds. Japan and China lead the pack among foreign holders of U.S. government debt, though the country-by-country data aren’t perfect.
Exclusive | Binance Seeks to Curb U.S. Oversight While in Deal Talks With Trump’s Crypto Company

1 week ago | wsj.com | Angus Berwick |Patricia Kowsmann |Rebecca Ballhaus

April 11, 2025 9:00 pm ETExecutives from cryptocurrency exchange Binance met with Treasury Department officials last month and discussed loosening U.S. government oversight on the company, while it was also exploring a business deal with a Trump family crypto venture, according to people familiar with the talks. The Binance executives asked Treasury officials in Washington to remove a U.S. monitor that oversees the exchange’s compliance with anti-money-laundering laws, some of the people said.
北朝鮮サイバー部隊、暗号資産を奪い取る洗練された手口

2 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | Patricia Kowsmann |Timothy Martin

7月18日午前11時49分、北朝鮮のハッカーたちは数億ドルの暗号資産（仮想通貨）を扱う大手交換業者を襲撃した。　ハッカーたちは仮想金庫に侵入し、制御を奪った上で、暗号資産のトークンを持ち出し始めた。1時間を少し過ぎる頃には彼らは姿を消し、同時に2億ドル（約290億円）余りが消えて、北朝鮮の金正恩（キム・ジョンウン）政権を支える資金になった。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
揭秘朝鲜黑客如何窃取数十亿美元加密货币以维持该国政权运转

3 weeks ago | cn.wsj.com | Patricia Kowsmann |Timothy W. Martin

当地时间去年7月18日上午11:49，朝鲜黑客突袭了一家处理数亿美元资金的大型加密货币交易所。这些黑客潜入了该交易所的虚拟金库，取得了控制权，然后开始窃取加密货币。在一个小时多点的时间里，黑客就消失了，随之消失的还有落入金正恩(Kim Jong Un)政权手中的逾2亿美元资金。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
4/3/25 Korean News and Commentary

3 weeks ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Patricia Kowsmann |Timothy Martin |Sung Lee |Christian Shepherd

Quotes of the Day:“Fools learn from experience, I prefer to learn from the experience of others.”– Otto von Bismarck"We live in a world where the funeral matters more than the dead, the wedding more than love and the physical rather than the intellect. We live in the container culture, which despises the content."– Eduardo Galeano Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist (1940 — 2015)“Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth.
How Hackers Stole Billions in Crypto to Keep North Korea’s Regime Afloat

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Patricia Kowsmann |Timothy W. Martin

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Private equity, Form AP, and regulatory capture

1 month ago | thedig.substack.com | Francine McKenna |Rebecca Ballhaus |Patricia Kowsmann |Angus Berwick

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13 1Today is going to be mostly about the ubiquitous-ness of private equity. Later, after the jump, I'll discuss the curious case of Skype's goodwill. I’ll also update readers about the latest on Erie Indemnity and a fascinating find at FASB.
Explora familia Trump comprar participación en Binance

1 month ago | reforma.com | Rebecca Ballhaus |Patricia Kowsmann |Angus Berwick

05 MIN 00 SEGRebecca Ballhaus, Patricia Kowsmann, Angus Berwick, Josh Dawsey y Caitlin Ostroff / WSJNueva York, Estados Unidos (14 marzo 2025) .-05:00 hrsChangpeng Zhao, fundador de Binance, cumplió cuatro meses en prisión y ha estado presionado a la Administración Trump para que le conceda un indulto.
トランプ一族、バイナンスと資本参加で協議創業者は恩赦求める

1 month ago | jp.wsj.com | Rebecca Ballhaus |Patricia Kowsmann |Angus Berwick |Josh Dawsey |Caitlin Ostroff

ドナルド・トランプ米大統領の一族が、暗号資産（仮想通貨）交換業大手バイナンスの米国事業への資本参加を巡って協議していることが、関係者の話で分かった。実現すれば、2023年に反マネーロンダリング（資金洗浄）法違反で有罪を認めたバイナンスとトランプ氏がビジネス関係を持つことになる。　関係者によると、バイナンス創業者で富豪のチャンポン・ジャオ（趙長鵬）氏はトランプ政権に恩赦を求めている。ジャオ氏はマネーロンダリングに関連して有罪を認め、禁錮4カ月の判決を受けた。今もバイナンスの筆頭株主にとどまっている。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Exclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea

1 month ago | wsj.com | Rebecca Ballhaus |Patricia Kowsmann |Angus Berwick |Josh Dawsey |Caitlin Ostroff

Representatives of President Trump’s family have held talks to take a financial stake in the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Binance, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would put Trump in business with the firm that pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering requirements.