Is Bitcoin really usable as a currency? A lot of businesses are starting to accept it and some are figuring out ways to scale transactions. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Price Rollercoaster Continues as Banks Unsure How to Approach the Crypto
Goldman Sachs, HSBC and the Bank of England are among institutions to take different stances on the cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)
How Has Coinbase Fared In Previous Crypto Bear Markets?
Coinbase was a big beneficiary of the crypto boom, with revenues in Q1 rising over 9x year-over-year to about $1.8 billion, as users flocked to its platform to cash in on soaring cryptocurrency prices ... ( read original story ...)
Biden targets crypto in tax clampdown
Transfers of cryptocurrencies worth more than $10,000 (£7,000) are at the centre of a crackdown by Joe Biden ’s administration. A report from the US treasury late last week warned that crypto ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Biden administration stands by Tokyo Games as COVID surges
The Biden administration on Tuesday reaffirmed its support for Tokyo's plan to hold the Olympic Games this summer and for U.S. athletes competing there despite a new wave of coronavirus cases and a U. ( read original story ...)
U.S. warns against travel to Japan, adding pressure as officials try to salvage COVID-battered Tokyo Olympics
Organizers and Japanese officials have been adamant that the Games can go ahead safely, with restrictions, amid the pandemic, but Japan's residents aren't buying it. ( read original story ...)
Canceling Olympics would cost Japan $1.7 billion; Moderna says vaccine is 100% effective in kids ages 12-17: Live COVID-19 updates
California to see 50,000 fewer births in 2021. The U.S. raised Japan to the level of "do not travel" ahead of the Games. Latest COVID-19 news. ( read original story ...)
Japan faces pre-Olympics COVID surge, prompting CDC to warn Americans against traveling there
The CDC is warning all Americans to avoid travel to Japan because of its latest jump in COVID-19 cases. The advisory will not keep U.S. athletes out of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, but organizers are ... ( read original story ...)
‘Cascade of Calamities’ Plagues Tokyo’s Olympics Ambitions
When Japan won the competition to host the 2020 Olympics in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be a “tremendous opportunity for Tokyo and ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota Supra owner selling car to pay for his cat’s medical expenses, a man finds there is still good in the world
The pandemic has been a reset for mankind, with shelter-in-place orders last year giving us time to wrench on our projects and spend time with our loved ones. However, one man in Osaka was posed ... ( read original story ...)
What Is a Bull Run in Crypto? Elon Musk Tweets, Deletes ‘Bull Run Is Over’ Meme
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's tweet followed a period of significant decline for the cryptocurrency market over the past week or so. ( read original story ...)
Interest in crypto payments is widening among US consumers, per recent BitPay study
A BitPay study found US consumers are increasingly interested in making purchases with cryptos, creating a growth opportunity for payment providers. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s losses from COVID-19 curbs to dwarf Olympics no-go fallout, says economist
Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist at Nomura Research Institute and a former Bank of Japan board member, said that the first nationwide state of emergency last spring had caused an estimated 6.4 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suga Says Government Will Stick to Pledge on Balancing Budget
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday the government will stick to a pledge to achieve a primary balance surplus in its fiscal blueprint due next month. Suga made the remark at the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s External Assets Hit Record at End of 2020
News; Japan's External Assets Hit Record at End of 2020; Japan's External Assets Hit Record at End of 2020. News from Japan. Economy May 25, 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-IOC still ironing out medical needs for teams at Tokyo Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still ironing out details of a policy by which national teams fly in additional medical staff for the Tokyo Olympics so as not to burden Japan which is ... ( read original story ...)