The International Olympic Committee has pledged to source as many doctors and nurses as needed from around the globe to ensure the Tokyo Olympics is safe and to help Japan fight a fourth wave of Covid ... ( read original story ...)
OP’s Foresite hires CEO that helped build $2B cybersecurity business
Foresite, an #OverlandPark #cybersecurity company, is welcoming a new CEO that previously helped build one of the world's largest cybersecurity practices. ( read original story ...)
IOC pushes for more vaccinations of Tokyo-bound athletes
Some 80 percent of athletes qualified for the Tokyo Olympics have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, with the International Olympic Committee pushing to raise that number with just over a month ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese manufacturer building warehouse in Seguin
A Japanese company that makes diagnostic devices is expanding its footprint in Seguin. Fujirebio Diagnostics plans to spend $1.2 million building a warehouse and office space at its current location ... ( read original story ...)
Japan music producer buys Waikiki retail corner near Ritz-Carlton
A Japanese music producer and founder of a music company has purchased a former retail property on a Waikiki corner near The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach for nearly $5 million. The sale of ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Crypto Crackdown Intensifies With New Mining Ban And Censorship—But Bitcoin Is Rallying
Overlooking the Chinese regulatory concerns, bitcoin prices are surging 15% Wednesday amid historic adoption in El Salvador. ( read original story ...)
These Are The 12 Biggest Fundraising Rounds In Crypto And Blockchain History
As bitcoin continued to shatter records through the last few months, over $1 billion worth of funding flowed into leading companies in the crypto and blockchain space. Solana’s nine-figure private ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the millennial crypto-art entrepreneurs backed by Scooter Braun who want to dominate the ‘wild, wild west’ of the NFT market
IKONICK, an online art company, tapped into the millennial art buyer with motivational, meme-inspired canvas art. Now, it's entering the NFT space. ( read original story ...)
Interactive Brokers Launching Crypto Trading by Autumn
E-broker firm Interactive Brokers has announced its plan to debut cryptocurrency trading on its platform within the next few months. ( read original story ...)
Victory Capital Entering Crypto Market Through Nasdaq
Victory Capital announced it will be entering the cryptocurrency market in partnership with Hashdex and Nasdaq ... ( read original story ...)
SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce worries that stricter rules by US officials will hurt the crypto market
Gamification is not necessarily a bad thing," SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said about retail trading platforms in an FT interview. ( read original story ...)
‘Hard to believe’ Tokyo 2020 Olympics would be canceled: sports lawyer
With billions of dollars at stake, there’s little chance they’ll be canceled a second year in a row, according to Irwin Kishner, co-chair of the Sports Law Group with Herrick, Feinstein LLP. ( read original story ...)
No branding in apparel for Tokyo Games: Kiren Rijiju
IOA announced it had pulled out of its “existing contract with an apparel sponsor” without naming Chinese sports brand Li Ning while respecting the sentiment of people ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo company head lands in handcuffs over alleged illegal helicopter flights
A company president in Tokyo has been arrested for allegedly illegally flitting customers to golf courses, on pleasure excursions and to othe･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-IOC Pushes for More Vaccinations of Tokyo-Bound Athletes
Olympics - Brazilian athletes and staff travelling to Tokyo for the Olympics receive COVID-19 vaccine - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - May 14, 2021 Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha, Larissa de Oliveira, Marcos ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Weighing Banning Alcohol in Public Areas of Olympic Village, Won’t Police Individual Rooms
"We have not yet clearly decided on the [alcohol] policy," Tokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto told Japanese media Wednesday. "We hope to do so by the end of this month." ... ( read original story ...)