Interactive Brokers will start trading cryptocurrencies on its platform by the end of the summer, said Chairman and CEO Thomas Peterffy. ( read original story ...)
Are NFTs The New Crypto? A Guide To Understanding Non-Fungible Tokens
For many, "NFT" is a bizarre acronym from a sub-reality without meaning, and many investors remain unsure of what an NFT is, let alone the value of NFTs as an investment opportunity. ( read original story ...)
Interactive Brokers to Offer Crypto Trading in Coming Months
Interactive Brokers Group Inc. is stepping deeper into cryptocurrencies with a plan to offer trading services. ( read original story ...)
Morning Bell With Jim Cramer: GameStop Can Go Crypto
GameStop has 'to go outside their basic framework', Cramer says, as the videogame retailer prepares to report earnings. ( read original story ...)
No Cheers: Tokyo Olympic Village considering ban on alcohol
The Olympic Village has traditionally been a fun place to be, housing thousands of young athletes and staff ready to party and share a few beers and bubbly toasts. It’s not clear if alcohol will be ... ( read original story ...)
Problems for Japan’s Sapporo as Olympics loom
Olympic marathon events were initially moved from Tokyo to the cooler northern city of Sapporo to avoid the intense summer heat in the Japanese capital.But two years on, critics say Tokyo 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
French Tennis Chief Defends Handling of Naomi Osaka
I think we did very, very well,” said Gilles Moretton, the new president of the French Tennis Federation. He has faced several challenges during the first French Open of his term. ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring, says Tokyo 2020 CEO
Olympic athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring as will members of the media, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday. Muto, speaking at a news conference, also said ... ( read original story ...)
Yoshihide Suga Wants Everyone in Japan Vaccinated by November
Japan's prime minister wants 1 million shots administered daily so most of the country's older adults will be fully vaccinated by the end of July, just in time for the Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Japan, Australia share China concerns, augment defense ties
Japan and Australia have shared concern about China's increasingly assertive actions in regional seas and expressed strong objections to “coercive or destabilizing” behavior ... ( read original story ...)
Leading U.S. Regulator Exposes Disunity In U.S. Crypto Strategy, Warns Of Innovation-Stifling Rules
A Trump-appointed financial regulator said she opposes efforts by her colleagues to impose stricter rules on cryptocurrencies and retail stock trading platforms for fear of stifling innovation, ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase pushes back against the theory it helped US authorities recover Colonial Pipeline ransom crypto
After US authorities seized back the Colonial Pipeline crypto ransom, graphs circulated online linking the bitcoin transfer to Coinbase servers. ( read original story ...)
How Crypto Exchanges Can Encourage More Institutional Adoption
The value proposition of crypto assets strengthened even as the world was facing an economic disaster. What do I make of this? Well to start with, it seems the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated a ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Startup Solana Raises $314 Million to Develop Faster Blockchain
The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital. ( read original story ...)
The $5 Trillion Monster Now Tormenting Japan’s 2021
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has overseen an unprecedented expansion of a central bank’s balance sheet. If the BOJ isn’t careful, this monster will get out of control and come back to harm ... ( read original story ...)
Double Olympic champion Helen Glover: Reaching Tokyo is biggest achievement
Double Olympic champion Helen Glover has described reaching the Tokyo Olympics as the biggest moment of her career after being confirmed in Great Britain’s 45-strong rowing squad for the Games next ... ( read original story ...)