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The Tokyo Olympics officially begin with the opening ceremony on Friday, but there has been a lot of action already. Stay up to date. ( read original story ...)

Hosts Japan beat crisis-hit South Africa 1-0 in their opening game of the Olympics. The match was in doubt when 18 South African players had been identified as close contacts after two of their ... ( read original story ...)

PAE (NASDAQ: PAE, PAEWW), a global leader merging technology with advanced business practices, delivering innovative and efficient managed solutions to the U.S. government and its allies, was awarded ... ( read original story ...)

Goldman said many investment firms of the super-rich see bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as possible hedges against inflation. ( read original story ...)

Bitcoin and ether are trading up, though they are being outperformed by Axie Infinity and Flow as well as blue-chip DeFi tokens Aave and SushiSwap. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo has hit another six-month high in new coronavirus cases, one day before the Olympics. The 1,979 new cases Thursday are the highest since 2,044 were recorded on Jan. 15. Prime Minister Yoshihide ... ( read original story ...)

Kentaro Kobayashi, who is also a comedian, said he made the comment during a performance in 1998 and regretted it ... ( read original story ...)

Elon Musk elaborated on ideas he'd previously floated to use dogecoin and ethereum to "max transaction rates and lower transaction ... ( read original story ...)

Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association, says there is a more immediate need for countries in the developing world than the developed world to adopt cryptocurrency payments. ( read original story ...)

Friday’s opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been plunged into further chaos following the dismissal of its show director. Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto confirmed to media that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Two athletes were among four residents of the Olympic Village who were added to the tally Thursday of people accredited for the Tokyo Games who have tested positive for COVID-19 this ... ( read original story ...)

CNBC's Kate Rooney takes a look at bitcoin's performance Wednesday as well as comments from Elon Musk on the crypto space. ( read original story ...)

Nic Carter, Castle Island Ventures, Coin Metric co-founder on what's next for cryptocurrencies. With CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Guy Adami, Tim Seymour, Karen Finerman and Steve ... ( read original story ...)

Penny Oleksiak was the star in Rio, but she heads into Tokyo as an underdog. Here are the other Canadian athletes who could surprise and bring home a medal. ( read original story ...)

Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla Inc., said Bitcoin mining is “shifting towards renewable energy” and his company will likely resume accepting the cryptocurrency as payment for its electric ... ( read original story ...)

Our goal is by the end of next year is to get up to $2 billion in loans being provided,” Kim said in an interview. The lending protocol launched in May with an initial pool o ... ( read original story ...)