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Retail investors question the Tesla CEO’s decision to stop accepting the digital currency for EV purchases due to concerns over fossil-fuel use. ( read original story ...)

Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped off the entire cryptocurrency market after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the electric vehicle maker would suspend car purchases using bitcoin. Anthony ... ( read original story ...)

It’s hard not to escape the feeling that prices are rising — and fast. Whether it’s housing costs, gas or a cup of coffee. ( read original story ...)

Cryptocurrency billionaire and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made one of the largest individual philanthropic contributions ever, by donating Ethereum and “meme coins” similar to Dogecoin ... ( read original story ...)

Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital, joined "Squawk Box" on Thursday to discuss his concerns about inflation, the Fed's monetary policy, the Democratic Party's policy approach in ... ( read original story ...)

The value of the cryptocurrency and Tesla shares fell after Elon Musk said his company would no longer accept bitcoins for vehicle purchases. ( read original story ...)

Elon Musk has called the energy used by bitcoin “insane” in another critical tweet. The post follows his announcement that Tesla would no longer be taking bitcoin in payment for cars, as a result of ... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son has told Nikkei that his Japanese tech conglomerate wants to speed up its IPO production line, bringing dozens of companies to public markets every year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi ... Calling the Vision Fund's business model a "manufacturer of golden eggs," Son called the IPO process -- listing companies on public exchanges ... ( read original story ...)

The self-proclaimed "Technoking" had only recently agreed with Twitter boss Jack Dorsey, saying bitcoin "incentivizes" renewable energy. ( read original story ...)

Critics of the digital currency say the energy-intensive process used to "mine" coins is bad for the environment. ( read original story ...)

Exscientia Ltd. (Headquarters: Oxford, UK; CEO: Andrew Hopkins) is pleased to acknowledge that Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head office: Osaka, Japan, Representative Director, President and ... ( read original story ...)

Paytm to get 7 Percent Stake in IPO bound Japanese Firm PayPay - Payment and fintech giant Paytm is reportedly about to get about seven percent stake in Japanese payment ... ( read original story ...)

Investors are awaiting tech giant Alibaba's first-quarter and full fiscal year results that will be released on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. HK/SIN. ( read original story ...)

Ten weeks before the start of the Olympics, Tokyo remains in a state of emergency, 60% of the Japanese people do not want the Olympics to go ahead, and only around 3% of them have been vaccinated for ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index plunged nearly 2.5 percent on Thursday, extending a rout on Wall Street as US inflation data fuelled worries about a sudden shift in monetary policy. ( read original story ...)