Crypto.com is changing the rewards program for its Visa prepaid cards starting June 1, including by offering lower earning rates for rewards in the cryptocurrency token Cronos, or CRO. A post on the ... ( read original story ...)
Terra Crypto Execs Dissolved Korean Headquarters Mere Days Before Crash: Docs Show
Do Kwon, the founder of the Terra blockchain and its sidekick coin Luna, is planning a rebirth of sorts for Terra. ( read original story ...)
Greenville citizens & leaders react to crypto-mining facility plans being put on hold
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A Pitt County citizens group is celebrating Friday after a crypto-mining project they fought to stop has been put on hold. The City of Greenville was backing Compute North’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s inflation hits 7-year high
Japan's core consumer prices posted their biggest jump in seven years in April, official data showed Friday, as global commodity prices soared and the yen slumped against the dollar. The core consumer ... ( read original story ...)
Is It Different This Time? Analysts Explain This Year’s Crypto Crash
While the market braces for a crypto winter, one question swirls around traders’ minds: How low can it go? Those who endured the harsh crypto winter of late 2018 and early 2019 might remember that BTC ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto adoption poses risks to emerging markets
In a new report, the rating agency said that cryptocurrency adoption rates have grown over the past couple of years, particularly in countries with lower sovereign ratings, where the costs of sending ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto prices correlated to young male employment: Goldman Sachs
Yahoo Finance Live’s Brad Smith and Brian Cheung break down a report conducted by Goldman Sachs that found that crypto prices are correlated to young male employment. ( read original story ...)
Sports teams love crypto. What happens when their sponsor strikes out?
After Terra’s crash, the Washington Nationals’ predicament highlights the potential pitfalls for athletes, teams and leagues that tether their brands to the volatile digital currency. ( read original story ...)
Read the 12-page pitch deck a crypto startup for creators used to raise a $1.8 million
Check out the pitch deck two former colleagues used to raise $1.8 million for their new creator-economy-meets-web3 startup. ( read original story ...)
Terra Fiasco Seen Delaying Bitcoin ETF, Pressuring Crypto
With 19 billion in assets, GBTC was hoping Washington would approve the conversion by a July 6 deadline, arguing that the SEC “is discriminating against issuers by approving bitcoin futures ETFs and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan lays out plan to issue $157 billion in ‘green transition’ bonds
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday laid out a plan to issue an estimated 20 trillion yen ($157 billion) worth of "green transition" bonds to help finance investment to achieve a ... ( read original story ...)
Kyoto, Japan’s beautiful old imperial capital, is going broke fast
Japan's magnificent imperial capital city is running on empty. Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa minced no words at a shocking news conference last year: "We're facing a crisis situation, with the prospect ... ( read original story ...)
What the new Jurassic Park movie gets wrong: Aerodynamic analysis causes a rethink of the biggest pterosaur
One of the most exciting moments of the new Jurassic Park sequel, "Jurassic World Dominion," is when the Quetzalcoatlus swoops down from the sky and attacks the heroes' aircraft. With its gigantic ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka at French Open news conference: ‘I think I’m OK’
Naomi Osaka cracked jokes at Roland Garros on Friday — and, yes, laughed at those jokes. She smiled after some reporters’ questions. She paused to contemplate, as is her wont, before offering answers. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka was ‘very worried’ about her French Open return
But Naomi Osaka thinks she’s ready to play tennis and mentally well enough to fulfill her media obligations. “For the most part,” Osaka said Friday, two days before her first-round match at the French ... ( read original story ...)
Last year’s French Open withdrawal still on Osaka’s mind
Naomi Osaka said she was worried she would bump into people at the French Open whom she "offended" last year when the four-time major winner withdrew from the tournament after boycotting post-match ... ( read original story ...)