Bitcoin surged to a new high Tuesday as investors bet on its growing strength as a long-term investment and increasing acceptance in commerce. Many institutional investors are buying and holding the ... ( read original story ...)
An influencer stock market will allow you to buy crypto coins tied to the reputation of icons like Elon Musk, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Justin Bieber
An influencer stock market called BitClout is allowing investors to buy crypto coins tied to the reputation of icons like Elon Musk, Chamath Palihapitiya, Justin Bieber, and more. Load Error The goal ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto is at a mainstream inflection point, says Paradigm’s Coldebella
Gus Coldebella, Paradigm chief policy officer and leader of the Crypto Council for Innovation, and CNBC's Kate Rooney join 'Power Lunch' to discuss Coinbase's direct listing and the main regulatory ... ( read original story ...)
Glitch-plagued Mizuho to decline reins of key Japan banking lobby
TOKYO -- The head of Mizuho Financial Group plans to turn down the chairmanship of Japan's leading banking-industry group, instead focusing on his company's recent information system troubles. ( read original story ...)
Canada’s world champion beach volleyball duo finally getting games before Tokyo
The world governing body of volleyball, FIVB, created a hub of three straight World Tour events in Cancun to afford teams the chance to qualify for the Tokyo Summer Games opening July 23. Pavan and ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba board to consider proposal to oust CEO Kurumatani – TV Tokyo
TOKYO, April 13 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp 6502.T board will ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and international ... ( read original story ...)
Giant electronic conductivity change driven by artificial switch of crystal dimensionality
As Professor Takayoshi Katase of Tokyo Institute of Technology notes, this fact has an important corollary: "If the crystal structure dimensionality can be switched reversibly in the same material, a ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase direct listing could revalue the whole crypto space, blockchain ETF creator says
Coinbase's public debut is a big deal for investors, ETF managers and the crypto world at large, says Amplify ETFs CEO and founder Christian Magoon. ( read original story ...)
Japan to start releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear plant into sea in 2 years
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen from Namie town, Fukushima prefecture, north of Tokyo. Japan's government said Tuesday it has decided to start releasing massive amounts of radioactive ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Plan for Fukushima Wastewater Meets a Wall of Mistrust in Asia
The diplomats raised no objections, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. On Tuesday, when Japan officially announced that it would put the plan into action, the knives came out. South Korea denounced ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to dump radioactive water from Fukushima plant into ocean
Tokyo — Japan said Tuesday that it would start discharging treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean within two years. Officials in Tokyo said ... ( read original story ...)
IAEA: We will assist Japan over Fukushima water plan
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it will work with Japan “before, during and after” the country’s plan to release one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed ... ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Japan’s Osaka reports record COVID-19 cases, more areas eyed for tougher measures
The record number of cases in Osaka comes as the central government is now mulling ... but allows prefectural governors to request bars and restaurants to shorten their business hours and impose fines ... ( read original story ...)
Archegos Ripples Through Banks’ Lucrative Hedge Fund Business
Nomura Holdings Inc. and Credit Suisse Group AG, the two lenders hit hardest, have started to curb financing in the business with hedge funds and ... Together, steps taken from Washington to Zurich ... ( read original story ...)
Love: We’re going to be ready for Tokyo
Robyn Love has backed Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball stars to deal with the ‘target on their backs’ in Tokyo this summer as they look to make Paralympic history. ( read original story ...)
The New York Stock Exchange is minting crypto art commemorating the first trades of 6 companies that recently went public
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced on Monday that it was getting into crypto art by minting its own digital collectibles designed to commemorate the first public trade of six stocks. Load ... ( read original story ...)