Tokyo gold winners to get Rs 75 lakh from IOA. IOA also said that the member State Olympic Associations 'will also receive a sum of Rs 15 lakh each, as a contribution from IOA towards developing ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2020: IOA announces various cash prizes including Rs 75 lakh for gold medallists
The IOA Advisory Committee has recommended that silver medal winners will be presented Rs 40 lakh, while the bronze winners will get richer by Rs 25 lakhs. ( read original story ...)
What crypto slump? Blockchain startups are raising a lot of cash
Funding for blockchain start-ups topped $4 billion for the first time in the second quarter, despite a sharp slump in cryptocurrency prices.Companies ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain start-ups raised a record $4.4 billion in the second quarter despite the slump in crypto prices
Funding for blockchain start-ups topped $4 billion for the first time in the second quarter, despite a sharp slump in cryptocurrency prices. Companies in the nascent industry raised a record $4.38 ... ( read original story ...)
JPMorgan To Give Its Clients Access to Crypto Funds
JPMorgan has now become the first bank to give its financial advisors the go-ahead to offer retail wealth management clients crypto funds. An anonymous source has told Business Insider that this ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics updates: Latest COVID-19, opening ceremony news
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 ...)
Crisis-hit South Africa slip to Japan defeat in Olympics opener
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 Awarded $74.2M Base Operating Support Services Contract by NAVFAC Far East for Services at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan
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 ...)
60% of super-rich family offices own crypto or are interested as inflation soars, Goldman Sachs says
Goldman said many investment firms of the super-rich see bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as possible hedges against inflation. ( read original story ...)
NFT And DeFi Tokens Are Driving The Crypto Rally
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 ...)
The Latest: Tokyo hits 6-month high in cases before Olympics
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 ...)
Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Director Fired Just Ahead of Event for Resurfaced Holocaust Joke
Kentaro Kobayashi, who is also a comedian, said he made the comment during a performance in 1998 and regretted it ... ( read original story ...)
Tesla And SpaceX Billionaire Elon Musk Doubles Down On Dogecoin And Ethereum Plan To Beat Bitcoin Amid Crypto Price Bounce
Elon Musk elaborated on ideas he'd previously floated to use dogecoin and ethereum to "max transaction rates and lower transaction ... ( read original story ...)
The developing world may see a faster adoption of crypto payments: Blockchain Association
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 ...)
Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony director dismissed over slurs
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 ...)
2 more Olympic athletes among 91 total Tokyo virus cases
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 ...)