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The president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee has ruled out a cancellation or further postponement of the Olympics amid growing concerns over a fourth Covid wave. Athlete-turned-politician and ... ( read original story ...)

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Decentralised finance, or “DeFi”, projects aim to replicate basic financial services such as lending and trading using software programs known as blockchains, cutting out traditional middlemen. In the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese shares closed higher on Thursday, with the broad Topix index hitting a more than six-week high, as a pickup in the country's vaccination drive raised hopes of the economy recovering from the ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese stock market is notably higher on Thursday, extending the gains of the previous session, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 again breaking above the 29,000 mark, following the positive cues ... ( read original story ...)

An app that bills itself as helping with "sleep, relaxation and meditation" says it is showing support for Naomi Osaka by offering to pay fines for tennis players who don't fulfill 2021 Grand Slam ... ( read original story ...)

Livestreamers are gambling on off-shore cryptocurrency websites like Stakes.com, earning huge prize amounts. ( read original story ...)

Japan's top regional bank Resona Holdings will deploy 10 trillion yen (US$92 billion) for sustainable finance by 2030, its president said, as it ... ( read original story ...)

The Biden administration has proposed requiring the collection of data on foreign cryptocurrency investors active in the U.S., aiming to bolster international cooperation to help in a broader ... ( read original story ...)

Cardano (ada) and Binance Coin have all shown signs of recovery at the start of June, while dogecoin has shot up in price after Coinbase added it to its platform. Bitcoin has also bounced back ... ( read original story ...)

Stocks of companies exposed to the cryptocurrency market stay high as analysts at the world's top bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), suggest that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is headed lower. ( read original story ...)

For the cryptocurrency market to reach its full potential, its exchanges need to strike a balance between the anonymity and privacy that make crypto unique with the security of accounts and assets. ( read original story ...)

Ethereum has grabbed more than a quarter of the market share in crypto assets under management, according to CoinShares. ( read original story ...)

In addition, Ethereum is moving to a new model for creating more Ethereum, which is much more environmentally friendly. This new system is called "proof-of-stake" rather than "proof-of-work" and ... ( read original story ...)

Revenue Proposal aims to catch crypto tax evaders by reinforcing existing information reporting rules and information sharing agreements between jurisdictions. Information reporting is the primary way ... ( read original story ...)

Critics saying she didn't speak up at "the right time," in "the right way," or that her problems aren't "bad enough" sends a clear message to other women who dare to set boundaries at work. ( read original story ...)