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A Bain Capital affiliate that manages the money of the alternative investing giant's partners is looking to back top-tier crypto traders.  The Bain unit's move ... ( read original story ...)

John Dalby, CFO of Bridgewater Associates, is joining crypto firm NYDIG as CFO. The executive is the latest high-profile executive move within the cryptocurrency space. Dalby joins as NYDIG expands ... ( read original story ...)

A pushback against stocks-like products in Germany and tougher talk in Washington suggest that key financial regulators are bristling at cryptocurrency operators’ incursions into tightly-controlled ... ( read original story ...)

Three biotechs IPOs priced this week while one gene therapy developer postponed its plans. The biggest IPO belongs to Talaris Therapeutics, a company developing a cell therapy for organ transplant ... ( read original story ...)

COVID-19 vaccinations will be available for athletes prior to participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games in July, the International Olympic Committee announced ... ( read original story ...)

A petition calling to cancel the Tokyo Olympics gathered support in Japan on Friday, as the government prepared to extend the state of emergency in the city and beyond to control the spread of the ... ( read original story ...)

The big banks’ moves are despite continuing scepticism in some central banking circles. The Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday that cryptocurrencies “have no intrinsic value” and ... ( read original story ...)

Hiring was a huge letdown in April, with nonfarm payrolls increasing by a much less than expected 266,000 and the unemployment rate rose to 6.1%. Dow Jones estimates had been for 1 million new jobs ... ( read original story ...)

The 3iQ CoinShares Bitcoin ETF has benefited from surging interest in crypto from both retail and institutional traders. ( read original story ...)

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has suggested he will feature the joke cryptocurrency on TV—but also warned against getting too enthusiastic. ( read original story ...)

With the dismissal of several of the crypto class action lawsuits, observers are now looking closely at the SEC’s case against Ripple Labs. For the first time there is a defendant who can make good on ... ( read original story ...)

Goldman Sachs has informed employees of a new cryptocurrency trading desk, the bank confirmed. It is the first time the US bank has formally acknowledged involvement in crypto-trading. The crypto team ... ( read original story ...)

It took a while to get here, but Dfinity is finally launching. In July 2018, I went to the Swiss city of Zug to speak to CEO of crypto platform Dfinity. Its blockchain project has impossibly bold ... ( read original story ...)

During a recent webinar, the CEOs of Rockefeller Capital Management and Betterment made it clear they won't let clients invest in cryptos just yet. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s current state of emergency has been extended until the end of May in response to rising Covid cases in the Japanese capital. The Government had hoped that an initial “short and powerful” state ... ( read original story ...)

The wife of a deceased government official has hailed as a "step forward" the Japanese government's decision to admit for the first time to the existence of and to disclose documents detailing events ... ( read original story ...)