As closely watched cryptocurrencies rally, two traders lay out their expectations for the digital asset space amid the speculative frenzy. ( read original story ...)
Scammers Score $2 Million from the WallStreetBets Crowd With Fictional Crypto Launch
A cryptocurrency scam recently pilfered at least $2 million from WallStreetBets enthusiasts, convincing them that they were buying into a new crypto coin connected to the popular memestock, according ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 0.73 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 opened up 0.73 percent at 29,024.01 on Thursday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 1.10 percent at 1,919.10. * Dow up 0.29%, S&P 500 up 0.07%, Nasdaq down ... ( read original story ...)
GBP/JPY: Bulls attack 152.00 on Japan’s return from holidays, BOE eyed
Bulls stay hopeful ahead of BOE Super Thursday amid UK’s recently strong fundamentals. Japan looks set to extend the covid-led state of emergency in the key prefectures on Friday. GBP/JPY jumps over ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: The mental strain of the delayed Olympics
Two Olympic hopefuls tell the BBC about the mental health impact of the delay to the Tokyo games. ( read original story ...)
Panic looms over Japan’s plummeting birth rate
The scale of Japan’s demographic crisis has been laid bare by figures that reveal the number of children in the country is the smallest since records began in 1950.The government marked Children’s Day ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street embraces bitcoin and ethereum with the launch of new crypto indexes
The S&P Dow Jones index announced the launch of 3 new indices tracking performance of cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
Japan backs ADB with $15 mil for universal health coverage in Asia
Japan will contribute $15 million to a fund aimed at promoting universal health coverage in the Asia-Pacific region to prevent the resurgence of the coronavirus and other pandemics, Finance Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Migrants from Japan to North Korea after war were promised ‘paradise on earth’ but ended up ‘in hell’
As the Korean War came to an end, the Japanese government wanted to get rid of the Koreans living in the slums, so it mounted a propaganda blitz, touting itself as a “paradise” with jobs} for everyone ... ( read original story ...)
VC firms are scrambling to get into crypto investing after Andreessen Horowitz reportedly plans a $1 billion fund
With cryptocurrency prices rising, VCs told Insider that some firms that don't typically invest in the space are now playing catch-up to invest. ( read original story ...)
Wrestler Helen Maroulis Has ‘Fully Healed’ from 2018 Head Injury — and Is Ready for Tokyo Olympics
"I'm honestly just really grateful to go," Helen Maroulis tells PEOPLE of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. "I'm really looking forward to competing." ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Expands Tennis Academy to LA and Haiti for ‘Next Generation of Girls’
Naomi Osaka is expanding a tennis program she launched in Japan last summer to locations in Los Angeles and Haiti. Play Academy, which Osaka created with Nike and Laureus Sport for Good, aims to ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka presents her new swim-suits collection
Naomi Osaka presented her new swimwear collection on Instagram, designed and produced in collaboration with Frankies Bikini. In the photo that can be seen on the Instagram profile of the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard set to make history at Tokyo Olympics
History and controversy is set to made at the Tokyo Olympics this summer after the transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was effectively guaranteed a place in the women’s super heavyweight category. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay in Kumamoto
Torchbearer, former badminton player of Japan's national team Kimiko Jinnai, runs the flame during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay at Yatsushiro harmony-hall in ... ( read original story ...)
Emergency in Tokyo and Kansai set to be extended by up to a month
Hokkaido and Fukuoka prefectures are prime candidates for joining the list of areas with access to stronger countermeasures to combat the virus. ( read original story ...)