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R3’s Corda blockchain platform available on Microsoft Azure

Dec 22, 2016 05:27 am UTC| Digital Currency

Microsofts Project Bletchley has announced the availability of R3s Cordaon Azure, an open, flexible, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform. The announcement follows Cordas release to the open source community last...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Lisk blockchain project announces successful registration of Swiss non-profit foundation

Dec 22, 2016 05:01 am UTC| Digital Currency

Lisk, the decentralized blockchain application platform, is concluding an already eventful 2016 with major news. On the heels of achieving first milestone of mainchain stabilization in Inception phase, the startup has...

Digital Currency Revolution

iPayYou launches Bitcoin Direct to Starbucks

Dec 22, 2016 04:07 am UTC| Digital Currency

iPayYou.io, a Seattle-based bitcoin wallet provider, has announced the launch ofBitcoin Direct to Starbucks, a new way for coffee lovers to use the digital currency. With this feature, users will be able to seamlessly...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: DASH/ USDT struggles to close below 200- day MA, good to buy on dips

Dec 21, 2016 13:04 pm UTC| Digital Currency

DASH/ USDT is seen trading below in red on Wednesday. The pair has slightly declined till USDT10.10 after making a high of USDT10.66 levels (Poloniex). It is currently trading around USDT10.24 at the time of...

Blockchain Revolution Series

BNP Paribas processes real-time blockchain payments for Panini Group and Amcor

Dec 21, 2016 12:51 pm UTC| Digital Currency

BNP Paribas, the French multinational bank, and financial services company, announced that it has completed its first real-time blockchain payments and has processed various live payments for two of its longstanding...

Digital Currency Revolution

BTC/CNY faces strong resistance 161.8% fibo, break above targets 5985

Dec 21, 2016 11:57 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/CNY is seen trading well above on Wednesday. The pair has made a high of 5682 after breaking psychological resistance around 5600 (BTCCCHINA). It is currently trading around 5671.92 at the time of writing. Ichimoku...

Digital Currency Revolution

ETH/USD trades rangebound, break below 7.10 confirms further bearishness

Dec 21, 2016 11:22 am UTC| Digital Currency

ETH/USD continues to trade in a narrow range, maintaining its strength above the 7.50 mark. It is currently trading at 7.74 levels at the time of writing (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen:...

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Economy

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa

Since coming to power, Giorgia Melonis government has been remarkably orthodox in its foreign policy. Unwavering support for Ukraine, loyalty to the Atlantic Alliance and full participation in the European Union - these...

Politics

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy?

One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the hands of many...

Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight

In the early hours of April 15 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Sudanese paramilitary force attacked the military airstrip in the town of Merowe and deployed troops across strategic locations in Sudans capital,...

Military conscription is returning to Europe, but is it really a more equal way of mobilising? What history tells us

The idea that conscription, defined as the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service, can increase equality and instil a sense of solidarity that transcends traditional societal divides has echoed throughout...

The 50th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution

Across Portugal, a number of photography exhibitions are currently on display that commemorate the ousting of the Estado Novo, the dictatorial, authoritarian and corporatist political regime that had ruled the country...

Science

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on...

US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names

When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he figured that news...

Technology

Zeus Network Set to Launch Solana to Bitcoin Bridge in Q3 2024

Zeus Network has announced the launch of Zeus Program Library (ZPL) by Q3 2024, a pioneering bridge designed to connect and enhance asset transfer between the Solana and Bitcoin ecosystems, offering broad applications in...

Bitcoin Dips 4% Below Cost, Stirs Panic Among Short-Term Investors

In a startling decline, Bitcoin plummeted 4% below its average purchase price, sparking potential panic among short-term holders, who, according to analyst James Check, are now facing a 3% unrealized loss. Recent...

Google Axes 200 ‘Core’ Workers, Transfers Jobs to India and Mexico Amid Restructuring

Google LLC is reducing its workforce again in its latest restructuring efforts. The tech company announced it would axe at least 200 staff from its core teams. According to CNBC, this core unit is responsible for...

Analyst Sees Shiba Inu Hitting $0.00007 Despite Major Token Dump

A Shiba Inu whale recently dumped massive SHIB tokens on Coinbase, one of the worlds top cryptocurrency exchanges. The enormous volume of SHIB offloaded quickly sparked a gloomy feeling among crypto market aficionados...

Casio Joins NFT Trend with Astar zkEVM, Unveils Anniversary Collection

Casio, one of the worlds leading watch companies, has joined the battle for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in partnership with Astars zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine. The Casio watch NFTs will go online on May...