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Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/EUR trades well below 90- day EMA, good to sell on rallies

Aug 17, 2016 06:57 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/EUR is seen trading well below on Wednesday. The pair has slightly jumped till 527 on Aug 15th after making a low of 511 levels (CEXIO). It is currently trading around 514 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/USD struggles to close above 21-day MA, good to sell on rallies

Aug 17, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD reversed the downward spell on Tuesday and hit 579.80 levels, before closing at 574.99 levels. On Wednesday, the pair is trading in a narrow range between 571 and 576 levels (Bitstamp). Ichimoku analysis of...

Digital Currency Revolution

Moscow gets first physical bitcoin exchange

Aug 17, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Digital Currency

First physical bitcoin exchange office has been opened in Moscow by a team of bitcoin enthusiasts that serves 24/7 offline service for exchanging the digital currency. According to ForkLog.com, the bitcoin exchange...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Ardor blockchain launch to get a shot in the arm with $150,000 bounty

Aug 17, 2016 06:08 am UTC| Digital Currency

In order to help launch the Ardor blockchain, a whale in the NXT community named Megalodon is offering 5 million NXT (approximately $150,000) to all who run NXT nodes. The blockchain-as-a-service platform Ardor is built...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Blockchain World Expo postponed to avoid clash with of Canada Fintech Forum

Aug 17, 2016 05:13 am UTC| Digital Currency

The Blockchain World Expo, the worlds largest blockchain trade show that was scheduled to be held in September this year in Toronto, has announced that it has postponed the event due to conflicting events. The event...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Airbus jumps on the blockchain bandwagon, joins Hyperledger Project

Aug 17, 2016 05:04 am UTC| Digital Currency

Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort created to advance blockchain technology, has announced that Airbus, a global leader in aeronautics, has joined the project as a premier member. As a Premier...

Digital Currency Revolution

Multi-token blockchain wallet Jaxx officially announces Dash integration

Aug 17, 2016 04:41 am UTC| Digital Currency

Jaxx, a leading multi-platform software wallet by Decentral, has announced that it has completed integration withDash, the speedy, open source, and decentralized digital currency rapidly growingin popularity. The...

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Economy

Some experts say the US economy is on the up, but here’s why voters don’t think so

Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its US editor John Prideaux examined inflation, wage and employment numbers,...

Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025

Imagine a future with nearly silent air taxis flying above traffic jams and navigating between skyscrapers and suburban droneports. Transportation arrives at the touch of your smartphone and with minimal environmental...

Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 600 million people (more than 50% of the population) are without access to electricity. Malawi has one of the worlds lowest electricity access rates just 14.1% of the total population have...

High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...

US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed

If you needed long-term care, could you afford it? For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not. Nursing homes charge somewhere...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day

Taiwan stands out as a beacon of democracy, innovation and resilience in an increasingly autocratic region. But this is under growing threat. In recent years, China has used a variety of grey zone tactics to pressure...

What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case

Following the nearly three-hour oral argument about presidential immunity in the Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, many commentators were aghast. The general theme, among legal and political experts alike, was a...

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about

As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the university president Nemat Shafik was saying she had no choice but to take...

Science

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

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,...

Technology

Former SEC Commissioner Criticizes Broad Crypto Definitions, Lubin Challenges SEC

At the TokenizeThis 2024 conference, former SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes criticized the SEC for its expansive interpretation of digital assets as securities. Concurrently, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin at the F.T. Live...

Pantera Capital Sets Record with Massive Investment in Telegram's TON

Pantera Capital has announced a record-breaking investment in Telegrams TON blockchain, marking its largest commitment to date and signifying robust confidence in blockchains future. This strategic move underscores a major...

Xiaomi SU7 Fails After 39km, Company Offers Compensation and Replacement

In a recent setback, a Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle owned by Mr. Wen malfunctioned after just 39 kilometers, leading to significant customer dissatisfaction. Xiaomi has responded by offering compensation and agreeing to...

OpenAI Set to Unveil Google Rival Search Tool Next Monday, Sources Reveal

OpenAI, in partnership with Microsoft, is slated to announce a groundbreaking AI-powered search tool on May 13, challenging Googles dominance just a day before its major I/O conference, according to sources. OpenAIs...

Ripple Partner SBI Holdings to Form Joint Venture in Japan with Chiliz for Sports Tokens

SBI Digital Holdings, a Ripple Labs partner, has revealed plans to deliver sports fan tokens to the Japanese market. The company announced a deal with Chiliz on May 9 to launch a sports and entertainment joint...