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Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/EUR trades in narrow range, good to buy on dips

Apr 18, 2017 07:12 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/EUR trades in a narrow range between 1069 and 1160.71 for the past seven trading sessions (COINBASE). It is currently trading around 1127 at press time. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart shows: Tenkan-Sen level:...

Digital Currency Revolution

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex disables all fiat deposits

Apr 18, 2017 06:47 am UTC| Digital Currency

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced that it is suspending all wire deposits to its platform, starting today 18 April 2017, Forklog reported. In an official blog post, the exchange...

Digital Currency Revolution

Digital Asset and Blockchain Foundation of India seeks to showcase bitcoin benefits to government

Apr 18, 2017 06:09 am UTC| Digital Currency

Following the recent announcement by the Indian government regarding the setting up of a committee to examine the existing framework on digital currencies, the Digital Asset and Blockchain Foundation of India (DABFI) has...

Digital Currency Revolution

Ryan Taylor named Dash Core CEO as founder Evan Duffield transitions to senior advisor role

Apr 18, 2017 05:03 am UTC| Digital Currency

In a major overhaul in the Dash ecosystem, Ryan Taylor, Dashs Director of Finance, has been appointed as the CEO of the Dash Core Project and will now focus on leading organizational growth, maintaining the project vision,...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Terra Food and Agriculture Tech Accelerator selects blockchain firm ripe.io for first cohort

Apr 18, 2017 04:31 am UTC| Digital Currency

Blockchain company ripe.io that provides a distributed, shared system for food supply chain, announced that it has been selected for the first cohort of startups for Terra, the Food + Ag Tech Accelerator. Terra...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Blockchain startup Chain appoints Goldman Sachs Managing Director as President

Apr 18, 2017 03:59 am UTC| Digital Currency

Chain, Inc., a U.S.-based blockchain startup, has announced that Goldman Sachs Managing Director Tom Jessop is joining the company as President, effective immediately. Prior to Chain, Jessop served as the Managing...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Blockchain platform Bitwage launches IBAN for users receiving wages from EU companies

Apr 18, 2017 03:50 am UTC| Digital Currency

Bitwage, a blockchain-powered platform revolutionizing international payroll, announced the release of IBAN numbers for all users that are receiving wages in the EU. We are able to offer this through a new banking...

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Economy

Gold and Silver Prices Climb in Asian Trade as Markets Eye Key U.S. Economic Data

Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading on Monday, with silver also posting strong gains, as precious metal markets attempted to stabilize after a week marked by sharp volatility. The rebound comes amid lingering...

UK Starting Salaries See Strongest Growth in 18 Months as Hiring Sentiment Improves

Starting salaries for permanent employees in the UK recorded their strongest increase in nearly a year and a half in January, signaling early signs of stabilization in the British labor market. According to the latest...

Australian Household Spending Dips in December as RBA Tightens Policy

Australian household spending declined in December as consumers eased back after heavy year-end sales activity, but solid sales volumes continued to highlight why the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently raised...

Oil Prices Slip as U.S.-Iran Talks Ease Middle East Tensions

Global oil prices opened the week lower, sliding more than 1% on Monday as investor concerns over a potential conflict in the Middle East eased following diplomatic progress between the United States and Iran. The decline...

Indian Refiners Scale Back Russian Oil Imports as U.S.-India Trade Deal Advances

Indian refiners are increasingly avoiding purchases of Russian crude oil for delivery in April and potentially beyond, a strategic shift that could support New Delhis efforts to finalize a trade agreement with the United...

Politics

Bangladesh Election 2026: A Turning Point After Years of Political Suppression

Bangladesh is heading into what many describe as its most competitive national election in more than a decade, marking a dramatic reversal of political fortunes after years of one-party dominance. For 15 years under former...

Ghislaine Maxwell to Invoke Fifth Amendment at House Oversight Committee Deposition

Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, plans to refuse to answer questions during a scheduled deposition before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Monday,...

Trump Administration Appeals Court Order to Release Hudson Tunnel Project Funding

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has filed an appeal challenging a federal court decision that ordered the Transportation Department to unfreeze funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, a major...

Trump Congratulates Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi After Historic Election Victory

U.S. President Donald Trump publicly congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday following her coalitions decisive landslide victory in Japans lower house elections held over the weekend. The message,...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Secures Historic Election Win, Shaking Markets and Regional Politics

Japans Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a historic landslide victory in a rare winter election, consolidating power and paving the way for major shifts in economic, fiscal, and security policy. Takaichis Liberal...

Science

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

Technology

Samsung Electronics Shares Jump on HBM4 Mass Production Report

Samsung Electronics shares surged on Monday following reports that the South Korean tech giant is set to begin mass production of its next-generation HBM4 memory chips, a key component in artificial intelligence hardware....

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Investment Boom Is Just Beginning as NVDA Shares Surge

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang reaffirmed his bullish stance on artificial intelligence, calling the massive capital expenditure flowing into AI infrastructure both appropriate and necessary as the industry...

Amazon Stock Rebounds After Earnings as $200B Capex Plan Sparks AI Spending Debate

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivered a mixed but closely watched earnings report, beating Wall Street expectations on revenue while unveiling a massive long-term investment plan that unsettled investors. The e-commerce and...

Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch

Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are reportedly exploring the option of sourcing memory chips from Chinese semiconductor companies for the first time, as a prolonged global supply crunch continues...

OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering

OpenAI is significantly accelerating its enterprise AI strategy by hiring hundreds of new employees for its technical consulting division, according to a report by The Information, citing a person familiar with the...