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CLS, IBM team up for single shared DLT platform for financial institutions

Jul 31, 2018 03:30 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech

FX settlement services provider CLS is teaming up with IBM on a proof of concept (PoC) for a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform that will enable various participants from the financial services industry to...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Future FinTech sets up subsidiary in Beijing to drive blockchain incubation business

Jul 30, 2018 06:41 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech

Future FinTech Group, a U.S.-based fintech company, last week announced the setting up of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Chain Future Digital FinTech Ltd. Based in Beijing, China Future Digital FinTech was formed on July...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Cyprus SEC establishes fintech and regtech-focused innovation hub

Jul 30, 2018 03:27 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has established an Innovation Hub in order to address and explore fintech and regtech developments. Expected to become operational in September, the Innovation Hub...

Digital Currency Revolution

CoinLoan Opens Platform to Bridge Gap Between Lenders and Borrowers

Jul 28, 2018 15:35 pm UTC| Digital Currency Fintech

CoinLoan, an Estonia-based startup, has launched a crypto-to-fiat lending platform where cryptocurrency is used as collateral. From now on, crypto-backed loans are available for users all over the world. On CoinLoan,...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BCH/USD short set-up on flurry of bearish patterns

Jul 27, 2018 15:02 pm UTC| Technicals Digital Currency Insights & Views Fintech

If you plot intraday chart of BCH/USD, we arrive with a question. Can drag double top formation? Bears pop at sloping channel resistance in minor trend. The pair forms this bearish pattern with top 1 at 889.9, top 2...

Digital Currency Revolution

Remittance firm TransferGo launches cryptocurrency trading facility

Jul 27, 2018 11:46 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech

TransferGo, a digital remittance company headquartered in London, has announced its cryptocurrency trading facility, allowing customers to purchase and sell five major cryptocurrencies. Quartz had reported in May that...

Digital Currency Revolution

Bitcoin price slides on jitters of SEC’s denial of Winklevoss imminent support at 7-DMA on lingering optimism from Bitwise, VanEck and SolidX

Jul 27, 2018 11:26 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Fintech Technicals

We reiterate BTCUSD prices have been dipping from last 2-3 days on the back of the news that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected the second attempt of the Winklevoss application to launch a Bitcoin...

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Economy

There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well

The federal and Northern Territory governments have just made a historic funding announcement of about A$1 billion for schools in the territory. This includes an extra $737.7 million from the federal government and an...

Undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history and leave digital gaps as they connect continents

Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of the continent, were left without internet services on 14 March because of failures on four of the fibre optic cables that run below the...

Economists say Australia shouldn’t try to transition to net zero by aping the mammoth US Inflation Reduction Act

Australias top economists are pressing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese not to ape US President Joe Bidens think big approach to clean energy. Bidens so-called Inflation Reduction Act dubbed the largest climate...

Emissions impossible? How the transport sector can help make the 2050 net-zero goal a reality

Meeting Canadas ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050 necessitates significant technological, behavioural and systemic changes in the transportation sector, a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money

Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally. Around the world, toddler milk makes up nearly half of total...

Politics

SpaceX Builds Spy Satellites for US; Russia Warns of Military Response

Russia has issued a stark warning to the United States, stating that the use of SpaceXs satellites for espionage could render them targets for military action. This follows revelations that SpaceX is constructing a spy...

Israel’s army exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox are part of a bigger challenge: The Jewish state is divided over the Jewish religion

Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a new twist. This time it was Yitzhak Yosef, one of Israels two chief rabbis. In response to debates over whether...

Did Biden really steal the election? Students learn how to debunk conspiracy theories in this course

Title of course: Debunking conspiracy theories What prompted the idea for the course? I am interested in how people internalize or learn about political beliefs they go on to adopt. This interest coincided with my...

Trump wouldn’t be the first presidential candidate to campaign from a prison cell

The first trial ever of a former president, the so-called hush money case against former president and likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin with jury selection in New York on March 25, 2024,...

Science

The mystery of consciousness shows there may be a limit to what science alone can achieve

The progress of science in the last 400 years is mind-blowing. Who would have thought wed be able to trace the history of our universe to its origins 14 billion years ago? Science has increased the length and the quality...

What is minoxidil, the anti-balding hair growth treatment? Here’s what the science says

Hair loss (also known as alopecia) often affects the scalp but can occur anywhere on the body. Its very common and usually nothing to worry about; about half of Australian men show signs of visible baldness at age 50 and...

Our survey of the sky is uncovering the secrets of how planets are born

When we look out to the stars, it is typically not a yearning for the distant depths of outer space that drives us. When we are looking out there, we are truly looking back at ourselves. We try to understand our place in...

Archeoastronomy uses the rare times and places of previous total solar eclipses to help us measure history

Total solar eclipses have fascinated and terrified people for centuries. Today, we know that total solar eclipses like the upcoming eclipse on April 8 are caused by a cosmic coincidence when the moon comes between the...

Spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration

Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on the Moon and other planetary bodies such as Mars. Since the 1960s, space travellers have donned suits designed to protect them from the vacuum of space and stepped out into the...

Technology

Ferrari, SK On Join Forces to Develop Next-Generation Supercar Batteries

Ferrari NV, an Italian luxury sports car maker, has teamed up with SK On, a South Korean electric vehicle battery manufacturer, to produce next-generation batteries. The partners will work on producing eco-friendly...

Shiba Inu Surges with $219M Whale Activity, Vitalik Buterin Highlights SHIB

Shiba Inu (SHIB) experiences a significant boost with $219 million in whale transactions, as Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin makes surprising comments about the meme coins resilience. Shiba Inu Witnesses Major Surge...

Illuvium's $12M Funding Boost Precedes Q2 Game Launch And Airdrop Tease

Illuvium a blockchain gaming universe, secures $12 million funding ahead of Q2 2024 game launch, hinting at a significant token airdrop. Illuvium Labs Secures $12 Million Funding Ahead of Q2 Game Launch Illuvium...

Shytoshi Kusama Reacts to Vitalik Buterin's SHIB Tweet

Shytoshi Kusama responds to Vitalik Buterins mention of Shiba Inu, igniting community enthusiasm. Vitalik Buterins Tweet Sparks Enthusiasm Among Shiba Inu Supporters In a recent post on the X/Twitter platform,...
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