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Digital Currency Revolution

‘2018 FIFA World Cup Russia’ eye-catchy for Crypto-community

Jun 06, 2018 08:12 am UTC| Research & Analysis Sports Digital Currency Insights & Views Governance

The worlds largest sporting event is just a few days away, as a result, soccer fans are clustering to online websites to book their seats in Russia. If you are planning to visit Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup,...

FxWirePro: Spot on shaky Euro vols and potential US corporate and/or European corporate hedging liquidation on Italian political uncertainty

Jun 06, 2018 06:45 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Both a stronger euro and a slightly weaker dollar contributed to the recovery in EUR-USD seen over the past few days. However, it seems as if the currency pair has reached its current comfort zone at levels around 1.17....

Digital Currency Revolution

Kolion – the Russian Cryptocurrency to replace Ruble in Kolionovo city

Jun 06, 2018 06:03 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The Russian ruble has been edgy as economic sanctions were imposed on Russia. Its lost half its value since 2014, and Russian crypto-enthusiasts seem to be eager that decentralized cryptocurrencies would assist in reducing...

Digital Currency Revolution

SEC designates Valerie A. Szczepanik as senior advisor for Digital Assets and associate director for Corp.Fin

Jun 05, 2018 15:04 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Fintech Insights & Views Commentary

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Valerie A. Szczepanik has been designated as the Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation...

Digital Currency Revolution

IMF reckons “cryptoassets can strike a chord in demand/supply equation for central banks’ currency”

Jun 05, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Central Banks Insights & Views Commentary

It is universal fact that we witnessed global financial crunch during 2008-09, the recession struck all most all major markets (and especially, Bond/treasury markets). Thats when the discovery of Bitcoin has caused many to...

Digital Currency Revolution

Seattle Blockchain VC announces a historic cryptocurrency- based 13D SEC filing

Jun 05, 2018 13:42 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Governance Insights & Views Commentary

The SECs regulation facilitates capital formation, which assists entrepreneurs launch businesses and companies prosperity. While Seattle-based blockchain venture capital (VC) firm Pitha has filed the very first 13D SEC...

Fitch Revises Qatar's Outlook to Stable; Affirms at 'AA-'

Jun 05, 2018 11:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis

Fitch Ratings-Hong Kong-June 05: Fitch Ratings has revised Qatars Outlook to Stable from Negative and affirmed its Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at AA-. A full list of rating actions is at the...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

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...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

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...

Technology

Altcoins Expected to Yield 2x-5x Gains by May End: Fetch.AI, Floki, AAVE, ENA

The latest climb in Bitcoins price beyond $65,000 on Wednesday sparked a new relief rally in the cryptocurrency market. Top altcoins are also profiting from the upward momentum, recovering from recent downturn tendencies....

US Orthodontic Leader Accepts Shiba Inu, Embracing Cryptocurrency for Payments

Shiba Inu, the popular meme coin, is experiencing a period of growth and increased utility. Amoré Orthodontic Aligners, a company that specializes in orthodontic care, recently announced that it will now accept SHIB...

Crypto Lender Genesis to Return $3 Billion in Bankruptcy Wind-Down Amid Rising Creditor Haircuts

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval to return nearly $3 billion to customers, while a report highlights a significant increase in creditor haircuts in bankruptcy cases to 73% in FY24. Judge Approves...

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...