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Digital currency or digital money is an Internet-based medium of exchange distinct from physical (such as banknotes and coins) that exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but allows for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. Like traditional money these currencies may be used to buy physical goods and services but could also be restricted to certain communities such as for example for use inside an on-line game or social network. In this series, we cover stories and provide insightful analysis of the digital currencies such as bitcoin with no central point of control over the money supply.

Initial Coin Offering Series

Digital Currency Revolution

Crypto experts believe in potential of ICO as funding vehicle

Nov 01, 2016 02:49 am UTC| Digital Currency

Initial Coin Offerings or crowdsales have become the most popular method of raising funds in the past couple of months. Almost every other day there is some news about a project raising millions of dollars in matter of few...

Digital Currency Revolution

BTC/USD takes support near 7-EMA, break above 717 targets 730

Oct 31, 2016 08:19 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD has slipped below the 700 mark after hitting 717.99 levels on October 29. It is currently trading at 696.40 levels (Bitstamp). Long-term trend: Bullish Short-term trend: Bullish Ichimoku analysis of daily...

Digital Currency Revolution

Swiss railway service to start selling bitcoin from next month

Oct 31, 2016 05:26 am UTC| Digital Currency

SBB, the operator of a national railway service in Switzerland, has announced that customers will be able to obtain bitcoin through its ticket kiosks from 11 November. The railway operator is working with local payments...

Digital Currency Revolution

Japanese financial services group to enter cryptocurrency business

Oct 31, 2016 04:55 am UTC| Digital Currency

SBI, a Japan-based financial services group, has announced that it is entering digital currency business with their rising popularity among investors. The company said that it is establishing a new company called SBI...

Digital Currency Revolution

Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-up – October 28th, 2016

Oct 28, 2016 14:10 pm UTC| Digital Currency

Russian and Chinese central securities depositories team up on fintech and blockchain The central securities depositories (CSD) of Russia and China have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate cooperation in...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: DASH/ USDT upside capped by daily Tenken-Sen, good to sell on rallies

Oct 28, 2016 06:35 am UTC| Digital Currency

DASH/USDT is seen trading below in red on Friday. The pair has declined sharply after hitting USDT9.95 levels (Poloniex). It is currently trading around USD9.48 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart...

Digital Currency Revolution

MGT and Bitmain sign Letter of Intent to launch McAfee bitcoin mining pool

Oct 28, 2016 06:27 am UTC| Digital Currency

MGT Capital Investments, Inc, announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with bitcoin company Bitmain Technologies in order to form a joint venture that aims in opportunities in the bitcoin space in North America. 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

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...

Trump-proofing Nato: why Europe’s current nuclear deterrents may not be enough to face biggest threats since WWII

Though a second Trump presidency is not a foregone conclusion, Nato members are gearing up to Trump-proof the organisation and reviewing their defence strategies. Natos concerns about Trumps re-election were heightened...

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

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...

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...

Samsung Galaxy S24 Boosts Sales, Reaches Four-Year High in Q1 2024 Smartphone Market

Samsungs Galaxy S24 has propelled the companys smartphone sales in the US to a four-year high, marking a significant achievement. Galaxy S24 Drives Samsungs Surge: Smartphone Sales Soar, Earnings Rise, and Market Share...
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