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FxWirePro- Crypto Currency Strength Index (4- Hour chart)

Sep 22, 2021 15:38 pm UTC| Technicals Digital Currency

Pair Value Recommendation BTCUSD -386.68 Strong Sell ETHUSD -420.45 Strong Sell XRPUSD -427.802 Strong Sell BNBUSD -415.63 Strong...

NFT: Tiger Woods joins Tom Brady, Naomi Osaka in releasing their own NFT collection

Sep 22, 2021 10:31 am UTC| Business Digital Currency

Tiger Woods is the latest personality in the sports field to launch his own NFT collection. The professional golfer has entered the blockchain venture with the release of 10,000 non-fungible tokens through Autograph, an...

Burger King jumps into NFT with the launch of its 'Keep It Real Meals' NFT collectible game

Sep 22, 2021 09:32 am UTC| Business Digital Currency

Burger King has entered the world of blockchain through the launch of its non-fungible token (NFT) Keep It Real Meals campaign. The fast-food giant teamed up with Sweet NFT Marketplace for this project. As mentioned on...

Miss Universe PH NFT collection released as the world’s first-ever beauty pageant non-fungible token

Sep 22, 2021 08:02 am UTC| Business Digital Currency

Miss Universe Philippines is now the first beauty pageant to jump into the non-fungible token (NFT) bandwagon. This years pageant event is set to launch its NFT collection through a partnership with RedFOX Labs, a...

NFT movie: ‘Lockdown’ thriller film to be released as non-fungible token before its theatrical debut

Sep 22, 2021 07:16 am UTC| Business Digital Currency

Lockdown is an upcoming thriller movie featuring the pandemic theme. It was reported that prior to its release in theaters, it would be making its debut as a non-fungible token (NFT) asset first. The movie will be...

NFT Blockchain Game: ‘Splinterlands’ popularity soared to become the most frequently played NFT game

Sep 22, 2021 06:36 am UTC| Business Digital Currency

The Splinterlands NFT blockchain card game has gained popularity, and it continues to soar. In the last two months, gamers have been playing it often, and it has now become the most frequently played game. With its...

Gyeonggi seizes 6.1 billion won of crypto from 1,661 investors for unpaid fines

Sep 21, 2021 23:58 pm UTC| Digital Currency Law

The South Korean province of Gyeonggi seized cryptocurrencies worth 6.1 billion won ($5.14 million) from 1,661 investors due to the more than $12 million in unpaid fines. Before the seizure, Gyeonggi investigated 29,656...

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Economy

Japanese Yen Retreats as Dollar Rises Ahead of Fed, BOJ Rate Decisions

The Japanese yen weakened further on Tuesday, retreating from a seven-month high as investors prepared for key interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan later this week. USD/JPY climbed 0.24% to...

China Industrial Output Beats Forecasts as Exports Support Growth

Chinas industrial production grew faster than expected in August, supported by resilient overseas demand for Chinese exports even as other indicators pointed to continued weakness across the worlds second-largest economy....

Asian Bank Stocks Slide as BofA Warning and Rising Yields Hit Sentiment

Asian bank stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, with Japanese lenders leading losses after Bank of America warned that weaker trading and investment banking activity could pressure third-quarter revenue. Sumitomo Mitsui...

Houthis Escalate Saudi Attacks as Red Sea Oil Risks Grow

Yemens Iran-backed Houthis intensified attacks on Saudi Arabia while expanding positions along Yemens Red Sea coast, raising fears that the widening Middle East conflict could further disrupt global oil supplies. The...

Asian Stocks Steady as AI Shares Rebound Ahead of Fed Decision

Asian stocks stabilized on Tuesday as a rebound in artificial intelligence and semiconductor shares helped markets recover from Mondays technology selloff. However, oil prices above $107 a barrel and elevated bond yields...

Politics

What is Zionism? The different meanings of a contested term

Haverford, a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, has become the latest U.S. school to settle a lawsuit over how it handled allegations of antisemitism. In a statement on Aug. 7, 2026, its president, Wendy Raymond,...

Lula, Flavio Bolsonaro Deadlocked in Brazil Election Polls

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are locked in a statistical tie in potential runoff matchups ahead of Brazils presidential election next month, according to two polls...

Judge Blocks Trump Rule Limiting Foreign Student Visas

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new immigration rule that would restrict how long foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists can remain in the United States without seeking...

Trump Rejects Calls for Tougher AI Regulation

President Donald Trump pushed back against growing calls for stricter AI regulation on Monday, arguing that the United States already has sufficient safeguards to police artificial intelligence companies and prevent...

US Immigration Arrests Surge as Deportations Lag Behind

U.S. immigration arrests have climbed to record levels in recent months, but deportations have failed to rise at the same pace as the Trump administration pushes ahead with its mass deportation campaign. Preliminary...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Cathie Wood Backs AI Slowdown as Safety Concerns Grow

ARK Investment Management founder Cathie Wood has welcomed calls from leading artificial intelligence executives to slow the rapid advancement of AI technology, arguing that greater scrutiny could help protect the industry...

Big AI wants to slow down AI research. Is it a safety pause or a strategic retreat?

Over the weekend, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including his own, to slow down their work. Sam Altman and Elon Musk, heads of rivals OpenAI and xAI respectively,...

Who should own the knowledge that underpins AI technology?

Russian mathematician Yurii Nesterov was recently awarded the Gauss Prize for outstanding mathematical contributions for his groundbreaking work on optimisation. The award cited his work on gradient descent methods and in...

SoftBank Shares Jump 8% as SB Energy IPO Optimism Builds

SoftBank Group shares surged on Tuesday, recovering much of the previous sessions steep decline as investors welcomed fresh details surrounding the planned U.S. listing of its data center unit, SB Energy. SoftBank Group...

Synthetic data could ease people’s concerns about privacy breaches. But who gets to create it?

For the past decade, most public debates about data have revolved around a familiar anxiety: too much of our personal information is being collected from our records and our online activity, and then shared and monetised....