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Spotlight on Bakkt & CME BTC Futures With Mounting Institutional Interests As Bitcoin Bulls Halt $11k

Jul 29, 2020 12:48 pm UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

Bitcoin price action (BTCUSD at Coinbase) has been resounding, as it rebounds above $11k mark. Bulls are on the verge of 1-year highs after decisive breakout of long-lasting range with the stern bullish candle yesterday...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Take A Look On Buzzing Crypto-Space Amid Flurry of Fundamental Events

Jul 27, 2020 11:57 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

The bitcoin price reclaimed into five figures again during this weekend, the pioneer cryptocurrency (BTCUSD) has surged to its highest level (at $10,333 at Coinbase) since June 1st and on the verge of extending its gains...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Bitcoin Reclaims $10k Mark, FxWirePro’s Long Hedges On Its Functionality

Jul 27, 2020 07:11 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Technicals

The resurgence of Bitcoinprice (BTCUSDat Coinbase) has been impressive, the pioneer cryptocurrency reclaimed $10k levels and surpassed $10,250 level again. July month rallies has showed almost close to 12.5% upswings...

Blockchain revolution Series: Cardano Partners With Lykke For Fintech Exploration

Jul 24, 2020 13:03 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary

In the advanced era of FinTech, weve seen various joint venturing and strategic alliances. Ripple has recently announced a fresh partnership with the Thai fintech start-up DeeMoney, the extensive payment mechanism,...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: ETH/USD Bulls Uproar Ahead Of Ethereum 2.0 Testnet, Uphold Long Hedges

Jul 24, 2020 11:52 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Technicals Insights & Views

Ethereums minor and intermediate trends have been impressive of late, ethers price has surged commendably (especially for this week, 15% jump) and it has been foreseen well in advance by our Econotimes team. Accordingly,...

FxWirePro: India Mulls Over Frontier Technologies, Big Names Eye on Blockchain Adoption

Jul 24, 2020 09:22 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary

India is embarking on a digitalisation drive for many trajectories of businesses. To substantiate this stance, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has recently advocated blockchain as an opportunity in frontier...

Regulatory Series on Series: US Senate Foresees Budding Technology & Digital Dollar To Play Crucial Role In Economic Competition

Jul 23, 2020 12:52 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Central Banks

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee for Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on Economic Policy remotely conducted a hearing on the trade race between the U.S and Chinese, entitled Winning the Economic Competition,...

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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....