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Digital Currency Revolution Series: A Glimpse At Scope For Potential Digital Forms Of Euro, Dollar & Yuan Amid Pandemic Covid-19 Crisis

Apr 29, 2020 05:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Of late, the pandemic COVID-19 drives the major global markets lockdown, that in turn has caused the global recessionary phase. With total number confirmed cases of coronavirus across the world has crossed 3 million, the...

Blockchain Revolution Series: IBM Unveils New Blockchain Platform To Assist Emergency Inventories For Covid-19 Care

Apr 28, 2020 09:05 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

With an objective of assisting recovery efforts in the wake of the pandemic Covid-19, IBM has come-up with theinnovative blockchain network called Rapid Supplier Connect. The platform helps from the digital...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Can Ripple Penetrate Japan? FXcoin Pilots Remittance-Friendly XRP

Apr 28, 2020 07:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

The Ripple gained the reputation of being popular crypto-candidate among the remittance/banking community as its edge to transact overseas payments swiftly and efficiently is perceived as a competitive advantage. The banks...

Cryptocurrency Derivatives series: Quick Run Through On Bitcoin Hedging Dynamics On Renewed Sentiments Ahead of Halving Event

Apr 27, 2020 09:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Bitcoin (BTC) price jumped more than 8% on a weekly basis, this has been the sixth consecutive weekly rallies as the price edged higher above $7,810 (at Coinbase). The volatility waswitnessed on account of the FO expiry...

Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Bitcoin Reclaims $7.5k But Flirts With Stiff Resistance – Options Analytics To Hedge

Apr 27, 2020 07:29 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Of late, the bitcoins short positions have been liquidated worth over $10 million and the underlying price trend has been flirting with the stiff resistance zone. The tight trading zone is observed but with the risk-on...

Regulatory Series on Cryptocurrencies: US-SEC Charges Dropil INC With Fraudulent Crypto Trade Advices

Apr 27, 2020 06:25 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Weve been witnessing growing cases of fraudulent crypto-operations as the industry has been evolving. Cryptocurrency instruments, including payments derivatives products have been under the meticulous scanner of the...

Digital Currency Revolution Series: Key Driving Forces of Bitcoin And Hedging Perspectives Ahead of Halving Event

Apr 24, 2020 13:49 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

If you keenly observe bitcoin price trend of late, one must think that this pioneer cryptocurrency is trading with risk-on investment sentiment. Yes, Bitcoin has jumped back to $7.5k areas in major exchanges. Despite...

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Economy

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...

Finland Raises 2026 Growth Forecast as Exports and Investment Surge

Finlands economy is expanding faster than previously expected as stronger exports and investment support a broader recovery after years of weak growth, according to the Bank of Finland. The Finnish central bank now...

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

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....

SoftBank Shares Plunge 11% After OpenAI Rules Out 2026 IPO

SoftBank Group shares plunged on Monday as investors reacted to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman ruling out a public listing in 2026 and growing calls to slow the pace of artificial intelligence development. SoftBank (TYO: 9984)...