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Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: DASH/ USDT trades well above daily Kijun-Sen, jump till 16.94 likely

Jan 17, 2017 12:29 pm UTC| Digital Currency

DASH/USDT is seen trading well above on Tuesday. The pair broke a major resistance at 13 and jumped until 13.80 levels (Poloniex). It is currently trading around USDT13.64 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/CNY faces strong resistance at 30- day EMA, break above targets 6600

Jan 17, 2017 11:37 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/CNY pair has broken psychological resistance at 6000 and jumped slightly till 6198 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around 6104 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: ETH/USD trades just shy of 10, further bullishness only above 200-DMA

Jan 17, 2017 11:29 am UTC| Digital Currency

ETH/USD has broken 38.2% fib and is trading just shy of 10.00 levels at press time (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen:10 Kijun-Sen: 9.32 On the upside, a consistent break above 10...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/GBP faces strong resistance at 21-DMA, decisive break above targets 820

Jan 17, 2017 11:19 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/GBP continued its uptrend on Tuesday and hit a high of 748 levels so far in the day. It is currently trading at 735 levels at press time (Coinbase). Ichimoku analysis of daily chart: Tenkan Sen: 691.76 Kijun...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: ETH/EUR upside capped by daily Tenken-Sen, any break above targets 10.40

Jan 17, 2017 10:23 am UTC| Digital Currency

ETH/EUR is seen trading above on Tuesday. The pair has formed a minor bottom at 8.64 and is trading slightly above 89- day EMA. ETH/EUR jumped till 9.48 at the time of writing and is currently trading at 9.40. Ichimoku...

Blockchain Revolution Series

London Blockchain Expo 2017 to showcase Stratis Platform solution

Jan 17, 2017 10:14 am UTC| Digital Currency

Blockchain Expo London 2017 that will take place on January 23-24, will have an opportunity to learn to develop, test and deploy decentralized blockchain applications using Stratis Platform. According to Stratis...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/USD breaches major resistance at 845, break above 900 confirms further bullishness

Jan 17, 2017 09:44 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD has broken above major resistance at 845 levels (trend line joining 628.27 and 683.23) and is now inching closer to 900 levels. It has hit a high of 896 levels so far in the day and is currently trading at 881...

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Economy

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Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

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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

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

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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

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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

Tesla Offers Model 3 Demo Vehicles at Discounted Prices in U.S. and Canada

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Phantom Wallet Climbs Apple App Store Charts — Bullish Sign for Solana?

Phantom Wallet has climbed to third place in Apples app store utility category, sparking bullish sentiments for Solana among crypto experts and analysts. Phantom Wallet Ranks Third in Apple App Store, Sparking Bullish...

OpenAI Founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman Defend After Safety Researchers Quit

OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are defending their safety measures after top researchers Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike resigned, highlighting internal disagreements on AI priorities. Key OpenAI Safety...

Analyst Predicts Ethereum ETF to Trigger Major ETH Market Moves Soon

Cryptocurrency analyst Michael van de Poppe forecasts that the upcoming Ethereum ETF announcement will cause significant market moves, despite a recent decline in trading volume. Ethereums ETF Announcement Expected to...

Venezuela Acts Tough on Crypto Mining Amid Energy Squeeze, Disconnects Bitcoin Farms

Venezuelas Ministry of Electric Power is disconnecting cryptocurrency mining farms from the national grid to manage energy demand and ensure a stable power supply. This measure follows the recent seizure of 2,000 Bitcoin...