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Quest for coders at ‘Hackathon in Barclays Rise Fintech Hub’ focusing on interoperability

Jan 18, 2019 09:07 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Digital Currency

Barclays, the U.Ks leading investment retail bank and London-based start-up Clearmatics will organize a blockchain hackathon in Barclays Rise FinTech Hub on coming February 5 and 6. The FinTech event would be focusing...

Euro Exim Bank tests luck with XRP-driven XRapid for overseas payment transactions

Jan 17, 2019 13:33 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary

Fintech gamut symbolizes the progressive enterprises that leverage cutting edge technology to bring-in friendly financial products and solutions that are quite far more agile and pioneering compared to traditional...

US SEC and ESMA’s narratives for crypto-custodians to improvise on liquidity angsts for BTC ETF approvals

Jan 17, 2019 12:48 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

In a recent trend, the cryptocurrency derivatives have been in limelight one or the other way, be it for good or bad reasons. It could be for the launching procedures of newly designed crypto-instruments business including...

Is Coin Asset Co. Ltd confronting or chasing Thais SEC’s licence?

Jan 17, 2019 09:38 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary

There has been an unusual evidence of fair practice trading or investment in Thailand on the back of thelicenses being issued to four cryptocurrency businesses by the Thai Ministry of Financeon January 8th, three of which...

Prudence of investment attributes of XRP to prevent barking up at the wrong tree

Jan 17, 2019 08:36 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

At all walks of our lives in the investment world, it is wise to empathize the right driving force of an asset class rather than blaming other assets. With Ripple (XRP) has now surpassed Ethereum in the market cap race...

FxWirePro: Use of CME Futures As a Price discovery of bitcoin

Jan 16, 2019 13:14 pm UTC| Technicals Digital Currency

Todays rallies of bitcoin futures on CME are not confirmed by technical indicators, you could easily observe that despite gap-up trading in the recent past, the bears nudge prices below DMAs with bearish crossover, the...

Both Bulls And Bears Seem To Be Geared-Up For Ethereum’s Constantinople Hard-Fork

Jan 16, 2019 10:48 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Technicals Insights & Views

Despite the attempts of ETHUSD bounce back this week from the recent sell-off rallies, the current prices remain well below 7-EMAs owing to the striking event of Constantinople hard forkthat is getting deferred in the...

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Economy

U.S. Imposes 25% Tariff on Select Brazilian Imports After Section 301 Trade Investigation

The United States announced on Wednesday that it will impose a 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil after concluding a year-long Section 301 trade investigation that found several Brazilian policies unfairly...

Gold Prices Slip as Oil Rally Fuels Inflation Fears, Strengthens Dollar

Gold prices declined early Thursday as rising oil prices reignited concerns that inflation could remain persistent, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve may keep interest rates elevated for longer. The...

Asian Stocks Slide as Chip Selloff Deepens Ahead of TSMC Earnings

Asian stock markets declined sharply on Thursday, led by heavy losses in South Korea, as a broad semiconductor selloff and renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment. Market participants...

Asian Currencies Hold Steady as Middle East Tensions Offset Weaker US Dollar

Asian currencies traded in tight ranges on Thursday as a weaker U.S. dollar was balanced by growing investor caution over the escalating Middle East conflict, limiting demand for risk-sensitive regional assets. Market...

South Korea Raises Interest Rates to 2.75% as Inflation and Weak Won Drive Tightening

South Koreas central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.75% on Thursday, marking its first rate hike in three and a half years as policymakers moved to curb persistent inflation and support the...

Politics

DOJ Refuses to Release Unredacted Jeffrey Epstein Files to New Mexico Investigation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday it cannot legally release unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files requested by New Mexico officials, deepening a dispute over the states renewed investigation into the late...

US Restricts Commercial Flights From Congo Amid Ebola Outbreak

The United States has introduced new travel restrictions tied to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), preventing U.S. citizens and nationals who have been in the country within the previous...

NY Times Challenges Trump Administration Subpoenas Over Air Force One Report

The New York Times has asked a federal court to block grand jury subpoenas issued to three of its journalists following their reporting on President Donald Trumps new Qatari-donated Air Force One, escalating a legal battle...

Trump Orders ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After Deadly Immigration Enforcement Incidents

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to resume using traffic stops during immigration enforcement operations, reversing a temporary suspension announced just a day...

Russian Missile Strike Sparks Fires in Kyiv After Early Morning Air Alert

Russian missiles struck at least two districts in Ukraines capital, Kyiv, early Thursday, igniting fires and prompting authorities to issue an air raid alert before declaring the immediate danger over. Kyiv Mayor Vitali...

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

Hyundai Takes Full Control of Boston Dynamics to Accelerate Humanoid Robot and AI Strategy

Hyundai Motor has announced plans to acquire SoftBank Groups remaining stake in Boston Dynamics, giving the South Korean automaker full ownership of the robotics company as it expands its artificial intelligence and...

Jamie Dimon Warns Anthropic's Mythos AI Poses National Security Risks

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has warned that Anthropics advanced Mythos artificial intelligence model presents significant national security risks, highlighting growing concerns over the potential misuse of powerful AI...

SpaceX Stock Falls Below IPO Price as Investors Weigh Losses and Lockup Expiry

SpaceX shares fell below their initial public offering (IPO) price for the first time on Wednesday, highlighting growing investor caution as the companys early post-listing momentum continues to fade. The stock dropped...

xAI Sues Man for Allegedly Using Grok to Generate AI Child Abuse Deepfakes

Elon Musks artificial intelligence company xAI has filed a federal lawsuit against a South Carolina man accused of using its Grok chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual explicit...

Trump Slams New York Data Center Ban, Warns AI Investment Could Shift to Other States

U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized New Yorks new one-year moratorium on large-scale data center construction, arguing that the move will discourage investment, eliminate jobs, and weaken the states position in...