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Dubai Future Accelerators to explore blockchain solutions in other sectors

Aug 10, 2016 05:42 am UTC| Digital Currency

Dubai Future Accelerators, an intensive 12-week program that aims to create breakthrough solutions together, has addressed seven future challenges including implementing blockchain technologies in various...

Law firm Steptoe announces multidisciplinary blockchain practice

Aug 10, 2016 04:41 am UTC| Digital Currency

International law firm Steptoe Johnson LLP has announced that it is expanding its industry-leading blockchain practice into a full-fledged,multidisciplinary practicedesigned to help clients in all industries learn more...

ETH/EUR trades slightly above 21-day MA, jump till 12.12 likely

Aug 09, 2016 12:43 pm UTC| Digital Currency

ETH/EUR is seen trading slightly above on Tuesday. The pair has slightly recovered sharply from the low of 9.85 levels (KRAKEN) made yesterday. It is currently trading at 10.65 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis...

ETH/USD hovers around 90 EMA, close above confirms further bullishness

Aug 09, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Digital Currency

ETH/USD is gradually picking up momentum and has hit 11.96 levels so far in the day. It is trading at 11.82 levels at the time of writing (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis of daily chart: Tenkan Sen: 9.75 Kijun Sen:...

FxWirePro: ETC/USD breaks major support at $1.95, decline till $1.41 likely

Aug 09, 2016 12:02 pm UTC| Digital Currency

ETC/USD has broken major support $1.95 and declined till $1.72 at the time of writing. It is currently trading around $1.9166 (Kraken). Short term trend: bearish Ichimoku analysis (Hourly chart): Tenkan-Sen level:...

ETC/EUR trades well below 2 level, decline till 1.40 likely

Aug 09, 2016 11:56 am UTC| Digital Currency

ETC/EUR is seen trading low in red on Tuesday. The pair has broken major support 1.85 and declined till 1.69 levels (KRAKEN). It is currently trading around 1.765 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of hourly...

New Hampshire restaurant to accept bitcoin payments

Aug 09, 2016 11:40 am UTC| Digital Currency

Street, a major restaurant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire has started accepting bitcoin for everything on their menu in a move to support New Hampshires free state movement. According to Free Keene, a pro-decentralization...

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Economy

Some experts say the US economy is on the up, but here’s why voters don’t think so

Many Americans are gloomy about the economy, despite some data saying it is improving. The Economist even took this discussion to TikTok. When its US editor John Prideaux examined inflation, wage and employment numbers,...

Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025

Imagine a future with nearly silent air taxis flying above traffic jams and navigating between skyscrapers and suburban droneports. Transportation arrives at the touch of your smartphone and with minimal environmental...

Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power

In sub-Saharan Africa, over 600 million people (more than 50% of the population) are without access to electricity. Malawi has one of the worlds lowest electricity access rates just 14.1% of the total population have...

High interest rates aren’t going away anytime soon – a business economist explains why

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May 1, 2024, policy meeting, dashing the hopes of potential homebuyers and others who were hoping for a cut. Not only will rates remain at their current level a...

US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed

If you needed long-term care, could you afford it? For many Americans, especially those with a middle-class income and little savings, the answer to that question is absolutely not. Nursing homes charge somewhere...

Politics

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

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day

Taiwan stands out as a beacon of democracy, innovation and resilience in an increasingly autocratic region. But this is under growing threat. In recent years, China has used a variety of grey zone tactics to pressure...

What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case

Following the nearly three-hour oral argument about presidential immunity in the Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, many commentators were aghast. The general theme, among legal and political experts alike, was a...

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about

As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the university president Nemat Shafik was saying she had no choice but to take...

Science

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

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

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...

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Technology

Former SEC Commissioner Criticizes Broad Crypto Definitions, Lubin Challenges SEC

At the TokenizeThis 2024 conference, former SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes criticized the SEC for its expansive interpretation of digital assets as securities. Concurrently, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin at the F.T. Live...

Pantera Capital Sets Record with Massive Investment in Telegram's TON

Pantera Capital has announced a record-breaking investment in Telegrams TON blockchain, marking its largest commitment to date and signifying robust confidence in blockchains future. This strategic move underscores a major...

Xiaomi SU7 Fails After 39km, Company Offers Compensation and Replacement

In a recent setback, a Xiaomi SU7 electric vehicle owned by Mr. Wen malfunctioned after just 39 kilometers, leading to significant customer dissatisfaction. Xiaomi has responded by offering compensation and agreeing to...

OpenAI Set to Unveil Google Rival Search Tool Next Monday, Sources Reveal

OpenAI, in partnership with Microsoft, is slated to announce a groundbreaking AI-powered search tool on May 13, challenging Googles dominance just a day before its major I/O conference, according to sources. OpenAIs...

Ripple Partner SBI Holdings to Form Joint Venture in Japan with Chiliz for Sports Tokens

SBI Digital Holdings, a Ripple Labs partner, has revealed plans to deliver sports fan tokens to the Japanese market. The company announced a deal with Chiliz on May 9 to launch a sports and entertainment joint...