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Digital Currency Revolution

No suitable buyer yet for ChangeTip assets; says company executive

Jun 14, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Digital Currency

ChangeTip, a startup for bitcoin micropayments is struggling to sell its assets after travel startup Airbnb acquired its engineering team for $1.25 million in April this year. According to coindesk.com, ChangeTip has...

Digital Currency Revolution

BTC/EUR retreats from high of 638, decline till 540 is likely

Jun 14, 2016 08:05 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/EUR lost its momentum and is trading in the red around $611.76 levels at the time of writing. The pair has made new all time high around 638.51 levels (CEXIO) yesterday and slightly declined till 608. Ichimoku...

Digital Currency Revolution

BTC/USD loses momentum, retreats below 700 levels

Jun 14, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD lost ground on Tuesday and is trading in the red at 685.99 levels, at the time of writing. The pair reached to ahigh of 725 levels (Bitstamp) on Monday, before closing at 704.49 levels. Ichimoku analysis of...

Digital Currency Revolution

Gaming cryptocurrency Breakout Coin opens crowdsale on Bittrex, raises over $172k in first hour

Jun 14, 2016 07:19 am UTC| Digital Currency

Breakout Coin, the gaming industry payment coin, commenced its public coinsale around 15 cents on Monday and sold more than $172,000 (249 BTC) in the first hour alone. The sale is being hosted by the leading cryptocurrency...

Blockchain Revolution Series

BerkleeICE, MIT Media Lab collaborate to build open source and secure digital ledger platform for music industry

Jun 14, 2016 06:57 am UTC| Digital Currency

Berklee College of Musics Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (BerkleeICE), in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, has announced a new The Open Music Initiative (OMI), which aims to solve the most pressing issue in...

Digital Currency Revolution

Bitcoin Startup 21 Inc open sources software for Machine-Payable Web

Jun 14, 2016 05:50 am UTC| Digital Currency

21 Inc., a bitcoin startup and creator of the 21 Bitcoin Computer, announced it had open-sourced 21 its software package that simplifies to work with Bitcoin over HTTP. 21 is now free software, and it turns any...

Digital Currency Revolution

Ripple obtains its BitLicense from New York DFS

Jun 14, 2016 05:19 am UTC| Digital Currency

New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has granted BitLicense to XRP II, LLC, a digital asset native to the Ripple Consensus Ledger. According to the press release on Monday by the department, Maria T....

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Economy

German 2-Year Yield Hits 2023 High as Rate Hike Bets Rise

German short-term borrowing costs climbed sharply on Tuesday as investors increased bets that major central banks will keep monetary policy restrictive to combat energy-driven inflation. Germanys policy-sensitive two-year...

US Futures Fall as Fed Meeting, Oil Surge Rattle Markets

U.S. stock futures moved lower Tuesday as investors prepared for the Federal Reserves two-day policy meeting while escalating Middle East tensions pushed oil prices above $105 a barrel and lifted Treasury yields. Dow...

UK Wage Growth Slows as BoE Rate Decision Looms

Britains labour market remained weak heading into the Bank of Englands latest interest rate decision, with job vacancies falling to a four-year low and wage growth staying subdued. Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses...

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....

Politics

Ukraine Races to Counter Russia’s Faster Jet-Powered Drones

Ukraine is scrambling to develop new air-defense weapons as Russia dramatically expands its use of fast, jet-powered attack drones that are proving difficult for existing interceptor systems to defeat. A Ukrainian military...

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...

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

Rosenblatt Starts Nokia at Buy on AI Networking Growth

Rosenblatt initiated coverage of Nokia with a Buy rating and a $15 price target, citing the companys growing exposure to artificial intelligence infrastructure and strong position in optical networking. Analyst Mike...

MediaTek Unveils 2nm Dimensity 9600 Pro AI Chip

Taiwans MediaTek has unveiled its latest flagship smartphone processors, including its first chip manufactured with TSMCs advanced 2-nanometre technology, as the company pushes deeper into premium handsets and on-device...

Qualcomm Gains on $60B Amazon AI Chip Deal

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has emerged as one of the strongest performers in Investing.coms AI-powered Strategies portfolio after securing a major artificial intelligence infrastructure partnership with Amazon Web Services....

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,...