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Digital currency or digital money is an Internet-based medium of exchange distinct from physical (such as banknotes and coins) that exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but allows for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. Like traditional money these currencies may be used to buy physical goods and services but could also be restricted to certain communities such as for example for use inside an on-line game or social network. In this series, we cover stories and provide insightful analysis of the digital currencies such as bitcoin with no central point of control over the money supply.

Digital Currency Revolution

How low will Bitcoin now go? The history of price bubbles provides some clues

Dec 10, 2018 23:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency

Nearly 170 years before the invention of Bitcoin, the journalist Charles Mackay noted the way whole communities could fix their minds upon one object and go mad in its pursuit. Millions of people, he wrote, become...

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Bitcoin's high energy consumption is a concern – but it may be a price worth paying

Nov 08, 2018 16:52 pm UTC| Digital Currency

Bitcoin recently turned ten years old. In that time, it has proved revolutionary because it ignores the need for modern moneys institutions to verify payments. Instead, Bitcoin relies on cryptographic techniques to prove...

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eosBLACK token gets listed on Cashierest, one of the domestic Korean Won cryptocurrency exchanges

Oct 25, 2018 00:10 am UTC| Digital Currency

The BLACK token of eosBLACK was listed on Cashierest, one of the domestic cryptocurrency exchanges. All members of the Cashierest exchange are now able to trade the tokens freely into Korean Won (KRW). eosBLACK is a...

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Charities take digital money now – and the risks that go with it

Oct 04, 2018 15:01 pm UTC| Digital Currency

Many large charities, despite being entrusted with accepting and managing funds that benefit the public, are accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies volatile forms of digital money as donations. Take, for...

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FxWirePro: ETH/USD breaches 10-DMA resistance, decisive break above 21-EMA to see minor bullishness

Aug 28, 2018 11:32 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals

(Refer ETH/USD chart on Trading View) ETH/USD successfully closed above 10-DMA on Monday at 287 levels. The pair is extremely rangebound on Tuesday and is trading at 288 levels at the time of writing...

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Stellar Lumens surpasses 1M accounts on its ledger

Aug 28, 2018 10:13 am UTC| Digital Currency

Stellar Lumens (XLM) has surpassed 1,000,000 accounts milestone on its ledger, according to the latest data from Stellar Expert the block explorer and analytics platform for Stellar Network. New #Stellar...

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FxWirePro: BTC/USD tests 50-DMA resistance, bias bullish, good to go long on break above

Aug 28, 2018 07:25 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals

(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD is trading just shy of 100-DMA at 6918 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). The pair surged by over 4 percent to 6944 levels on Monday and is trading in a narrow...

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Economy

Global geopolitical Series: U.S. trade commission imposes additional duties on Aluminum alloy from China

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to impose additional duties in the form of Countervailing and anti-dumping duties on imports of Aluminum Alloy Sheet from China to counter Chinas alleged...

U.S. Treasuries mixed amid revival in investors’ risk sentiments as U.S.-China trade talks progress; eyes on November CPI

The U.S. Treasuries traded mixed during late afternoon session Wednesday amid a ray of hope that trade tensions with China will start to decelerate over the coming months, owing to renewed talks between the leaders of the...

UK gilts shrug-off worries over PM May’s leadership challenge amid renewed U.S.-China trade truce

The United Kingdoms gilts fell during Wednesdays afternoon session, shrugging-off worries over the countrys Prime Minister Theresa Mays leadership challenge that is scheduled for later today amid renewed optimism over the...

German bunds suffer following recovery in risk sentiment after U.S.-China trade tensions seem to ease

The German bunds suffered during European session Wednesday following a recovery in investors risk sentiments after a U.S.-China trade truce added hopes to financial markets. Also, a rebound in Eurozones industrial...

Global Geopolitical Series: Sino-American ties under strain as U.S. Senate passes Tibet Act

Despite the ongoing trade optimism, where President Donald Trump said that he could intervene in the case of Huawei s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) against the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), who was arrested by the...

Politics

Liberals adopt new rule to stop the revolving prime ministership

Scott Morrison has announced a major change in Liberal party rules to ensure a prime minister who wins an election serves the full term, unless two thirds of the party decides otherwise. Morrison said the Liberal party...

New hope in Nigeria, but Zimbabwe struggles with the same old problems

There has been a sense of transition in both Nigeria and Zimbabwe recently. In Nigeria, Obiageli Oby Ezekwesili launched her presidential election campaign. She is not expected to win in the 2019 election. At best, she...

The 60th anniversary of France's Fifth Republic: Out of breath?

The current French Republic was born in 1958 out of what were then referred to as the events in Algeria. On June 4 of that year, Charles de Gaulle used the opportunity of an attempted coup in Algiers to return to power,...

US presidential elections: why a Democrat is now favourite to win in 2020

The results of the US midterm elections are now largely in and they came as a shock to many seasoned forecasters. This wasnt the kind of shock that occurred in 2016, when the EU referendum tipped to Brexit and the US...

Politicians need to be braver about the biggest issues – like our consumption of meat

Scientists, environmentalists and animal rights activists have said it for many years. Now conclusive analysis has confirmed their argument. The global meat industry not only damages our health and is ethically dubious ...

Science

Scientist at work: To take atomic-scale pictures of tiny crystals, use a huge, kilometer-long synchrotron

Its 4 a.m., and Ive been up for about 20 hours straight. A loud alarm is blaring, accompanied by red strobe lights flashing. A stern voice announces, Searching station B. Exit immediately. It feels like an emergency, but...

There's no simple answer to what counts as 'science' in teaching reading

What is the best way to teach children to read? This apparently simple question has, in fact, has been the subject of robust and often polarised debate. Recently the New York Times ran an opinion piece titled Why are we...

New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far

Four new detections of gravitational waves have been announced at the Gravitational Waves Physics and Astronomy Workshop, at the University of Maryland in the United States. This brings the total number of detections to...

Worms in space: why we are launching them

Space launches are some of the most spectacular and nerve wracking events you can witness. And when you are actually involved in one, you realise just how much can go wrong. We are currently in Florida, nervously counting...

Women have been written out of science history – time to put them back

Can you name a female scientist from history? Chances are you are shouting out Marie Curie. The twice Nobel Prize-winning Curie and mathematician Ada Lovelace are two of the few women within Western science to receive...

Technology

Torrent Latest News & Update: The Reason Why Popular Tracker Server is Shutting Down for Good

While torrent sites like ThePiratebay are still up running today, governments across the world are busy putting up more and more restrictions that are slowly suffocating the piracy network. Its latest victim is the...

Jailbreak Latest News & Update: The Bug that Could Provide Pathways for Researchers to Jailbreak iOS 12.1

A jailbreak process that would see the unlocking of the latest iOS 12.1 has yet to make its way to public knowledge. In the past few months, a lot of researchers and developers have been trying to bypass the security...

'Fortnite' Latest News & Update: Epic to Make Dogfights More Dangerous; To Add Exploding Plane Damage

Adding flyable planes in Fortnite has made the game a thousand times more fun for a lot of players, but there appears to be an issue with the balance. While players can cause damage by using the planes weapons, opponents...

‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ Release Date, Features: The Best Worlds & Characters Included in Game Launching Next Month

Kingdom Hearts 3 will be released next month with a very vast array of Disney worlds and characters included in the first full version of the game. There are, at least, 17 worlds confirmed a much higher number of...

‘GTA 6’ Release Date, Features: Is Game Map Going Back to London or Vice City?

Rockstar Games is still mum about any details related to GTA 6. However, rumors suggest that the sequel games map is most likely taking players back to either Vice City or London. The gameplay maps are some of the most...

Digital Currency

Commerzbank runs through shortcomings of bitcoin as means of payment

LevelTradingField unveils CADE (Crypto Assets Derivatives Exchange) with ERC20-driven instruments

Institutions Boost-up Swiss Crypto-Volumes Capitalizing on Prevailing Downtrend

Law

'Compliant environment': turning ordinary people into border guards should concern everyone in the UK

Using religion and culture to fight terrorism: lessons from the Philippine military

No-fault divorce or no reason at all – how divorce law is changing

Life

When it comes to race and justice, 'colour-blindness' is not good enough

Parks help cities – but only if people use them

Virtual tours give rural students a glimpse of college life

Nature

The more male gorillas look after young, the more young they're likely to have

COP24: time is running out on climate change, but geoengineering has dangers of its own

Curious Kids: what would happen if the Earth's core went cold?

Sports

Trevor Ariza 2018: Is Former Houston Rockets Guard Coming to the Lakers? Is He a Good Fit?

Michael Schumacher Health Update: FIA President Jean Todt Revealed New Information About German Icon’s Recovery

NBA Trade Rumors 2018: Trevor Ariza Moves Back to the Lakers, Leaving Suns Next Week?

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: Nikkei recovers more than 4% from low on trade deal optimism, good to buy on dips

FxWirePro: USD/TWD moves in rigid boundaries, further sideways movement likely

FxWirePro: Singapore dollar rises in early Asia, good to sell on rallies

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SWEDEN NOV 2018 REG UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYS FLAT AT 6.9 % VS PREV 6.9 %

AUSTRALIA'S S&P/ASX 200 INDEX UNOFFICALLY CLOSES UP 0.21 PCT AT 5,665.10 POINTS

MALAYSIA SELLS ISLAMIC GOVT BOND MATURING IN 2022 AT AVG 3.775 PCT YIELD

ASIA SHARES INDEX EX-JAPAN UP MORE THAN 1 PERCENT

JAPAN 5-YEAR JGB AUCTION BID-TO-COVER RATIO 3.84

JAPAN 5-YEAR JGB AUCTION LOWEST PRICE 101.0000, AVERAGE PRICE 101.0200, BIDS ACCEPTED AT LOWEST PRICE 13.0155 PCT

INDIAN RUPEE OPENS AT 71.70 PER DOLLAR VERSUS PVS CLOSE OF 72.01 AFTER CPI DATA

INDIA'S BENCHMARK 10-YEAR BOND YIELD AT 7.38 PCT IN EARLY TRADE VS PVS CLOSE OF 7.41 PCT AFTER CPI DATA - TRADERS

INDIAN RUPEE OPENS AT 71.70 PER DOLLAR VERSUS PVS CLOSE OF 72.01 AFTER CPI DATA

INDIA CENBANK SAYS BANKS' CASH BALANCES 4.97 TRLN RUPEES ON DEC 12

INDIA GOVT SURPLUS CASH BALANCE WITH RBI FOR AUCTION WAS NIL AS ON DEC 12 – CENBANK

INDIA CENBANK SAYS DEC 12 REFINANCE 20.86 BLN RUPEES

INDIAN BANKS BORROWED 20.00 MLN RUPEES VIA MARGINAL STANDING FACILITY ON DEC 12 – RBI

RBI SAYS ACCEPTS ALL 51 BIDS FOR 92.86 BLN RUPEES AT WEDNESDAY'S 1-DAY REVERSE REPO AUCTION

BOJ offers to lend Y 14.9027 trln of JGBs on spot basis through 12/14 as a secondary source of JGBs (Offer in the morning)

SINGAPORE Q3 2018 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FINAL SA STAYS FLAT AT 2.1 % VS PREV 2.1 %

CHINA'S YUAN OPENS TRADE AT 6.8780 PER DOLLAR VS LAST CLOSE AT 6.8793

CHINA CSI300 STOCK INDEX FUTURES OPENS + 0.14 PERCENT, TO 3,179.0 POINTS, + 8.4 POINTS FROM THE CURRENT VALUE OF THE UNDERLYING INDEX

SHANGHAI COMPOSITE INDEX TO OPEN UP 0.2 PCT AT 2,607.14 POINTS

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Japanese regulator to ease taxation norms to rejuvenate crypto-avenues

LevelTradingField unveils CADE (Crypto Assets Derivatives Exchange) with ERC20-driven instruments

FxWirePro: AUD/USD sensitivity analysis of OTC hedging sentiments and significance of diagonal options spreads ahead of RBA minutes and FOMC

Global Geopolitical Series: Sino-American ties under strain as U.S. Senate passes Tibet Act

FxWirePro: GBP/CHF bounces off major trendline support, Sterling jumps as May set to win confidence vote

FxWirePro: AUD/USD holds cloud support, intraday bias neutral

Institutions Boost-up Swiss Crypto-Volumes Capitalizing on Prevailing Downtrend

Shedding Light on Regulatory Frameworks of Crypto-Space Across the Globe

Global geopolitical Series: U.S. trade commission imposes additional duties on Aluminum alloy from China

Economics Monitor

December 13 05:00 UTC Released

SEReg Unemployment Rate

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6.9 0

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6.9 0

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SGFinal Unemployment Rate

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2.1 %

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2.1 %

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-1541 %

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