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ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) have become a popular way to fund cryptocurrency projects. An ICO is an event in which a new cryptocurrency project sells part of itsthe cryptocurrency tokens to early adopters and enthusiasts in exchange for money today. ICOs provide a way for cryptocurrency project creators to raise money for their operations. Most ICOs raise money in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.

Initial Coin Offering Series

Blockchain Revolution Series

Metaps to monetize influencer time using blockchain; to launch ‘timebank’ token sale on COMSA

Oct 18, 2017 06:22 am UTC| Digital Currency

Tech Bureau, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, and Metaps Inc., a leading fintech company and mobile marketing platform developer, have announced a Timebank token sale on COMSA, a complete Initial Coin...

Initial Coin Offering Series

Digital Currency Revolution

Cryptocurrency wallet Jaxx becomes official wallet sponsor of STORM token

Oct 17, 2017 05:43 am UTC| Digital Currency

Leading multi-asset digital wallet Jaxx has become the official wallet partner of STORM token, an ERC-20 based token. StormX, a blockchain token-powered adtech and micro-task innovators, utilizes smart contracts on the...

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Digital Currency Revolution

CoinAgenda announces fourth annual global bitcoin and blockchain investor conference

Oct 13, 2017 04:24 am UTC| Digital Currency

CoinAgenda, a premier conference for connecting blockchain and cryptocurrency investors, is going to hold its fourth annual CoinAgenda Global, taking place at SLS Las Vegas, a luxury resort co-located with the W Las Vegas...

Initial Coin Offering Series

Blockchain Revolution Series

Blockchain-based student employment marketplace bitJob raises initial $2M

Oct 12, 2017 02:47 am UTC| Digital Currency

bitJob, a decentralized marketplace for student employment powered by the Ethereum blockchain, has announced that it has raised an initial $2 million. According to the official release, over 1,200 investors have...

Initial Coin Offering Series

Blockchain Revolution Series

German airline Lufthansa Group partners with Swiss blockchain travel startup Winding Tree

Oct 11, 2017 09:00 am UTC| Digital Currency

Leading German airline Lufthansa is the latest to jump on the blockchain bandwagon. Lufthansa has entered into a content partnership with Swiss startup Winding Tree to bring blockchain technology to the travel industry....

Initial Coin Offering Series

Digital Currency Revolution

Abu Dhabi’s FSRA issues regulatory guidance on ICOs; to treat virtual currencies as commodities

Oct 11, 2017 04:47 am UTC| Digital Currency

Abu Dhabi Global Markets Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) has issued its guidance on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and virtual currencies under the Financial Services and Markets Regulations (FSMR). ...

Initial Coin Offering Series

Blockchain startup StormX lowers Community Appreciation Sale cap due to high demand

Oct 10, 2017 10:35 am UTC| Digital Currency

StormX, a blockchain, adtech, and micro-task company, has lowered Community Appreciation Sale Period cap for its STORM token from 350 ETH to 100 ETH. The announcement follows a community survey in which 9,641 unique...

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Economy

The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isnt very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product a metric...

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Politics

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...

South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently painted a rosy picture in which the countrys youth democracys children had enormous opportunities for advancement, all thanks to successive post-apartheid governments led...

Sadiq Khan on track for third term as London mayor – but nearly half of Londoners dissatisfied with performance

Polls have consistently shown that the incumbent mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appears to be on track to win a third term in office at the upcoming mayoral elections on May 2. One poll we commissioned as part of our...

Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Most American workers are hired at will: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

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...

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,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Technology

Bitfinex CTO Deems Database Breach Claims 'Fake' Amidst Hacker Allegations

Bitfinexs Chief Technology Officer Paolo Ardoino has cast doubts on claims of a database breach by hacker organization FSOCIETY, branding the allegations as fake. Ardoino refuted the purported leak of 22,500 user emails...

Bitcoin's Next Bull Run Hinges on Key Trading Pattern Confirmation: Analysts

Cryptocurrency traders are eyeing a potential bullish reversal for Bitcoin, with analysts suggesting that validating an inverse head and shoulders pattern could propel the next leg up for the leading cryptocurrency....

Walmart Spotted with Tesla Semi in California as True Launch Date Revealed

Walmarts adoption of a Tesla Semi hit the California highways, signaling the electric trucks expanding reach. The sighting follows Teslas revelation of a late 2025 and early 2026 launch window for the highly anticipated...

Tesla Cybertruck 'Odyssey' Roars into Europe, Berlin Display Kicks Off Tour

Teslas futuristic Cybertruck made a striking debut at Berlins Mall of Berlin, marking the launch of its European tour. The event, part of the Cyber Odyssey, precedes the electric pickups journey through 24 cities as Tesla...

Altcoin Market Rally Predicted, Analysts Forecast $4 Trillion Market Cap Surge

Analysts are predicting a substantial rally in the altcoin market, with projections indicating a surge that could drive the market cap to an impressive $4 trillion. This optimistic outlook is supported by positive economic...