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Government of Kaliningrad to trial blockchain technology in social payments

Feb 20, 2018 09:37 am UTC| Digital Currency

The Government of Kaliningrad region is collaborating with Vnesheconombank (VEB) on a blockchain pilot project in the field of social payments. The government and VEB have inked an agreement on cooperation in a number...

Digital Currency Revolution

Cryptocurrencies need some regulation to influence financial markets: S&P

Feb 20, 2018 08:50 am UTC| Digital Currency

The explosive growth of cryptocurrencies in the past couple of months has grabbed the attention regulators all across the globe. While some financial regulators see these emerging asset class as a potential threat to...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/USD trades just shy of trend line resistance at 11766, bias bullish, stay long

Feb 20, 2018 06:56 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD is trading higher on Tuesday as it broke above 50-DMA. It is currently trading at 11432 levels at the time of writing (Bitstamp). On the topside, the pair will run into resistance at 11766 (trend line joining...

FxWirePro: LTC/USD breaks out of daily cloud, good to go long on dips

Feb 20, 2018 06:46 am UTC| Technicals Digital Currency

LTC/USD has shown a breakout at daily Ichimoku cloud, bias higher. Technical indicators support further upside in the pair. Momentum studies are bullish and MADC has edges into positive territory. ADX is...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Citi and Credit Agricole buy stakes in blockchain startup SETL

Feb 20, 2018 06:15 am UTC| Digital Currency

London-based blockchain startup SETL has announced that Citi and Credit Agricole have joined Computershare, S2iEM, and Deloitte as shareholders in the company. In addition to Citi and Credit Agricole taking stakes in...

Digital Currency Revolution

Deutsche Bourse to hold crypto asset competition in March

Feb 20, 2018 05:46 am UTC| Digital Currency

Deutsche Bourse is going to hold a competition focused on crypto assets in March as it makes efforts to become a part of the crypto revolution. The Crypto asset dojo 2018 will be held on 16 and 17 March. The...

FxWirePro: BTC/EUR upside gains traction, on track to test cloud base at 10000, stay long

Feb 20, 2018 04:59 am UTC| Technicals Digital Currency

BTC/EUR upside is gaining traction, we now see scope for test of cloud base at 10000 levels. The pair has broken above major EMAs and momentum studies are bullish. Technical studies on daily charts are turning...

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Economy

Space arms race may be underway

As conflict rages on Earth, an arms race may be underway in outer space. On May 30, a US diplomat warned that Russia had launched a weapon into orbit, something Russias deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, branded as...

Mauritius’ next growth phase: a new plan is needed as the tax haven era fades

Mauritians will head to the polls by November 2024 and politicians are considering the economic direction of the island country. For the last two decades, the countrys economic growth has depended heavily on its...

Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality

If you feel like youre being pushed around in life, youre not alone. Our recent research has found that Canadians are increasingly feeling a sense of powerlessness in their lives. This sentiment has been steadily...

Myth: How the US manipulates global markets for economic supremacy

US president, Joe Biden, raised tariffs on Chinese-made goods sharply in May, claiming that the Chinese government has cheated by pouring money into Chinese companies … hurting competitors who play by the rules. The...

The world no longer needs fossil fuels – and the UK could lead the way in making them taboo

North Sea oil and gas has become a battleground issue in the UK general election. The Labour partys manifesto promises an end to issuing new licenses for finding oil and gas. The Conservative party meanwhile proposes a...

Politics

Microsoft-G42 Deal Forces Huawei Exit, White House Hails Move

The White House praised Microsofts $1.5 billion investment in G42, emphasizing the positive impact of ending relations with Huawei on AI security. White House Sees Positive Shift in UAE Tech Alliances According to...

Three ways politicians always promise to raise money without increasing taxes – and why they rarely deliver

After weeks of controversy over Labour and Conservative costings in which each side accused the other of dishonesty the manifestos show that both parties had wildly exaggerated their rivals plans. But there has been...

Election 2024: migrants aren’t to blame for Britain’s housing crisis

Migration has become the most toxic issue in British politics, driving intensely emotional debates that are often based on prejudice and misunderstanding. Similarly emotional is housing a finite resource in high demand at...

How Vladimir Putin projects his image as a modern-day Peter the Great

Russian energy giant Gazprom is reported to have been hit particularly hard by sanctions imposed as a result of the war with Ukraine. An internal report obtained and published by the Financial Times has forecast that the...

Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned

Nigel Farage, a man who has never been elected to the House of Commons despite years of trying, has again been allowed to set the agenda in the UK. Ten years after Ukip won the European parliament elections, throwing...

Science

Nations realise they need to take risks or lose the race to the Moon

The Nasa-led Artemis-3 mission will place the first human boots on the surface of the Moon since Apollo 17s Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left the lunar surface in December 1972. The goal of the Artemis programme is...

Eye exercises to improve sight – is there any science behind them? An ophthalmologist explains why you shouldn’t buy the hype

You may have seen advertisements claiming to eliminate the need for eyeglasses through vision therapy or vision training basically, eye exercises. These exercises include putting pressure on or palming the eye; eye...

The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

After its birth in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the...

Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings

Waves are ubiquitous in nature and technology. Whether its the rise and fall of ocean tides or the swinging of a clocks pendulum, the predictable rhythms of waves create a signal that is easy to track and distinguish from...

If an asteroid hit Earth and all the humans died, would the dinosaurs come back?

Many, many years ago dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Six-year-old Aga knows that a meteorite wiped them out… but could another meteorite bring them back? You can read a print version of this story...

Technology

Blast Network's June 26 Airdrop: Early Users to Get 17% Token Allocation

Blast network, an Ethereum layer-2 solution, will commence its airdrop on June 26, distributing 17% of the token supply to early users. Early Users Set to Benefit from Blasts Airdrop The Ethereum layer-2 Blast...

Shiba Inu Whale Moves Trillions of SHIB to Binance Amid Market Volatility

While the rest of the cryptocurrency market experienced tremendous volatility over the past few days, Shiba Inu experienced the same. The meme currency is currently selling at about $0.00001734, a decrease of 3.6% over...

Shiba Inu Team Hints at Major Developments: 'Future Is Bright,' Lucie Says

On behalf of the Shiba Inu team, the official marketing head, Lucie, has sent out a tweet in which she provides a hint about the development currently taking place behind the scenes. Although she did not disclose any...

VanEck Submits Form 8-A for Spot Ethereum ETF, Anticipates SEC Approval Soon

VanEck, a leading crypto asset management firm, has filed Form 8-A for its spot Ethereum ETF, moving closer to potential SEC approval and market debut. VanEcks Form 8-A Filing Advances Spot Ethereum ETF, Awaiting SECs...

German Government Sells 900 Bitcoin, Could Trigger Price Drop Below $60,000

The German governments sale of 900 Bitcoin, worth over $54 million, could drive Bitcoin prices below the critical $60,000 mark, as substantial selling pressure looms. German Government Sells $54 Million in Bitcoin,...