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Digital Currency Revolution

NFT: Titanic artifacts to be minted as NFTs via partnership with Artifact Labs, Venture Smart Financial

Feb 24, 2023 07:25 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Relics of the Titanic British passenger liner are set to be minted as non-fungible tokens or NFTs. This is possible through a three-way partnership deal between RMS Titanic (RMST), Artifact Labs, and Hong Kong-based...

Digital Currency Revolution

Metaverse: LG Uplus to launch Kidstopia metaverse platform for children

Feb 24, 2023 07:24 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

LG Uplus Corp. is set to roll out a metaverse platform made especially for young children. It has been aptly called Kidstopia and will feature quizzes, provide knowledge about animals, teach English, and more. LG Uplus...

Digital Currency Revolution

NFT: Blur beats OpenSea to become the new leading NFT marketplace

Feb 21, 2023 09:45 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Blur has been described as the fastest NFT marketplace since its growth has been overwhelming. In fact, it was able to surpass OpenSea and has now become the top marketplace for non-fungible tokens. Blur beat OpenSea as...

Digital Currency Revolution

EU to fast-track crypto capital rules for banks

Feb 20, 2023 23:38 pm UTC| Economy Business Digital Currency Investing

The European Union wants to fast-track tough capital rules for banks holding crypto-assets in its pending banking law to avoid missing a globally-agreed January 2025 deadline, according to the blocs executive. The Basel...

Digital Currency Revolution

Cryptocurrency: Do Kwon moved $100M worth of BTC to a Swiss bank account as SEC charged him with fraud

Feb 20, 2023 10:24 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Do Kwon or Kwon Do Hyung founded Terraform Labs, which created the stablecoin TerraUSD and Luna crypto token. However, the value of these cryptocurrencies dramatically crashed in a short time last year. The event...

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Cryptocurrency: Celtics legend Paul Pierce paying $1.4M to settle SEC fine over misleading crypto promotion

Feb 20, 2023 07:40 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Paul Pierce, a former National Basketball Association player who played for Bolton Celtics, has been fined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He will pay $1.4 million to settle his alleged misleading promotion...

Digital Currency Revolution

NFT: GQ Magazine unveils first NFT collection with tangible rewards

Feb 17, 2023 10:58 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

GQ Magazine, a leading international monthly mens magazine, has jumped into the NFT bandwagon this month. It has officially joined the growing list of publications and media outlets that are releasing their own...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

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...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

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...

Technology

Skechers Sales Surge as Growth Lags for Nike and Adidas; Nike Eyes 2024 Olympics

Skechers reported a significant sales boost last quarter, while Nike and Adidas struggled with growth. Nike aims to leverage the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris to regain momentum and improve market performance. Skechers...

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...

$73M Crypto Scam: Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for 'Pig Butchering'

The Justice Department prosecuted two Chinese nationals on Friday in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from deceived victims. Defendants Allegedly Used Shell Corporations to Launder Funds Through...

Tether's $1B USDT Mint Boosts Bitcoin, Eyes on $70K Milestone

Bitcoin has switched its former resistance into support, as Tethers market capitalization continues to rise swiftly in 2024. Tether, the worlds largest stablecoin, has issued another $1 billion, raising its market...