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Digital Currency Revolution

Coinbase enables users from Canada, Singapore to buy bitcoin and ether

Jul 29, 2016 12:05 pm UTC| Digital Currency

Coinbase, a San Francisco-based leading bitcoin exchange and wallet service, has announced that users in Canada and Singapore can now instantly buy bitcoin and Ether using their debit and credit cards. The move has come...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: LTC/USD struggles to break above $4, good to sell on rallies

Jul 29, 2016 11:15 am UTC| Digital Currency

LTC/USD is seen plunging much below on Friday. The pair has slightly retreated after making a high of $3.98 levels (BTCE). It is currently trading around $3.902 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart...

Digital Currency Revolution

Coinigy raises $400K in funding to expand its platform

Jul 29, 2016 10:56 am UTC| Digital Currency

Coinigy, a U.S. based company, has announced that it has raised $400K in a funding from a single investor which will be put towards hiring additional developers to update its bitcoin trading platform to create a multiple...

Blockchain Revolution Series

The Chamber of Digital Commerce launches Smart Contracts Alliance

Jul 29, 2016 10:02 am UTC| Digital Currency

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the first Washington, DC-based trade association representing the blockchain and digital asset industry, has launched the Smart Contracts Alliance (SCA) which is an industry initiative of...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: ETH/USD faces strong support at 55-day EMA, good to sell on rallies

Jul 29, 2016 09:33 am UTC| Digital Currency

ETH/USD is seen facing a strong support on Friday. The pair has once again retreated from the higher levels. It has made a high of $13.09 (KRAKEN) and declined from that level. It is currently trading around $12.73 at the...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/USD faces strong support at $645, good to sell on rallies

Jul 29, 2016 06:59 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD is seen trading in red on Friday. The pair is trading in anarrow range between $665 and $645 levels (BITSTAMP) for the past four trading session. It is currently trading at $653 at the time of writing. Ichimoku...

Blockchain Revolution Series

EY report explores future potential of blockchain technology

Jul 29, 2016 05:53 am UTC| Digital Currency

Ernst Young, an auditing and consulting firm, has published a report on blockchain technology that explores the upcoming potential of the distributed ledger technology. The report titled Blockchain reaction: Tech plans...

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Economy

Russia Condemns U.S. Sanctions as Cuba Faces Critical Fuel Crisis

Russia has warned that Cubas fuel situation has reached a critical point, blaming intensified U.S. sanctions for deepening the islands economic crisis and pledging continued solidarity with Havana and Caracas. Moscow also...

U.S. Stock Futures Steady as Investors Await Key Jobs and Inflation Data

U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday evening as investors grew cautious ahead of key economic data releases later this week, following a mostly positive close on Wall Street. Futures tied to the SP 500 slipped...

Gold Prices Slip in Asian Trade as Markets Await Key U.S. Economic Data

Gold prices declined in early Asian trading on Tuesday, pulling back from strong gains seen in the previous session, as investors remained cautious ahead of a series of important U.S. economic indicators due later this...

Oil Prices Dip as Hormuz Tensions, Iran Talks, and Russia Sanctions Shape Market Outlook

Global oil prices edged lower on Tuesday as investors weighed geopolitical risks in the Middle East against ongoing diplomatic efforts and fresh developments in global energy trade. Brent crude futures slipped 25 cents, or...

Asian Stocks Rise as Japan Rally, AI Optimism and Fed Outlook Shape Markets

Asian stocks extended gains for a second straight session in early Tuesday trading, led by a powerful rally in Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichis decisive election victory over the weekend. The result boosted...

Politics

Hong Kong Leader Defends 20-Year Sentence for Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday that media tycoon and prominent democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai deserved the 20-year prison sentence imposed by a court earlier this week, arguing that the punishment...

Trump Administration Plans Chip Tariff Exemptions for Big Tech Amid AI Data Center Push

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to exempt major technology companies such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft from upcoming tariffs on semiconductor chips, a move aimed at supporting...

U.S. Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration to End TPS for Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua Migrants

A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday temporarily lifted a federal judges order that had blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nearly 89,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal...

Trump Threatens to Block Gordie Howe Bridge, Escalating U.S.-Canada Trade Tensions

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to prevent the opening of the $4.6 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge linking Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, escalating an already tense trade dispute between the...

Australian Leaders Call for Calm After Sydney Protests Turn Violent

Australian political leaders have urged calm and called for peaceful demonstrations after protests opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzogs visit to Australia escalated into violent clashes with police in central Sydney....

Science

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Technology

Salesforce Workforce Reduction Affects Fewer Than 1,000 Roles Amid Ongoing Restructuring

Salesforce has reportedly reduced its workforce by fewer than 1,000 employees earlier this month, according to a Business Insider report published on Monday. The report cited a person familiar with the matter, though...

Alphabet Plans Rare 100-Year Sterling Bond to Fund AI Expansion

Alphabet is preparing to issue a rare 100-year sterling bond as part of a broader multi-currency debt offering, marking a notable move to expand its long-term borrowing strategy to support growing investments in artificial...

Amazon Explores AI Content Marketplace With Media Publishers

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly in discussions with media publishers about launching a new artificial intelligence content marketplace designed to connect news organizations and digital content creators with companies...

Taiwan Says Moving 40% of Semiconductor Production to the U.S. Is Impossible

Taiwan has firmly rejected calls from the United States to relocate a large portion of its semiconductor manufacturing capacity, with senior officials stressing that the islands chip industry cannot be uprooted. Taiwan...

Samsung Electronics Shares Jump on HBM4 Mass Production Report

Samsung Electronics shares surged on Monday following reports that the South Korean tech giant is set to begin mass production of its next-generation HBM4 memory chips, a key component in artificial intelligence hardware....