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Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/USD breaches 23.6% fib, jump till 2600 likely

Jun 01, 2017 09:09 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD is trading higher on Thursday after it broke above 23.6% retracement of 891.33 and 2760 rally. It has hit 2432 levels so far in the day and is hovering around this level at the time of writing...

Digital Currency Revolution

FxWirePro: BTC/EUR faces strong resistance at 2231, break above targets 2670

Jun 01, 2017 08:49 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/EUR recovered sharply after forming a minor bottom around 2008 yesterday (CEXIO). Intraday weakness can be seen only below 2000 level. It is currently trading around 2205 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis...

Digital Currency Revolution

Chinese mining pool ViaBTC launches cryptocurrency trading platform

Jun 01, 2017 07:46 am UTC| Digital Currency

Chinese company and mining pool, ViaBTC announced a new cryptocurrency trading platform ViaBTC.CN that offers multiple trading pairs including CNY-BTC, CNY-ETH and ETH-BTC, for CNY or BTC/ETH holders. The new platform...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Multisectoral blockchain consortium ‘Red Lyra’ launches in Spain

Jun 01, 2017 07:32 am UTC| Digital Currency

On the heels of a newly formed blockchain consortium by Cecabank and Grant Thornton, a number of Spanish banks, law firms, and other companies have joined forces to launch another consortium Red Lyra, CoinDesk...

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Hyperledger blockchain project welcomes NEC as premier member

Jun 01, 2017 06:27 am UTC| Digital Currency

Hyperledger, a collaborative cross-industry effort to advance blockchain technology, has announced that NEC Corporation has joined the project as a Premier member. The Linux Foundation hosts Hyperledger as a...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Russian Sberbank to host hackathon focused on blockchain

Jun 01, 2017 05:52 am UTC| Digital Currency

Sberbank of Russia, state-owned Russian banking and financial services company, announced that it will hold a hackathon during StartUp Village on June 6-7 in Moscow that is focused on blockchain. The hackathon...

Blockchain Revolution Series

MAS pushes Project Ubin ahead for blockchain trials

Jun 01, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has revealed the details of its project which aims to place a tokenized form of the Singaporean Dollar (SGD) on a distributed ledger. A joint report from the MAS and consulting...

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Economy

U.S. Futures Slip as Iran Rejects Ceasefire and Trump Deadline Looms

U.S. stock index futures edged lower Monday evening as investors remained on edge over escalating tensions in the Middle East, with President Donald Trumps deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz fast approaching...

Gold Prices Drop for Third Consecutive Session Amid Iran Tensions and Inflation Fears

Gold prices continued their downward trend in Asian trading on Tuesday, marking a third straight session of losses as markets grappled with mounting inflation concerns and escalating geopolitical tensions tied to U.S....

Global Markets Waver as U.S.-Iran War Deadline Looms and Oil Prices Surge

Global financial markets remained cautious on Tuesday as investors braced for a critical deadline in the ongoing U.S.-Israel war against Iran, which has sent oil prices soaring and renewed fears of stagflation across the...

US Dollar Dips as Iran Rejects Ceasefire Amid Rising Middle East Tensions

The US dollar edged lower on Monday as geopolitical uncertainty intensified after Iran rejected a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire proposal, pushing the US Dollar Index down marginally to 99.98. The euro remained flat due to...

India's Central Bank Holds Rates Amid Iran War Energy Shock

Indias Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to maintain its benchmark repo rate at 5.25% this Wednesday, as policymakers carefully monitor the economic ripple effects of the ongoing Iran war. The conflict has...

Politics

China's Push to Steal Taiwan's Chip Technology and Talent Raises Security Alarms

Taiwans National Security Bureau has raised serious concerns about Beijings escalating efforts to infiltrate the islands world-class semiconductor industry. According to a report submitted to Taiwanese lawmakers, China is...

UN Security Council Votes on Watered-Down Strait of Hormuz Resolution Amid China Opposition

The United Nations Security Council is set to vote Tuesday on a resolution aimed at protecting commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, though the proposal has been significantly weakened following resistance from...

Trump Administration Terminates Title IX Agreements Protecting Transgender Students

The Trump administration has officially ended six resolution agreements that previously protected transgender students under Title IX, marking another significant step in the administrations ongoing effort to roll back...

Iran-US War Tensions Escalate as Trump Sets Deadline for Strait of Hormuz Deal

Diplomatic tensions between Iran and the United States have reached a critical breaking point as President Donald Trump issued a firm Tuesday night deadline demanding Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz a strategic waterway...

Hegseth Warns of Heaviest Strikes Yet as Trump Issues Iran Ultimatum Over Nuclear Deal

President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Iran on Monday, warning that the United States could launch devastating attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure including power plants and bridges unless Tehran agrees to...

Science

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

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...

Technology

Apple's Foldable iPhone Faces Engineering Setbacks, Mass Production Timeline at Risk

Apples highly anticipated foldable iPhone is running into significant engineering hurdles during its test phase, raising concerns about potential delays in both mass production and product shipments, according to a report...

Britain Courts Anthropic Amid US Defense Department Dispute

The United Kingdom is actively working to attract Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude AI app, to expand its footprint in the country. This diplomatic push comes as Anthropic finds itself in the middle of a...

OpenAI Executive Shake-Up Ahead of Anticipated 2026 IPO

OpenAI is navigating a significant leadership restructuring at one of the most pivotal moments in its history. The AI powerhouse confirmed that Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap is transitioning into a newly created...

Elon Musk Ties SpaceX IPO Access to Mandatory Grok AI Subscriptions

Elon Musk is reportedly making Grok subscriptions a prerequisite for banks and advisers involved in SpaceXs highly anticipated initial public offering. According to the New York Times, citing insiders familiar with the...

MATCH Act Targets ASML and Chinese Chipmakers in New U.S. Export Crackdown

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has unveiled the MATCH Act, a landmark piece of draft legislation designed to tighten export restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment destined for China. The...