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3D Hubs to start accepting bitcoin

Mar 12, 2015 03:59 am UTC| Digital Currency

3D Hubs, a large 3D printing solutions service, has announced that it will accept bitcoin as payments method, as supported by its existing association with Adyen.Adyencollaborated with with BitPayin February to facilitate...

DAH appoints former JPMorgan Executive as CEO

Mar 11, 2015 12:09 pm UTC| Digital Currency

Digital Asset Holdings (DAH) has appointed former JPMorgan Executive Blythe Masters as the new chief executive officer. It plans to develop software for financial institutions to trade cryptocurrencies.Masters worked with...

Coinbase joins Internet Association

Mar 11, 2015 11:37 am UTC| Digital Currency

Internet Association (IA), based in Washington DC, is a public policy group that is involved in lobbying regulators on internet freedom and innovation. Coinbase is the first bitcoin company to join IA, which has highly...

BetVIP Switches Payment Processor

Mar 11, 2015 10:37 am UTC| Digital Currency

BetVIP, an online bitcoin sportsbook and casino, has changed its payment processors as Coinbase suddenly altered its terms of use. BetVIP is the first fully licensed sportsbook that facilitates users to place bets with...

BetChain integrates with BetSoft Gaming and Amatic Industries

Mar 11, 2015 10:22 am UTC| Digital Currency

BetChain, one of the leading online bitcoin casinos, has announced its association with BetSoft Gaming and Amatic Industries. It has been competing with all the big bitcoin casinos that offer around 200-300 games on the...

BTC/EUR Short Term outlook

Mar 11, 2015 07:59 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/EUR has retreated till 268 after making a high of 278. Overall trend is bullish as long as short term supports 257 (23.6% retracement of 190 and 278) holds. On the downside any break below 257 will target 248/ term...

BTC/USD Short term outlook

Mar 11, 2015 07:29 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/USD has made a high of $299 and slightly retreated from that level. Overall trend is bullish as long as support $272 (55 day EMA) holds. It is facing short term resistance around $308 and any break above could pave...

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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

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

Shiba Inu (SHIB) Team Insider Unravels Key Burn Mystery: Exclusive Details

In a revealing discussion, Lucie, a member of the Shiba Inu team, sheds light on the enigmatic key burns orchestrated by the projects founder, Ryoshi. Lucies insights, shared in response to community inquiries, clarify the...

World's Largest Electric Container Ship Sets Sail with 50,000 kWh Battery Power

COSCO Shipping, a Chinese state-owned firm, has unveiled what it calls the worlds largest river-to-sea electric container vessel. The Green Water 01 is a 10,000-ton+ electric vessel that sets a new standard for...

Tesla Drivers Get $4k Off 2024 Chevy Blazer EV; Costco Auto Slashes Prices on New EVs

Tesla owners rejoice as Chevrolet rolls out an unprecedented $4,000 discount on the 2024 Blazer EV, open to Tesla drivers and a quirky list of EV owners. The electric vehicle market got more enticing with incentives...

Tesla Granted South Korean Emission Credit Trading Rights by Environmental Ministry

Ministry of Environments green light for Tesla to trade emission credits in South Korea marks a significant milestone, enabling the electric car giant to tap into a potentially lucrative market. With estimated credits...
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