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Cyril Houri quits Brawker

Apr 06, 2015 03:21 am UTC| Digital Currency

In a major management shuffle, CEO Cyril Houri has quit the bitcoin buying service Brawker. The platform that enables users to buy almost everything online at a discount will now be operated by two-person development...

BTC/EUR Short Term Outlook

Apr 02, 2015 12:38 pm UTC| Digital Currency

BTC/EUR has slightly recovered after making a low of 224 and intraday trend is weak as long as resistance 240 holds. On the upside major resistance is around 240 and any break above would extend gains till 246/257. in...

BTC/USD Short term outlook

Apr 02, 2015 06:22 am UTC| Digital Currency

Intraday trend-Bullish BTC/USD is trading near 200 day 4HEMA ($246) and any trend reversal can happen only above that level. On upside major resistance is around $246 (200 day HEMA) and any break above could pave way...

Czech police seize $345,000 property in connection with bitcoin hack

Apr 02, 2015 03:49 am UTC| Digital Currency

Czech police have seized a luxury property, reportedly worth around $345,000, bought with bitcoin by Tomáš Jiřikovský and his partner Eva Bartošová, who were earlier linked to the hack of...

Bitcoin businesses back petition for easing of BitLicense proposal

Apr 02, 2015 03:28 am UTC| Digital Currency

Over 70 cryptocurrency industry businesses, executives and advocates are backing a petition that puts a case forward for the easing of allegedly arduous features of New Yorks BitLicense proposal.The petition has been...

Coinbase Seeks operational information from US Bitcoin companies

Apr 02, 2015 03:12 am UTC| Digital Currency

Coinbases compliance office is putting efforts to obtain operational information from bitcoin mining companies, which is being framed as an infringement on their trade secrets.MegaBigPower (MBP) and Bitmain have reported...

Factom raises $140k in first day of crowdsale

Apr 02, 2015 02:59 am UTC| Digital Currency

Factom, the blockchain-based record-keeping network, began its crowdsale yesterday and has raised 579 BTC, or roughly $140,000, through the first day. The crowdsale was carried out on decentralized application platform...

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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

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...

Trump's 'Huge Fan' Status of Tesla Cybertruck Fuels Growing Alliance with Elon Musk

Elon Musk, during Teslas shareholder meeting, disclosed his growing alliance with Donald Trump, emphasizing Trumps admiration for the Cybertruck. CEO Elon Musk spoke about his relationship with former President Trump...

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

Japan's Metaplanet Bolsters Bitcoin Holdings with 1B Yen Amid Economic Uncertainty

Metaplanet, a prominent Japanese investment company, has invested 1 billion yen in Bitcoin, reinforcing its strategic focus on cryptocurrency amid Japans economic challenges. Expanding Bitcoin Holdings The Bitcoin...

Bitcoin Falls Below $63K as Whale Transactions Drop 42%, Market Sentiment Shifts

Bitcoins price fell below $63,000 following a significant 42% drop in whale transactions over the past two days, highlighting a shift in market sentiment and increased caution among major investors. Bitcoin Whale...

Pantera Capital Lauds Solana as the 'Mac OS of Blockchains' for Unique Architecture and Adoption

In its latest blockchain letter, Pantera Capital praises Solana, comparing it to the Mac OS of blockchains for its architectural advantages and rising retail adoption, positioning it as a formidable competitor in the...

Shiba Inu Poised for Rebound as SHIB Hits 100-Day Low Amid Market Pressure

Shiba Inu (SHIB) has seen a significant decline, hitting a 100-day low of $0.000017, but analysts suggest a potential price rebound as investors show renewed interest. Shiba Inu Faces Steep Decline, but Analysts Suggest...

Charles Hoskinson Celebrates Cardano's Growth as Sundae V3 Achieves Record Transactions

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, highlighted the protocols resurgence as Sundae V3 processed 9,264 orders in 24 hours, marking a significant milestone for the blockchains flagship DApp. Cardanos Sundae V3...