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Digital Currency Revolution

Bitcoin mining is about to become a lot less profitable

Apr 27, 2016 08:27 am UTC| Digital Currency

Imagine being told that your wage was going to be cut in half. Well, thats whats soon going to happen to those who make money from Bitcoin mining, the process of earning the online currency Bitcoin. The current expected...

Digital Currency Revolution

Decentral Launches Accelerate Finance To Boost Canada’s FinTech Sector

Apr 27, 2016 07:21 am UTC| Digital Currency

Decentral, a leading hub for disruptive and decentralized technologies based in Canada, has announced the launch of Accelerate Finance, an organization working to transform Canada into a global force for finance and...

Blockchain Revolution Series

UK Government Exploring Potential Blockchain Use Cases To Transform Its Operations

Apr 27, 2016 06:32 am UTC| Digital Currency

Minister for Cabinet Office Matt Hancock recently gave a speech on the potential of blockchain technology to transform the way the UK government works. Hancock said that government cannot bury its head in the sand and...

Digital Currency Revolution

Europe Moves Forward To Bring Digital Currency Exchanges Under AML Directive

Apr 27, 2016 05:51 am UTC| Digital Currency

Announcing a major breakthrough on Tuesday, European Digital Currency Blockchain Technology Forum(EDCAB), a new Brussels based public policy platform for digital currencies and distributed ledger technologies, said that...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Gem Partners With Philips’ Blockchain Lab For Healthcare Initiative ‘Gem Health’

Apr 27, 2016 05:16 am UTC| Digital Currency

Gem, a Venice-based blockchain platform provider, has launched Gem Health a network for developing applications and shared infrastructure for healthcare. Gem noted that the healthcare industry is currently experiencing...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Global Blockchain Project Fermat Releases Whitepaper And Alpha Version

Apr 27, 2016 04:25 am UTC| Digital Currency

Fermat, a decentralized and blockchain-enabled modular app platform, has published its whitepaper that describes the project that aims to revolutionize peer-to-peer economy and mobile software development. Started in...

Digital Currency Revolution

Rosfinmonitoring: Cryptocurrency Ban Is Applicable, Could Require Revision Overtime

Apr 26, 2016 12:22 pm UTC| Digital Currency

According to latest reports, Rosfinmonitoring, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service of the Russian Federation, has said that while it considers cryptocurrency ban in Russia to be quite applicable measure, it does not...

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Economy

Vietnam’s November Trade Sees Monthly Decline but Strong Year-on-Year Growth

Vietnam recorded a notable month-on-month decline in trade activity in November, according to new data from the National Statistics Office (NSO). Exports fell 7.1% from October, reaching $39.07 billion, while imports...

Austria’s AA Credit Rating Affirmed as Fitch Highlights Stable Outlook

Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed Austrias Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating at AA with a Stable Outlook, underscoring the countrys strong economic fundamentals despite rising fiscal pressures. According to the...

Fed Meeting Sparks Division as Markets Brace for Possible Rate Cut

The upcoming Federal Reserve meeting is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched and contentious in years, with investors focused on how divided policymakers are over a potential interest-rate cut and the signals...

U.S. Stocks Rise as Cooler Inflation Boosts Hopes for Fed Rate Cut

U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday as a softer inflation reading strengthened expectations that the Federal Reserve could move forward with an interest-rate cut next week. The SP 500 climbed 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial...

U.S. Stocks End Week Higher as Markets Anticipate Fed Rate Cut

U.S. stocks closed the week with modest gains on Friday, as investors weighed a wave of delayed economic data and maintained strong expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut at next weeks policy meeting. Despite...

Politics

CFPB to Review Anti-Discrimination Policies and Fair Lending Rules Amid Policy Shift

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is preparing to convene its Consumer Advisory Board next week to review major policy changes, including a controversial proposal to scale back long-standing...

Supreme Court to Review Legality of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Restrictions

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to examine the legality of President Donald Trumps directive aimed at restricting birthright citizenship, a move that could redefine a long-standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment....

Australia Imposes Sanctions on Taliban Officials Over Human Rights Abuses

Australia has announced new financial sanctions and travel bans against four senior officials of Afghanistans Taliban government, citing the worsening human rights situation in the country, particularly the escalating...

U.S. Appeals Court Rules Trump Can Remove Members of Key Federal Labor Boards

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump had the authority to dismiss Democratic members of two major federal labor boards, marking a significant win for efforts to expand presidential control over...

Trump Backs Review of U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule After Hepatitis B Policy Change

President Donald Trump on Friday expressed support for a major shift in U.S. vaccine policy after government advisers voted to eliminate the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine at...

Science

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Achieves Breakthrough Success With First NASA Mission

Blue Origins massive New Glenn rocket marked a major milestone as it completed its first mission for paying customers, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars and successfully landing its reusable booster at sea. The...

Cogent Biosciences Soars 120% on Breakthrough Phase 3 Results for Bezuclastinib in GIST Treatment

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ: COGT) shares skyrocketed over 120% after the biotech company announced groundbreaking results from its Phase 3 PEAK trial evaluating bezuclastinib in combination with sunitinib for patients with...

Trump and Merck KGaA Partner to Slash IVF Drug Costs and Expand Fertility Coverage

U.S. President Donald Trump and German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA have announced a groundbreaking deal aimed at lowering the cost of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments while boosting access to fertility care in...

Technology

Taiwan Opposition Criticizes Plan to Block Chinese App Rednote Over Security Concerns

Taiwans political landscape heated up after the government announced a plan to suspend access to the Chinese social media platform Rednoteknown as Xiaohongshufor one year. The interior ministry said the proposed ban stems...

EU Prepares Antitrust Probe Into Meta’s AI Integration on WhatsApp

The European Commission is reportedly preparing to launch a new antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) over the companys recent rollout of artificial intelligence features within WhatsApp....

Sam Altman Reportedly Explored Funding for Rocket Venture in Potential Challenge to SpaceX

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly explored raising significant capital to acquire or partner with a rocket company, a move that could have created direct competition with Elon Musks SpaceX. According to a report from the...

Wikipedia Pushes for AI Licensing Deals as Jimmy Wales Calls for Fair Compensation

Wikipedia is seeking additional licensing deals with major technology companies to address the growing financial burden caused by artificial intelligence firms heavily scraping its platform, according to co-founder Jimmy...

Firelight Launches as First XRP Staking Platform on Flare, Introduces DeFi Cover Feature

Firelight reaches 25M XRP deposit cap within hours of launch; ushers in a new era for decentralized XRP staking. A new XRP staking platform, Firelight, has officially launched on the Flare blockchain, marking the first...