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Digital Currency Revolution

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Store Discontinues Bitcoin Payment Support

Mar 14, 2016 11:31 am UTC| Digital Currency

Tech giant Microsoft has announced that its online store is longer accepting Bitcoin as a payment method and that this applies to Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. You can no longer redeem Bitcoin into your Microsoft...

Digital Currency Revolution

Satori Coin - Japan Gets Its Physical Bitcoin

Mar 14, 2016 11:20 am UTC| Digital Currency

In a bid to expand the reach of cryptocurrencies to the masses, Raimu Inc., a trading company based in Japan, has come up with the concept of physical bitcoin. Dubbed as Satori Coin, it comes loaded with a very meagre...

Digital Currency Revolution

Coinify Facilitates First Real Estate Purchase In Denmark Using Bitcoin

Mar 14, 2016 09:31 am UTC| Digital Currency

Coinify, one of the leading European digital currency platform, has announced that it has processed the first real estate purchase in Denmark using bitcoin. A 117 bitcoin transaction worth 290,000DKK (approx. 50,000USD)...

Digital Currency Revolution

Vietnam Regulator Issues Warning Against Digital Currency Use

Mar 14, 2016 08:02 am UTC| Digital Currency Law

Vietnams Department of Electronic Commerce and Information Technology has cautioned citizens against dealing in virtual currencies such as bitcoin. The Vietnam e-Commerce and Information Technology Agency is directly...

FxWirePro: BTC/USD faces strong resistance at $425, good to buy at dips

Mar 14, 2016 07:37 am UTC| Technicals Digital Currency

Major resistance - $425 BTC/USD has broken minor resistance $415 and jumped till $421.91. It is trading around $414. Short term trend is slightly bullish as long as support $370 holds. On the lower side major...

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BTCjam Discontinues Services To U.S. Borrowers Citing Regulatory Issues

Mar 14, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Digital Currency

BTCJam, a marketplace for bitcoin borrowing and lending, is not taking new US customers any longer, CoinDesk reported. It cited uncertainty around regulation in the United States as the reason behind its decision. In an...

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UniCredit Whitepaper: Blockchain Technology Could Reshape Current Financial Services Technical Infrastructure

Mar 14, 2016 06:08 am UTC| Digital Currency

UniCredit, an Italian global banking and financial services company, has published a whitepaper towards the end of February that seeks to provide the basis for a discussion on the blockchain technology and its potential...

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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...