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Cryptocurrency: Kraken crypto exchange shuts down operations in Japan

Dec 30, 2022 08:27 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Kraken announced it would halt its operations in Japan following global layoffs. The US-based digital currency exchange cited the current Japanese market conditions and the frail crypto market around the world as the main...

Digital Currency Revolution

NFT: Square Enix signs deal with Gumi to create NFT gaming marketplace

Dec 27, 2022 10:30 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Square Enix has shelled out $52.7 million or 7 billion yen to invest in the mobile entertainment content publisher and developer Gumi Inc. The Japanese gaming giant that is known for its Final Fantasy video game series...

Digital Currency Revolution

Cryptocurrency: Huobi partners with Visa to launch Huobi Visa Card

Dec 27, 2022 09:37 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Huobi, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Seychelles, has joined forces with Visa Inc. to introduce the Huobi Visa Card, which will make it easier for customers to convert and use their cryptocurrencies as payments to at...

Digital Currency Revolution

NFT: Dunamu's Momentica drops Le Sserafim digital collectibles

Dec 24, 2022 03:09 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Dunamus Momentica is dropping girl group Le Sserafims first NFTs or digital collection. The South Korean fintech firm has teamed up with Hybe entertainment company to form Levvels Inc., which provides blockchain-based...

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NFT: LG displaying innovative shoe shelf with NFT shoes at CES 2023

Dec 23, 2022 08:06 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

LG Electronics is participating in the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2023), which is happening from Jan. 5 to Jan. 8 in Las Vegas. For this, the South Korean electronics firm is showcasing one of its innovative...

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NFT: Lotte Department Store to launch ‘Next Museum’ NFT art gallery

Dec 21, 2022 06:27 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Lotte Department Store is opening an NFT gallery to exhibit digital artworks. It will be called the Next Museum and will be inaugurated at Lotte World Mall in Seoul on Dec. 23. Lotte Department Store is holding an NFT...

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Cryptocurrency: Binance acquires Voyager’s assets as FTX deal collapsed

Dec 20, 2022 08:59 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Binance, a cryptocurrency company and exchange platform, has taken over the deal to buy Voyagers assets for $1 billion. The agreement comes after its deal with FTX failed since it also went under not long ago. Sam...

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Economy

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

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...

US Lawmakers Push SEC for Bitcoin Options Trading Approval

In a bipartisan effort, US Representatives Mike Flood and Wiley Nickel have penned a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, urging swift action in approving options trading for Bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs). Amid...

Solana's Future Anchored in Four Key Pillars, Developer Outlines Strategy

Vibhu Norby, CEO of Drip Haus, has outlined four essential pillars to define Solanas path forward amid a dynamic period of growth and challenges in the blockchain space. Key Strategies for Solanas Scaling and User...

Shiba Inu Magazine Details Upcoming Shibarium Hard Fork Enhancements

Shiba Inu (SHIB) lovers will get a full description of the highly anticipated Shibarium hard fork in the most recent issue of The Shib magazine. On International Workers Day, the magazine begins with a rallying cry for the...
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