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NFT: First Star Trek non-fungible token collection to be launched by Paramount, RECUR

Apr 08, 2022 10:22 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Paramount and RECUR will be releasing the very first Star Trek NFT collection, and this was confirmed this week. The digital assets will be dropped on April 9. As mentioned in Crypto Times, the Star Trek non-fungible...

NFT: ESPN jumps into crypto to release first NFT collection via Tom Brady’s Autograph

Apr 07, 2022 11:24 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

ESPN has joined the NFT bandwagon by joining hands with Tom Bradys Autograph, an NFT platform. The sports media outlet that is co-owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications announced it would be launching...

Digital Currency Revolution

Metaverse: HSBC launches metaverse fund for banking clients in Asia

Apr 07, 2022 10:31 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

HSBC Holdings just introduced its metaverse fund for its Asian clients. Based on the report, this new portfolio was also created to entice its wealthy clients in Asia. According to Reuters, HSBC launched the virtual...

Digital Currency Revolution

'Axie Infinity' publisher Sky Mavis fulfills vow to reimburse hacked funds by raising $150M funds led by Binance

Apr 07, 2022 10:20 am UTC| Business Digital Currency Investing

Axie Infinity developer and publisher, Sky Mavis, announced on Wednesday, April 6, that it was able to raise funds to fulfill its promise of reimbursing the players who lost their funds due to the recent $625 million hack....

Digital Currency Revolution

Metaverse: Hyundai Motor inks investment deal with Netmarble F&C’s Metaverse Entertainment

Apr 07, 2022 10:13 am UTC| Business Investing Digital Currency

Hyundai Motor Group is investing in Netmarble FCs subsidiary, Metaverse Entertainment. It was reported that the automaker is putting in ₩2 billion or $1.6 million into the company to help fund its virtual human...

Digital Currency Revolution

Big3 basketball league plans $66m blockchain, NFT ownership sale

Apr 06, 2022 23:41 pm UTC| Sports Business Digital Currency Investing

Big3 co-founders Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz plans to sell stakes in its 12 teams as digital assets bringing in up to $66 million. Each team of the three-on-three basketball league will have 1,000 tokens available in...

Adidas to launch personality-based AI generated avatars for metaverse

Apr 06, 2022 23:39 pm UTC| Sports Digital Currency Investing

Adidas has partnered with the cross-app avatar platform Ready Player Me to launch personality-based avatars where the characters are generated using artificial intelligence (AI). Digital characters travel the metaverse...

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Economy

Gulf Ceasefire Cracks Rattle Asian Markets and Push Oil Prices Higher

Optimism in Asian financial markets faded quickly on Thursday as early signs of instability in the Gulf ceasefire sent oil prices climbing again, reinforcing fears of a prolonged inflationary impact on the global economy....

Dollar Stabilizes Amid Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire as Markets Watch Hormuz Strait

The U.S. dollar edged higher in early Thursday trading after suffering broad losses, as investors cautiously monitored the durability of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran. The dollar index climbed a...

Gold Prices Dip Amid Middle East Uncertainty and Inflation Fears

Gold prices edged lower during Asian trading on Thursday, retreating after modest gains in the previous session as investors continued monitoring escalating Middle East tensions threatening a fragile ceasefire between the...

Oil Prices Rebound as Hormuz Disruptions and Middle East Tensions Rattle Markets

Oil prices recovered Thursday following their sharpest single-day decline since April 2020, as ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and escalating Middle East tensions renewed fears over global crude supply. By...

U.S. Futures Dip as Iran Ceasefire Faces Early Challenges

U.S. stock index futures edged slightly lower Wednesday evening as investors monitored the fragile state of a newly announced Iran-U.S. ceasefire agreement. The cautious overnight movement followed an exceptional trading...

Politics

Taiwan Defense Budget: U.S. Senator Urges Legislature to Pass Spending Plan

Republican Senator Jim Banks visited Taipei and delivered a direct message to Taiwans President Lai Ching-te: the islands parliament must stop stalling and approve a proposed special defense budget. Banks, a member of the...

Haiti Election 2025: Voter Registration Delayed Amid Ongoing Security Crisis

Haitis Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has officially announced the postponement of a voter registration drive that was originally set to begin on April 1. The council stated that updated registration dates would be...

Anthropic Fights Pentagon Blacklisting in Dual Federal Court Battles

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has refused to halt the Pentagons national security blacklisting of AI company Anthropic, delivering a temporary win for the Trump administration. The ruling comes as another...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

FCC Moves to Ban All Chinese Labs From Testing U.S. Electronics

The Federal Communications Commission is escalating its crackdown on Chinese technology by preparing to vote on a sweeping proposal that would prohibit all Chinese laboratories from testing electronic devices intended for...

Science

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

Technology

Alibaba Shares Slide as Jefferies Slashes Price Target Over AI Spending and Business Losses

Alibabas Hong Kong-listed shares (HK:9988) dropped 2.9% to HK$122.70 on Thursday, emerging as one of the heaviest drags on the Hang Seng Index, which closed 0.6% lower. The selloff came after investment bank Jefferies...

U.S. Disrupts Russian Military Hackers' Global DNS Hijacking Network

The U.S. Justice Department has successfully executed a court-authorized operation to dismantle a DNS hijacking network tied to Russian military intelligence. The network was run by GRU Military Unit 26165, a cyber unit...

Samsung Electronics Posts Eightfold Profit Surge Driven by AI Chip Demand

Samsung Electronics delivered a stunning financial turnaround in the first quarter of 2025, projecting operating profit of approximately 57.2 trillion won (roughly $38 billion) a more than eightfold increase compared to...

China's Push to Steal Taiwan's Chip Technology and Talent Raises Security Alarms

Taiwans National Security Bureau has raised serious concerns about Beijings escalating efforts to infiltrate the islands world-class semiconductor industry. According to a report submitted to Taiwanese lawmakers, China is...

Apple's Foldable iPhone Faces Engineering Setbacks, Mass Production Timeline at Risk

Apples highly anticipated foldable iPhone is running into significant engineering hurdles during its test phase, raising concerns about potential delays in both mass production and product shipments, according to a report...