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Digital Currency Revolution

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Digital currency or digital money is an Internet-based medium of exchange distinct from physical (such as banknotes and coins) that exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but allows for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. Like traditional money these currencies may be used to buy physical goods and services but could also be restricted to certain communities such as for example for use inside an on-line game or social network. In this series, we cover stories and provide insightful analysis of the digital currencies such as bitcoin with no central point of control over the money supply.

Digital Currency Revolution

JPMorgan Starts Testing Blockchain Technology For Dollar Transfers

Feb 23, 2016 10:17 am UTC| Digital Currency

As part of itseffort to boost spending to tackle emerging threats from Silicon Valley, J.P. Morgan Chase Co. has begun quietly testing blockchain technology on U.S. dollar transfers between London and Tokyo, The Wall...

Digital Currency Revolution

First Round Of Sale Of New Digital Token BTSR Launched

Feb 23, 2016 09:04 am UTC| Digital Currency

BitTeaser, a fast growing advertising network, is utilizingMIT-licensed Graphene blockchain technology, to become the first decentralized advertising network in the world. BTSR is a new digital token anyone can hold to...

Digital Currency Revolution

Blockchange Consulting Announces Blockchain Technology Seminars Across GCC Region

Feb 23, 2016 06:51 am UTC| Digital Currency

Blockchange Consulting, a Dubai-based consultancy and tech development company focused specifically on blockchain technology, has announced a series of one day seminars across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...

Digital Currency Revolution

Japan’s Finance And Tech Giants Join Forces For Blockchain Research

Feb 23, 2016 06:18 am UTC| Digital Currency

Blockchain technology continues to create ripples across multiple industries. Almost every day one can hear either a new blockchain initiative, or a blockchain conference or a report exploring the potential of the...

Digital Currency Revolution

TABB Group Highlights Challenges For Transition To Blockchain Clearing And Settlement System

Feb 23, 2016 05:53 am UTC| Digital Currency

A new report from TABB Group, a financial markets research and strategic advisory firm focused on capital markets, studies the challenges associated with transforming market settlement to blockchain-based systems,...

Digital Currency Revolution

IOSCO To Undertake Blockchain Research

Feb 23, 2016 04:57 am UTC| Digital Currency

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the global standard setter for securities regulation, is exploring the opportunities and challenges presented by distributed ledger technology or...

Digital Currency Revolution

DTCC To Hold Blockchain Symposium On March 29

Feb 23, 2016 04:32 am UTC| Digital Currency

The Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is going to hold a blockchain event 2016 Blockchain Symposium on March 29 in New York. The event will bring together industry thought leaders, technology experts and policy...

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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

Microsoft-G42 Deal Forces Huawei Exit, White House Hails Move

The White House praised Microsofts $1.5 billion investment in G42, emphasizing the positive impact of ending relations with Huawei on AI security. White House Sees Positive Shift in UAE Tech Alliances According to...

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...

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

Tesla Explores Michelin's Revolutionary Airless Tires for Enhanced Durability and Safety

Tesla is in discussions with Michelin to test their next-generation airless Uptis tires, which promise puncture resistance and a lifespan up to three times longer than standard tires, according to Michelin CEO Florent...

Pompliano: Bitcoin Will Safeguard Wealth Created by AI in the Next Decade

Anthony Pompliano, venture capitalist and Bitcoin advocate, predicts that Bitcoin will protect wealth generated by AI technologies in the coming decade. He emphasized that both technologies will work together to drive...

Iranian Officials Criticize 'Hamster Kombat' Blockchain Game as Election Distraction Tool

Iranian officials have condemned the popular blockchain game Hamster Kombat, alleging it distracts citizens from the upcoming presidential elections. Deputy Chief Habibollah Sayyari and religious leader Ayatollah Nasser...

Bitcoin Price Fluctuates Amid Stablecoin, Fiat, and ETF Market Dynamics

Bitcoins price is currently influenced by stablecoins, fiat currencies, and spot-based ETFs, as stated by CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. Despite recent market volatility and political events, these factors are shaping the...

Shiba Inu Faces Uncertainty as 1 Trillion SHIB Dumped on Binance by Whale

Today, June 24, the cryptocurrency world has been flooded with speculative talk due to the emergence of Shiba Inu, the well-known dog-themed meme coin. Amid the tokens price decline throughout the course of the previous...