According to a blog post published by Circle, the cryptocurrency firm is releasing its subsidiary exchange Poloniex which is now owned by an “Asian investment group.” The trading platform will become an independent company called Polo Digital Assets, Ltd., and after November 1, 2019, U.S. residents will no longer be able to use the platform.[…]
Russian authorities have restricted access to a couple of cryptocurrency news outlets. The formal reasons for the censorship move are different in each case but the end result is the same. In both, regulators have acted on the basis of a law that empowers them to block online sources of information that have been banned[…]
Mark Zuckerberg understands why conservatives think uber-liberal Silicon Valley is stacked against them. So he went on Fox News Friday to try to convince them otherwise. “I haven’t seen a lot of data that suggest that there’s a negative impact,” the Facebook co-founder told Dana Perino in an interview that aired Friday on “The Daily[…]
Apple TV devices were designed to help users cut the cord from cable companies. Now an Apple TV app for Roku lets users cut the cord with Apple hardware.Read More
NASA astronaut Christina Koch floats on the end of the International Space Station’s robotic arm during a spacewalk. (NASA via YouTube) For the first time in history, two women teamed up today to take on a spacewalk. NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir officially began the operation to fix a faulty electrical power system[…]
Global markets business CME Group said that institutional interest toward the firm’s Bitcoin futures is thriving and 2019’s third-quarter data showed a record number of open interest. Moreover, despite the lackluster start, the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Bakkt platform has seen an increase in interest with the company’s physically-settled bitcoin futures product. Also read: Honestnode Founder[…]
One night in October 2013, Monica Evans sat in her dorm room scrolling through Craigslist. She had found her current restaurant job on the site, but after her parents told her she’d have to pay for college herself, she needed to find another way to make some fast cash. That night, she responded to an[…]
In a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) entitled “Global Financial Stability Report: Lower for Longer,” the group gives an overview of the current debt-ridden and precarious state of affairs in global economics. Not lost on some economists, however, is the irony that these modern realities are the direct result of policies historically[…]
The Nvidia Shield TV Pro is coming for $200, according to a listing on Amazon. It has a new remote control and a better Tegra X1 chip.Read More
Microsoft’s venture arm M12 is launching another Female Founders Competition, this time with some help from Melinda Gates and Silicon Valley venture capital fund Mayfield. The competition will award $6 million to four female-founded companies as part of its goal to “help create a more equitable playing field for innovative female founders,” Peggy Johnson, Microsoft’s[…]