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Taproot and Its Promising Impact to Bitcoin
October 12, 2021 08:34 PM AEDT| By Tom Murphy (Guest)There is a good chance that you have already encountered Bitcoin’s latest upgrade called Taproot. It is a promising update in the clamour for a better version of Bitcoin without jumping from one cryptocurrency to another. Here are some of the n...
Lost or Stolen Digital Currencies? Cryptohunters are on the Rescue!
October 12, 2021 08:05 PM AEDT| By Tom Murphy (Guest)The cryptocurrency market works like any other industry. It has promising returns to offer, but untoward incidents such as theft and losing assets may also happen. Investors and traders are wary about these possibilities. The thought of not retrievin...
How can CO2 supply deal benefit UK businesses?
October 12, 2021 07:55 PM AEDT| By Suhita PoddarHighlights The Carbon dioxide industry and the UK government struck a supply deal on Monday to ensure uninterrupted CO2 supply. Businesses can now get CO2 supply at a fixed price until at least January next year. US-owned CF Fertilisers, which.....
Zcash: The Crypto That Promises Anonymity
October 12, 2021 07:11 PM AEDT| By Daniel Paul JohnsOne of cryptocurrency’s main drawing cards is its promise of anonymity and privacy. However, not all digital currency’s provide this feature on an absolute scale, despite that being the popular belief. One crypto that does provide comp.....
What Basic Attention Is Doing to Advertising in the Crypto Space?
October 12, 2021 06:45 PM AEDT| By Daniel Paul JohnsIn the cryptocurrency space, there are two types of digital currency: there’s the type that simply serves as a means of digital payment, like Bitcoin, and there’s the type which provides some sort of practical use. What Is BAT? .....
UK energy crisis: Pure Plant, other firms going bust
October 12, 2021 06:36 PM AEDT| By Rishika RainaHighlights BP-backed energy supplier Pure Planet may join the list of energy companies going bust. Energy regulator Ofgem is responsible for selecting the new suppliers for customers of the collapsing energy firms. Around 10 energy firms have .....
FYI Resources (ASX:FYI) gears up for extended HPA pilot plant trial
October 12, 2021 05:48 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaHighlights FYI Resources Limited plans to undertake an extended HPA trial production run at Welshpool. The planned trial run will target the 4N purity HPA along with the production of the 5N product. The objective of the pilot plant trial incl.....
What is Sri Lanka doing to entice investments in blockchain?
October 12, 2021 02:55 PM AEDT| By Jasmine AnandHighlights In order to create a crypto-friendly business environment, Sri Lanka announces setting up a committee to study the regulatory framework related to crypto mining and blockchain technology. The committee was proposed in order to attrac.....
Sydney re-opens after four months as Aussies decide to live with COVID-19
October 12, 2021 01:48 PM AEDT| By Furquan MoharkanHighlights Sydney re-opens after a four-month lockdown. Cases have drastically come down in the past month. 74% of the population has been vaccinated. Sydney, the capital of Australia’s most populous state – New South Wales (N.....
Chevron pledges to achieve net operational neutrality by 2050
October 12, 2021 01:25 PM AEDT| By Arpit VermaThe American multinational energy corporation, Chevron Corp on Monday decided to set targets for cutting and reducing operational emissions and become carbon neutral by 2050. This would be a significant step for the company to join the league for t.....
Crude oil hits record high levels on skying demands
October 12, 2021 12:49 PM AEDT| By Arpit VermaHighlights Crude oil prices rose on Monday. The prices rose to record high levels on the back of robust demand and lower supplies due to cutbacks from producing nations. Power prices across the globe surged to record high levels in the past fe.....
US economists Card, Angrist and Imbens awarded 2021 Nobel Prize
October 12, 2021 11:55 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaUS professors David Card, Joshua D Angrist, and Guido W Imbens were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for economics. Card, an economics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has won the prize for his contribution to labor economi.....
Here’s how skying fuel prices are triggering global power crisis
October 12, 2021 11:38 AM AEDT| By Arpit VermaVarious countries across the globe are facing an acute power crisis as the supply of coal, natural gas, and other energy sources are failing to fulfil the burgeoning electricity demand. Prices of natural gas have increased manifolds to reach multi-.....
Know about Australia’s new low-cost airline set for early 2022 launch
October 12, 2021 09:49 AM AEDT| By AshishAustralia is preparing to launch its new low-cost domestic airline, Bonza, in early 2022 amid expectations of a boom in the air travel sector in a post-COVID-19 pandemic world. Backed by Miami-based private investment firm 777 Partners, Bonza is pr.....
US stocks drift on skyrocketing oil prices, inflation worries
October 12, 2021 09:34 AM AEDT| By Sanjeeb BaruahBenchmark US indices closed lower on Monday, October 11, dragged down by losses in utility, healthcare, and technology stocks amid rising global oil prices that renewed inflation concerns. The S&P 500 was down 0.69% to 4,361.19. The Dow Jones fe...
MARA & RIOT: Two crypto mining stocks catching attention
October 12, 2021 08:31 AM AEDT| By Sanjeeb BaruahHighlights The stocks of Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) and Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) have been catching the attention of investors of late. MARA received a US$100-million revolving line of credit from Silvergate Bank.....
US crude jumps 7-year high to US$81.50 a barrel
October 12, 2021 03:07 AM AEDT| By Sanjeeb BaruahUS crude prices rose by 2% on Monday morning to hit a seven-year high of US$81.50 a barrel. Since October last year, oil prices have climbed more than 120%. Monday’s price gain, if sustained, will be the first time the US benchmark would clos.....
Will SuperRare (RARE) cross US $5 mark before 2022?
October 12, 2021 02:06 AM AEDT| By Manu ShankarSuperRare (RARE), unlike its acronym, is not so rare at present after its strong rally on Monday. Following its Binance listing on 11 October, SuperRare is making many investors sit up and track its intraday rally. Today, it has registered a massiv.....
Should you invest in Stratos (STOS) crypto?
October 11, 2021 09:33 PM AEDT| By Manu ShankarStratos is the next generation of decentralised Data Mesh, which offers scalable and decentralised storage along with a decentralised computing service. The word has been derived from “stratosphere”, which is a layer around the earth. .....
Is there a massive global energy crisis in the offing?
October 11, 2021 08:14 PM AEDT| By Priya BhandariHighlights The sudden surge in the energy demand after lows hit during the pandemic has increased the prices of oil, gas, and coal all over the world. The ongoing supply restrictions from OPEC countries and global transport bottlenecks have com.....
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