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Inside Australia’s blossoming love affair with cryptocurrencies

September 20, 2021 06:02 PM AEST| By Aayush

With cryptocurrencies exploding in popularity, it is becoming evident that these virtual coins are here to stay for a long time. Australia and its native people are not shying away from joining the trend. According to a new research by YouGov, as m.....

What’s behind Hong Kong bloodbath? Evergrande sinks to all-time-low, Hang Seng Property bleeds

September 20, 2021 05:31 PM AEST| By Furquan Moharkan

Highlights Evergrande shares have crashed to an all-time low; Hang Seng Index is at 52-week low; and Hang Seng Property Index has sunk to its lowest since the global recession. Other Chinese property stocks are also down by double digits in int.....

Top 10 NFT games in UK in 2021

September 20, 2021 04:34 PM AEST| By Priya Bhandari

The decentralized gaming is one of the trending topics in the crypto space as the world is trying to explore more ways to leverage blockchain technology. Play-to-earn is a new model in decentralized games that allow players to play, own and sell th.....

Will People Really Buy a Movie Ticket With Cryptocurrency?

September 20, 2021 02:39 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul Johns

Crypto adoption has been a popular theme in the digital currency space and has seen increasing encroachment on behalf of the crypto space into mainstream finance and culture. The last manifestation of this is the decision by popular movie theatre .....

Nickel hits seven-year highs on strong demand and tight supplies

September 20, 2021 02:04 PM AEST| By Arpit Verma

Nickel prices surged to seven-year high levels on Friday due to supply concerns followed by the Indonesian government is looking at taxes on the ingredients used in steel manufacturing. The prices of metal used heavily in the production of electric.....

Australia Post to hire 5,000 people to meet its Christmas target

September 20, 2021 02:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine Media

Highlights Australia Post has expanded its recruitment drive with an aim to hire to hire 5,000 more people around Christmas. The vacancies are available across every state and territory across the country for wide range of posts. Australia Pos.....

Oil falls on US crude oil recovery

September 20, 2021 01:58 PM AEST| By Arpit Verma

Highlights Crude oil dips on Monday. US operations resumed production. Oil recorded a 3% weekly gain in the last week. Crude oil prices inch lower on Monday after registering a 3% weekly gain in the last week. The prices tumbled as oil an.....

Why did Christian Porter resign, dashing his prime ministerial aspirations?

September 20, 2021 12:50 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine Media

The Minister for Industry, Science and Technology - Christian Porter, has resigned from Scott Morrison’s ministry a week after admitting using blind trust for his legal suit against news channel ABC. Porter had to decide between quitting fro.....

Facebook responds to WSJ’s accusations

September 19, 2021 05:02 PM AEST| By Neha Simpy

Highlights Recently, Facebook has reacted to the allegations made by the Wall Street Journal. WSJ’s one of the allegations were on FB owned Instagram affecting mental health. FB’s vice-president of global affairs acknowledged the c.....

Why is France upset over Aukus submarine deal?

September 19, 2021 04:58 PM AEST| By Neha Simpy

Highlights Lately, Australia has inked Aukus deal with the US and the UK, providing Australia the technology to develop submarines with nuclear powers. Reacting to the deal France recalled two of the French ambassadors to the US and Australia t.....

Space X’s Inspiration4 alights successfully on Earth after 3-day mission

September 19, 2021 04:56 PM AEST| By Neha Simpy

On Saturday, 18 September, a crew of four individuals made a safe come back to the planet Earth post orbiting in space for 3 days. After landing on Earth, the crew members boarded the helicopter to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Source: Copy.....

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk slug it out in space

September 19, 2021 12:27 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine Media

The equation between Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and the Amazon Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos has been publicly sour for the last 15 years. Recently, the two executives clashed over their respective pursuits for glory in the .....

COVID-19 border closures stymie Australia’s population growth

September 19, 2021 12:24 AM AEST| By Furquan Moharkan

Australia’s population growth has slowed to a near-zero level in the year ended March 2021 as international borders have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s population grew by just 35,700 people (0.1% in the percent.....

Young people “very worried” of climate change, survey discloses

September 19, 2021 12:12 AM AEST| By Toshiva Jain

Highlights Recently, a survey conducted by the UK’s University of Bath and five other universities disclosed heart-wrenching results. About 60% of the participants said they are either “very” or “extremely” worried.....

Want to pay off your student loan faster? Here’s how, when to start

September 19, 2021 12:01 AM AEST| By Sanjeeb Baruah

Student loan debt in the US stood at a staggering US$1.54 trillion last year, an all-time high. So, if you are worried about your loan repayment, you are not alone. Millions of students are currently facing such challenges, with the covid pandemic .....