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Elon Musk quotes William Shakespeare when asked about Bitcoin’s creator
December 30, 2021 06:00 PM GMT| By Priyanka PayalHighlights Elon Musk stated that he agrees with the widespread belief that cryptocurrency expert Nick Szabo, the man behind Bitgold, might be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of bitcoin. In the year 2014, few linguistic researchers care.....
FTSE 100 remains range-bound; Wall Street set to get a muted start
December 30, 2021 02:58 PM GMT| By Sreenivas D AjankarUS Markets: The US market is likely to get a quiet start in trades today, taking cues from the Asian markets. S&P 500 future was up by 6 points or 0.15% at 4,791, while the Dow Jones 30 futures was up by 0.16% or 57 points at 36,439. The technolo...
Which are largest companies trading on LSE in 2021?
December 30, 2021 02:34 PM GMT| By Rishika RainaHighlights Various large-cap and blue-chip stocks are traded on the London Stock Exchange. The total market cap of all the companies trading on the LSE stood at US$52.92 billion as of December 2021. The UK economy is one of the largest eco.....
Meet Shiba millionaires
December 31, 2021 12:45 AM AEDT| By Aditi SahaShiba has risen in size and popularity since its inception, even though it began with zero. That's right; you read that correctly. All credit for this goes to the SHIB army and billionaire, Elon Musk. As recently as last month, Shiba outperformed D.....
Which one is better - cryptos or stocks?
December 31, 2021 12:23 AM AEDT| By Akanksha VashishtHighlights With the rising influx of investors in the financial markets, trading in cryptocurrencies and stocks have increasing exponentially in recent years. Despite being different forms of investment, crypto and stocks carry some similaritie.....
Russia says its Nord Stream 2 pipelines will stabilise gas prices
December 30, 2021 01:21 PM GMT| By Priyanka PayalHighlights Russia says that its Nord Stream 2 pipelines are on track with the completion of filling the second pipe with gas. It is alleged that the project is not complying with European law. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is seen as a danger.....
5 Killer NFT Projects That Crushed 2021
December 31, 2021 12:15 AM AEDT| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights The NFT market’s entire value is around US$22 billion, a far cry from its value of US$100m in 2020 Gary Vaynerchuk’s NFT collection, VeeFriends, made up of 10,255-character NFTs, sold out in a May auction for US$51 .....
Pi Network goes live with Mainnet: Pi coin ICO on horizon?
December 30, 2021 11:33 PM AEDT| By Ipsita SarkarHighlights Pi Network launched it mainnet phase on Wednesday. Rumors of Pi network listing on a crypto exchange has been doing rounds for a while. Mining Pi doesn’t require any investment, but just a smartphone. After months o.....
What is Elon Musk's plan for paying A$11 billion in taxes?
December 30, 2021 10:55 AM GMT| By Aditi SahaHighlights Elon Musk, world's richest person with a fortune estimated at US$243 billion, recently tweeted that he will pay US$11 billion in taxes this year. Musk's tax declaration came after a series of spats with Democratic lawmakers, no.....
What does UK government’s study reveal about Omicron?
December 30, 2021 09:42 AM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaA highly mutated and the most transmissible variant of coronavirus, Omicron is rapidly becoming the dominant global strain of COVID-19 virus. The first case of Omicron was detected in South Africa and cases have taken off rapidly from there onwards.....
What is $Bone, and what will Bone crypto be worth?
December 30, 2021 07:45 PM AEDT| By Ankit SethiNo, it was not Bitcoin, or Ether, or even Dogecoin that dominated 2021. In the CoinMarketCap index that tracks views for all cryptocurrencies, Shiba Inu (SHIB) ranks first. As we enter 2022, Shiba Inu and decentralized platforms that are underpinn.....
Crypto Scams that made headlines in 2021
December 30, 2021 06:25 PM AEDT| By Aditi SahaHighlights Despite the security, the vast ecosystem of applications and websites which make up the broader crypto ecosystem contains numerous attack vectors. Chainalysis study revealed that hackers used traditional scamming methods to ste.....
Thousands of flights cancelled globally as omicron spreads its tentacles
December 30, 2021 05:52 AM GMT| By Toshiva JainHighlights As Christmas hit, thousands of flights have been cancelled globally. Because of the sudden surge in the COVID-19 cases globally, inflicted by the new variant: Omicron, the aviation industry is facing a workforce shortage. Various US.....
Top Nine Crypto Market Developments of 2021
December 30, 2021 04:04 PM AEDT| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights By the end Bitcoin’s crash, which lasted until late July, Bitcoin had lost more than half its value to fall below US$30,000 Ethereum’s overall performance has been very positive despite woes pertaining to delays to its up.....
Crypto Catch: Is Omicron to blame for crypto market fall
December 30, 2021 03:53 PM AEDT| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights While Ethereum is up 400 percent for the year, it’s on pace for its worst monthly price performance since March 2020 Bitcoin is now valued at approximately US$46,400 Oasis Network (ROSE) has gained traction recently in the fac.....
Saudi to host Future Minerals Summit, eyes on mining companies’ renewable energy plans
December 30, 2021 04:14 AM GMT| By Arpit VermaHighlights Engineers across the whole world are trying their best to get the most out of the minerals to reduce greenhouse emissions. Saudi Arabia is hosting The Future Minerals Summit (FMS) in Riyadh on January 11-13. The demand for metals is.....
Crude oil rises on falling US inventories
December 30, 2021 02:26 AM GMT| By Arpit VermaCrude oil prices reached their highest level since November on Wednesday offsetting concerns that rising cases of coronavirus across the globe might dent the demand. The significant rise in the prices of both the benchmarks was underpinned by the r.....
Inside the NFT market’s meteoric rise in 2021
December 30, 2021 12:29 PM AEDT| By Aditi SahaIf you have not been living under the rock, you already know that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the rage now. The craze for NFTs has exploded in popularity, thanks to the rise of crypto. Cryptos are the key to the meta world or virtual world,.....
Now, ProShares plans to launch metaverse-themed ETF, seeks SEC nod
December 30, 2021 09:40 AM AEDT| By Rupam RoyHighlights ProShares has filed with the US SEC to launch a metaverse-focused ETF. If approved, the proposed metaverse ETF will track the performance of the Solactive Metaverse Theme Index (SOMETAV). The top components of SOMETAV are Apple, Nvi.....
El Salvadorans complain of missing Bitcoins from government-issued crypto wallets
December 30, 2021 09:37 AM AEDT| By AshishMonths after El Salvador became the first nation to recognise Bitcoin as legal tender, hundreds of its citizens have taken to Twitter to report about missing Bitcoins from their government-issued crypto wallets. The people have claimed that Bitcoin.....