Inflation may have taken centre stage, but Bitcoin’s Taproot was the star of the show this week November 19, 2021 Jason Deane rounds up the week in crypto, and points to Bitcoin's Taproot as being a big deal.
Crypto markets steady as major coins stabilise November 18, 2021 The cryptocurrency markets are broadly flat this morning, with Bitcoin (BTC) stabilising around the $60,000 support level after dropping 15 per cent from its recent record high of around $69,000.
British Patient Capital enjoys VC bumper year and boosts startup portfolio by almost a third November 18, 2021 British Patient Capital (BPC), the venture capital subsidiary of UK government-owned British Business Bank (BBB), today announced it committed almost £300m to investing in the growth of British startups in the year to March 2021. During the pandemic-defined year, its underlying portfolio of companies increased by almost a third from 503 to 676, with three [...]
China’s Baidu pulls in near $5bn revenue as AI turnover surges November 17, 2021 Internet services giant Baidu pulled in nearly $5bn in revenue in its latest quarter, climbing past analyst forecasts, despite China’s ongoing technology crackdown. Revenue jumped 13 per cent year on year to $4.95bn, while it secured $358m in operating income in the three months to September 30. The Beijing-headquartered company expects to pull in around [...]
Cryptocurrency slump tempered by trend of ‘buy the dip!’ November 17, 2021 Bitcoin continues to hover around the $60k mark, down two per cent over the past 24 hours at time of writing and 10 per cent over the past seven days.
Bitcoin drops below $60k for first time in fortnight November 16, 2021 The cryptocurrency markets are down this morning, with the prices of both Bitcoin and Ethereum dropping almost 10% over the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin pushes back to $66k after Taproot upgrade goes live November 15, 2021 Both Bitcoin and Ethereum were trading up today after BTC's long-awaited Taproot upgrade lifted crypto out of last week's slump.
Tory MP paid £300,000 by private equity firm that invests in spy tech for China November 14, 2021 A Tory MP has been paid £300,000 by a private equity firm that invests in a spy technology company used by the China government against Uyghur Muslims. North East Bedfordshire MP Richard Fuller has been paid £20,000 a month since January 2020 to work as an advisory director for Investcorp Securities. It is one of four jobs [...]
Be excited about crypto – even if you don’t understand it November 12, 2021 Be excited and curious about what lies ahead for crypto, but don’t worry if you don’t understand it all fully, advises Jason Deane.
BT announces ‘epidemiological AI’ prototype to help combat cyber-attacks November 12, 2021 BT has announced its new epidemiology-based cybersecurity prototype, “Inflame”, which uses deep reinforcement learning to enable companies to automatically detect and respond to cyber-attacks.