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The State of Security Token Regulations in Asia
6.9.2019
Some Asian countries have gone a long way toward shoring up their rules and regulations acround cryptocurrencies and security tokens
5 Key Concepts from Day One at Bitcoin Cash City
5.9.2019
With day one of North Queensland’s Bitcoin Cash City all wrapped up, conference attendees were left with an overflow of big ideas to distill, process, and potentially integrate. These include underwriting merchant adoption, building tech parks and mining operations, BIP70 applications...
Model-Based Testing in React with State Machines
4.9.2019
Testing applications is crucially important to ensuring that the code is error-free and the logic requirements are met. However, writing tests manually is tedious and prone to human bias and error. Furthermore, maintenance can be a nightmare, especially when features are added or business logic...
Ethereum Classic Labs Collaborates With Second State Inc For ETC Enhancements
4.9.2019
Shining as one of the first incubators supporting lucrative and innovative projects on the Ethereum Classic Blockchain, Ethereum Classic Labs, has again put itself in the limelight of the financial world. Ethereum Classic Labs has entered into a partnership with blockchain infrastructure-focused...
Samsung Files Patent for ‘Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive’
3.9.2019
South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung wants to patent a blockchain-enabled SSD system
Crypto Needs Less Government Regulation – Not More
2.9.2019
A recent opinion article by Peter Lin, “Why Regulation Is The Best Thing For Crypto,” presents common arguments on why the state and state-affiliated institutions should administer cryptocurrency. Underlying the arguments is an assumption: the free market cannot provide necessary...
India Announces Multiple Mega-Mergers of State-Owned Banks in Latest Attempt to Spur Growth
31.8.2019
India is one of the handfuls of nations in which publicly owned banks still make up the major chunk of the financial system and while it has its merits, it has its demerits as well. In recent years, some of the biggest public sector banks in the country have been encircled with bad loans...
People’s Bank of China Denies Media Reports About Launching State-Backed Cryptocurrency
30.8.2019
Recently, the People’s Bank of China, known as the Central Bank of the nation, has confirmed that the bits of gossip regarding the launch of a state-backed cryptocurrency is false. The declaration was made in the report by The Global Times, the official paper of the Communist Party of China...
The Bakkt Warehouse becomes the First Custodian of Bitcoins in the Wall Street
29.8.2019
The Bakkt Warehouse which is a part of the Bakkt Trust Company has announced that it will be offering secure storage for Bitcoins. The plan was initially submitted last year, but the launch was delayed due to lack of necessary regulatory approvals, multiple times. It will finally be operational...
Chinese Central Bank ‘Crypto’ Not Launching in November: State Media
29.8.2019
Chinese state media: central bank says reports that its state-backed crypto will launch in November are “inaccurate speculation”
Chinese Media Denies Report of Upcoming State-Backed Digital Token
28.8.2019
The building of the Chinese central bank. The report that the Chinese central bank will launch its digital token in the coming months and seven institutions will be the first to receive it are based on “not reliable” sources, major Chinese news app Tencent News, owned by tech giant Tencent, said...
In Race to Lead Global Crypto Sphere, Will US Surrender its Dominion to China, Questions Binance CEO
28.8.2019
Yesterday, Changpeng Zhao raised a burning question on his official Twitter handle about whether it will be a race or will China get it just like that from the U.S. Now is it going to be a race? Or will US just hand it to China? Thoughts? https://t.co/lDRoAsYsHF — CZ Binance (@cz_binance)...
Mega Drug Pushers Johnson & Johnson Get Away While Peaceful Silk Road Is Destroyed
28.8.2019
It’s been said that those who protest the loudest are often the ones who are guilty, and when it comes to government and their pet corporations, things are no different. No surprise, then, that the blustery moralizing — and violent state force brought to bear against businesses —...
Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
24.8.2019
Since the birth of Bitcoin, crusaders fighting for the separation of money and state discovered a new payment tool that bypasses the nation state’s control over the monetary system. For over ten years now, lots of people have been using digital currencies to hide from prying eyes...
Jeremy Keith – Building the Web
23.8.2019
I really enjoyed this interview with Jeremy Keith on the state of the web, how things have changed in recent years and why he’s a mix of optimistic and nervous for the future.
One thing that caught my attention during the interview more than anything was where Jeremy started discussing how folks...
Navbar Nudging on @keyframers
22.8.2019
I got to be the featured guest over on The Keyframers the other day. We looked at a Dribbble shot by Björgvin Pétur Sigurjónsson and then slowly built it, taking some purposeful detours along the way to discuss various tech.
We start by considering doing it entirely in CSS, then go for some light...
Using requestAnimationFrame with React Hooks
21.8.2019
Animating with requestAnimationFrame should be easy, but if you haven’t read React’s documentation thoroughly then you will probably run into a few things that might cause you a headache. Here are three gotcha moments I learned the hard way.
TLDR: Pass an empty array as a second parameter...
US Secretary of State Says Crypto Should Be Regulated Like SWIFT Transactions
21.8.2019
Michael Pompeo has said he believes that cryptocurrencies should be regulated in the same way as electronic financial transactions
SEC Fines ICO Rating for Failure to Disclose Payments-For Positive Reviews
21.8.2019
Recently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has penalized Russia-based rating firm ICO Rating for inability to disclose payments for positive reviews to different projects. The Securities and Exchange Commission reported that Russian establishment ICO Rating has consented to...
US Secretary of State Wants to Regulate BTC Like Other E-Transactions
20.8.2019
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo believes that Bitcoin should be regulated the same way as other electronic financial transactions