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Russia May Allow Crypto Mining and Gold-Backed Stablecoins, Lawmaker Says
23.1.2022
Russia can legalize cryptocurrency mining and stablecoins backed by gold under government control, a high-ranking member of the Russian parliament has suggested. The statement comes after Bank of Russia proposed a wide-ranging ban on the use of cryptocurrencies, and their trading and mining. Mining...
New Payment System Seeking to Bolster Intra-African Trade Goes Live
22.1.2022
A new continent-wide payment system that seeks to strengthen African fiat currencies, as well as to boost intra-Africa trade, recently went live. Discussions about onboarding more African countries are still ongoing. SMEs the Main Beneficiaries of the Payment System A new African payment system...
Bank of Russia Proposes Wide Ban on Cryptocurrency Use, Trade, Mining
21.1.2022
True to its hardline stance on decentralized digital money, the Central Bank of Russia is now pushing for a wide-ranging ban on crypto-related activities such as issuance, exchange, and mining. A consultation paper published by the regulator cites threats to financial stability and citizens’...
Smart contracts can redefine business — But this doesn’t imply wide openness
19.1.2022
While big businesses may be exploring blockchain and smart contracts, retail investors should not get their hopes for entering too high
ELA, API3 and PROM buck the market-wide downtrend by posting a 20%+ gain
19.1.2022
Elastos, API3 and Prometheus notch double-digit gains as the wider crypto market falters in the aftermath of BTC’s plunge below $42,000
Monkeys Figure Out How To Play Crane Games
17.1.2022
A crane game filled with raisins was left in the monkey pen at Japanese zoo Nagasaki Bio Park to see if the animals could figure out how to use the redemption game to get snacks. Read more
Twitch Purged Over 15 Million Hate Raid Bots Last Year
13.1.2022
A new open letter from Angela Hession, Twitch’s vice president of global trust and safety, details the company’s approach to making its streaming platform a more harmonious place, most notably the deletion of millions of bots in an attempt to stem the site’s hate raid epidemic.Read more
Japanese Firefighter Gets In Trouble For YouTube Gaming Side Hustle
12.1.2022
These days, side hustles are more common than ever. But one firefighter in Wakayama, Japan is being punishing for his double life as a gaming YouTuber. According to Mainichi and AFP, the 33-year-old firefighter uploading 314 videos between December 2020 to October 2021. The fire-fighting YouTuber...
Top Twitch Streamer Amouranth Buys Inflatable Pool Company
10.1.2022
Talk about literally owning your brand. Top Twitch streamer Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa, who made waves last year as a prominent figure during the streaming service’s “hot tub meta,” has recently purchased an inflatable pool company, she announced on Twitter today.Read more
The Web is More Gooder, and Other Observations on Today’s Web Tech
30.12.2021
I’m actually working on a talk (whew! been a while! kinda feels good!) about just how good the world of building websites has gotten. I plan to cover a wide swath of web tech, on purpose, because I …
Consistent, Fluidly Scaling Type and Spacing
16.12.2021
When Chris first sent me this prompt, I was thinking about writing about progressive enhancement, but that subject is so wide-reaching to be one thing and all too predictable, especially for those already familiar with my writing. Saying that, what …
Twitch's 'Pay-To-Win' Boost Feature Doesn't Actually Help People, Surprising No One
15.12.2021
It seems Twitch’s controversial “pay-to-win” Boost feature is a bust. There was no positive impact for streamers who took part in a test of the Boost feature, according to a data analyst who crunched the numbers. Read more
‘There’s More Work to Do’ — 11 Years Ago, Satoshi Nakamoto Sent a Final Message to the Bitcoin Community
12.12.2021
To this day, Satoshi Nakamoto is one of Bitcoin’s biggest mysteries as people have searched far and wide to uncover the creator’s identity. 11 years ago, on December 12, 2010, the pseudonymous blockchain programmer (or programmers) left a final message to the crypto community...
Reddit launches waitlist for site-wide expansion of ‘Community Points’
9.12.2021
Reddit has launched a new website allowing mods and users to sign their subreddits up for the new ‘Community Points’ token rewards program
French startup brings vintage vines to the NFT market
3.12.2021
'It's like your NFT is the wine cellar, but it's in your wallet,' says the staff from World Wide Wines
Bitcoin.com Unlocks Earn on Crypto
1.12.2021
Bitcoin.com is integrating technology from CoinFLEX that enables users to earn interest on a wide range of cryptoassets, including a US-dollar stablecoin (flexUSD), through both passive and active strategies. The passive yield strategy is built on flexUSD, a US-dollar pegged cryptocurrency that...
Ludwig Leaves Twitch For YouTube Gaming
30.11.2021
Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren, who in April set a world record for the highest number of subscribers—at over 270,000—has left the platform and will now be streaming exclusively at YouTube Gaming.Read more
Bobby Kotick Actually Wrote Fran Townsend's Deranged, Company-Wide Email
16.11.2021
Earlier this year, an email was sent to all employees of Activision Blizzard from the email account of Chief Compliance Officer, former Executive Sponsor of the ABV Employee Women’s Network and former Torture Apologist Fran Townsend. Sent in the midst of historic allegations of harassment against...
Monster Girl Encyclopedia Wiki Will Be Sacked By Host Due To ‘Fetish’ Content
16.11.2021
Fandom, the company that now hosts a solid majority of video game and other pop-culture wikis, recently updated its “community creation policy” with a new section stating that it will no longer host pages that contain “fetish” content. Thanks to this policy update, the Monster Girl Encyclopedia...
Twitch Streamer Amouranth Bought A Gas Station For -$110,000 Using Rich-Person Math
10.11.2021
Yes, the headline is correct. The popular Twitch streamer Amouranth did in fact purchase a gas station. Not only did she purchase a gas station, she claims to have done so while turning a profit through tax deductions. To prove this, she tweeted out a bunch of rich-person math—which makes my brain...