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Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 6, 2020
6.8.2020
With bitcoin prices surging and a quick look at crypto lawsuits, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
Square’s Cash App Bitcoin Revenue Surges 600% to $875 Million in Q2, Profit Up 711%
6.8.2020
Square Inc. has reported a significant bitcoin revenue increase in the second quarter. Its Cash App generated $875 million in revenue, a 600% increase from the previous year. In addition, Square’s bitcoin gross profit jumped 711%. Square Cash App’s Bitcoin Revenue Square released...
SEC Looking to Buy a Blockchain Forensics Tool That Analyzes Smart Contracts
6.8.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking for a blockchain forensics tool to help it analyze smart contracts. In a call for bids to software companies on July 30, the regulator said that the tool must be able to “analyze and detail code within blockchains and other...
Bitcoin Price En-route to New 2020 High Once Bulls Break $11.8K Resistance
6.8.2020
Bitcoin price is gearing up for a second attempt at $12,000 and altcoins continue to rally higher
Could Cryptocurrency Casinos be a Realistic Form of Income for You?
6.8.2020
The history of cryptocurrencies isn’t extensive, but is established enough for millions of people around the world to grasp whatContinue Reading
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US Congressmen Want IRS to Balance Taxation and Innovation in the Cryptocurrency Space
6.8.2020
A bipartisan quartet of US congressmen wants the IRS taxation policy not to dissuade taxpayers from participating in blockchain token staking. These politicians believe America’s ingenuity can help drive this promising staking technology. The four congressmen are Bill Foster (D) of Illinois...
S2F Price Model Suggests Bitcoin Price Hits $100K – Author Claims Model Is Perfectly on Track
6.8.2020
The author of the controversial bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) price model said that at current prices the S2F model is “perfectly on track.” S2F shows the price could hit around $30,000 by the year’s end and by August 2021 prices could be $100,000 per bitcoin. The crypto asset...
[článek] Srovnání IPTV, OTT a satelitních poskytovatelů. Jaký je stav v srpnu 2020?
6.8.2020
[16 minut čtení] Tentokrát jsme k obvyklým IPTV/OTT nabídkám přibrali i jejich verze pro satelitní distribuci a také satelitní operátory s tzv. kombinovanými nabídkami. Jde o satelitní a internetové balíčky (typicky Skylink + Skylink Live TV). Stejně jako v předchozím dubnovém vydání si nejprve...
17-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty to Twitter Hack as Defense Tries to Lower Bail From $725K
5.8.2020
The 17-year-old charged with being the mastermind behind July's Twitter hack has pleaded not guilty; the defense says bail posted is "grossly inappropriate" to the amount of money stolen
Inside the Flash Crash & DeFi’s Most Recent All-Time High
5.8.2020
Powered by Every week, IntoTheBlock brings you an on-chain analysis of top news stories in the crypto space. Leveraging blockchain’sContinue Reading
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Bitcoin Cash Difficulty Algorithm Debate Heats Up With Fears of Another Chain Split
5.8.2020
With a touch more than three months left until the next Bitcoin Cash upgrade, crypto proponents have been witnessing a new quarrel rise after last year’s contentious Infrastructure Funding Proposal (IFP). This time around, the tensions derive from the Difficulty Algorithm Adjustment (DAA)...
Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 5, 2020
5.8.2020
With BTC pushing towards $12,000 and gold at record highs, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your crypto news roundup!
Orchid: Bringing Decentralization to VPNs
5.8.2020
Whenever we browse the web, read news online, or purchase a new pair of glasses from an e-commerce store, we leave traces. These traces sometimes show us content that actually provides us with value, but more often the information we leave is used in concerning ways with scandals like Cambridge...
Genesis Reports Q2 Crypto Loans Spiked 118% to $1.4 Billion Amid Rising Yield Farming Interest
5.8.2020
Genesis Capital said Tuesday that its total number of loans outstanding more than doubled to $1.4 billion for the second quarter to June, up from $649 million three months earlier. The crypto lender, which targets institutional investors and wealthy individuals, added over $2.2 billion in...
Magnetic Buttons
5.8.2020
A small set of magnetic buttons with some fun hover animations.
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Social Engineering: A Plague on Crypto and Twitter, Unlikely to Stop
5.8.2020
The SIM swapping community entered the spotlight after helping the Twitter hacker breach the social media platform, but these threat actors have been going after the crypto community for years
Ripple Says Over-The-Counter XRP Sales Soared 1,700% to $33 Million in Q2
5.8.2020
Ripple has reported that over-the-counter sales of its XRP digital currency soared 1,760% to $32.55 million during the second quarter of this year. That figure compares with sales of $1.75 million posted the previous quarter, according to an earnings release published August 3. Ripple said...
Crypto Derivatives Set New Records, ETH Futures Set All-Time Highs, CME Open Interest Spikes
5.8.2020
Digital currency derivatives have been on fire during the last two weeks as ethereum futures volumes touched an all-time high on Sunday. The popular derivatives trading platform Deribit saw 1.9 million ETH contracts traded and CME Group is now the third-largest exchange in terms of bitcoin futures...
Flooding Threatens China’s Bitcoin Miners, Chinese Billionaire Says ‘Three Gorges Dam Collapse Imminent’
5.8.2020
This week cryptocurrency enthusiasts are still focused on the severe flooding in China during the 2020 monsoon season. The flooding has already displaced millions of Chinese citizens and skeptics are concerned about the vast number of bitcoin miners located in the Sichuan province. The landlocked...
The Cicada Principle, revisited with CSS variables
5.8.2020
Lea Verou digging up the CSS trickery classic and applying it to clip the backgrounds of some code blocks:
The main idea is simple: You write your main rule using CSS variables, and then use :nth-of-*() rules to set these variables to something different every N items. If you use enough...