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US Lawmakers Ask Federal Reserve About National Digital Currency
3.10.2019
U.S. Representatives French Hill and Bill Foster have asked the Federal Reserve whether it will consider launching a national digital currency
US Congressmen Ask Fed to Consider Developing ‘National Digital Currency’
3.10.2019
"We are concerned that the primacy of the U.S. Dollar could be in long-term jeopardy from wide adoption of digital fiat currencies."
Get Geographic Information from an IP Address for Free
24.9.2019
Say you need to know what country someone visiting your website is from, because you have an internationalized site and display different things based on that country. You could ask the user. You might want to have that functionality anyway to make sure your visitors have control, but surely they...
Learn n earn
13.9.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 13 September, 2019 Keep learning "Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino O' sweet weekend! Friday is […]
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Learn n earn
13.9.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 13 September, 2019 Keep learning "Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino O' sweet weekend! Friday is […]
The post Learn n earn appeared first...
Agorism and Bitcoin: Free People Don’t Ask Maxine Waters for Permission
30.8.2019
Anti-agorism Congressional Representative Maxine Waters still has misgivings about Facebook’s proposed Libra digital currency, even after meeting with Swiss government officials to discuss the tech last week. The sustained reservations echo the message of July’s open letter from...
The Best (GraphQL) API is One You Write
30.8.2019
Listen, I am no GraphQL expert but I do enjoy working with it. The way it exposes data to me as a front-end developer is pretty cool. It's like a menu of available data and I can ask for whatever I want. That's a massive improvement over REST and highly empowering for me as a front-end developer...
Multiplayer Tic Tac Toe with GraphQL
23.8.2019
GraphQL is a query language for APIs that is very empowering for front-end developers. As the GraphQL site explains it, you describe your data, ask for what you want, and get predictable results.
If you haven’t worked with it before, GraphQL might be a little confusing to grok at first glance....
Regulators Across Globe Ask Facebook to Provide Information on Data Security
6.8.2019
The watchdogs across the world have asked Facebook to provide more transparency about its proposed cryptocurrency Libra. The combined action has been taken by the Information Commissioner office of Australia (OAIC) and Office of Information Commissioner of UK (ICO). And they are supported by...
Register Now for An Event Apart 2019 in Chicago
1.8.2019
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An Event Apart juuuuust wrapped up its Washington D.C. event yesterday. We hope we got to see you at the event but if not, perhaps we'll see you at the next one happening Aug. 28-28 in Chicago.
Why would you go, you might ask? It's three days of experts imparting their...
Japanese Exchanges Ask Regulator to Make Cryptocurrency Tax Reforms
23.7.2019
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The self-governing Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) has asked the country’s top financial regulator to change the way cryptocurrency-related earnings are taxed.
The JVCEA represents all of Japan’s licensed cryptocurrency exchanges and a range...
CSS-Tricks on Flywheel
4.7.2019
I first heard of Flywheel through their product Local, which is a native app for working on WordPress sites. If you ask around for what people use for that kind of work, you'll get all sorts of answers, but an awful lot of very strong recommendations for Local. I've become one of them!...
Governments Often Ask to Remove ‘Unlawful’ Apps, Reveals Apple
3.7.2019
The explosion of technology and mobile phones has created an incredible ecosystem in which people can use a range of services through hundreds of thousands of apps. These apps are reviewed by the companies who own the application stores and then released to the public. One of the most popular...
French Minister of Economy to Ask for Guarantees From Facebook In Regards to Its Forthcoming Coin
18.6.2019
French Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire has raised concerns about Facebook’s forthcoming stablecoin
G20 Finance Leaders Ask Global Regulators to Consider Multilateral Response to Crypto
9.6.2019
The financial leaders of G20 countries urged the Financial Stability Board and other international bodies to monitor risks around crypto
Why Bitpay Is Really Charging More for BTC Transactions
6.6.2019
Bitpay has recently been attacked on social media for charging an extra fee for BTC transactions that it doesn’t ask of BCH users. The reality is that the company simply has to cover its operational costs related to the BTC network, whose fees are currently very high again. Also Read: How...
German Authorities Ask Banks to Keep Aside $5.9 Billion Over Possibility of a Slump
28.5.2019
One thing that has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt is that the German economy is in the middle of a slowdown and industrial growth has been tepid over the past few months. In addition to that, the country’s relatively robust banking industry has also been going through a bit of churn,...
A Deep Dive into Native Lazy-Loading for Images and Frames
15.5.2019
Today's websites are packed with heavy media assets like images and videos. Images make up around 50% of an average website's traffic. Many of them, however, are never shown to a user because they're placed way below the fold.
What’s this thing about images being lazy, you ask? Lazy-loading...
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Cleaning up Their Act
14.5.2019
Ask a dozen crypto traders for the reason behind the recent rally and you’ll get a dozen different theories. Bakkt futures, Microsoft building on Bitcoin and Whole Foods accepting crypto have all been cited as fueling the bull market that’s broken out. While these factors have certainly...
Bitfinex and Tether Ask Court to Loosen NYAG’s Restrictions
14.5.2019
Tether has asked a judge for more leeway to use its cash amid the New York Attorney General's investigation of it and Bitfinex