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Report: Nigerian Trio Allegedly Uses Money Laundering Proceeds to Buy Bitcoins Worth Over $43 Million
2.5.2022
Three Nigerian nationals are accused of using money laundering proceeds to buy bitcoin worth over $43 million from cryptocurrency exchange platforms like Binance and Busha. The trio is accused of moving an equivalent of over $215 million from Nigeria to Kenya between October and November 2020....
India Exploring Commercial Uses for Central Bank Digital Currency, Says Finance Minister
1.5.2022
The Indian government is exploring “several commercial use purposes and not just financial inclusion” for its central bank digital currency. India’s finance minister clarified that the aim is for the digital rupee, which will be backed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to...
Chinese Man Uses Digital Yuan to Pay Court-issued Fine in Legal First
22.4.2022
Chinese media outlets have been reporting on a new first for the digital yuan – with the central bank-issued token used to pay a court-issued fine for the first time.
Per Chinaqw, on April 19, a man surnamed Wei, the plaintiff in a motor vehicle traffic accident liability dispute case, had been...
Atlas Corporation Uses Chainlink Data Feeds and VRF for NFT-Based Game
1.4.2022
Atlas Corporation, a Web3 development group that is creating the technical foundation for a rising number of NFT communities, has incorporated Chainlink Verifiable Random Function (VRF) and Chainlink Data Feeds on the Ethereum mainnet. Atlas now has direct exposure to a tamper-proof and fully...
Indian state gov't uses Polygon to issue verifiable caste certificates
29.3.2022
In partnership with LegitDoc, the Maharashtra government is in the process of rolling out 65,000 caste certificates to aid the process of delivering governmental schemes and benefits
BNDES Director Offers New Insights on Development of Brazilian Blockchain Network
16.3.2022
Gladstone Arantes, a director of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), gave new details about the progress of the Brazilian Blockchain Network, a project that has been in development since 2018. The network will be created on top of the Hyperledger Besu 2.0, which uses a proof-of-authority...
Ukraine Uses Donated Crypto to Pay for Military Supplies — Government Says $50 Million in Crypto Raised in a Week
6.3.2022
The Ukrainian government announces that $50 million in cryptocurrency was raised within a week since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. The government has so far spent $15 million in donated cryptocurrency to buy military supplies. Ukraine Government Spends $15 Million in Crypto on Military...
Sustainable Bitcoin miner uses waste heat to dry wood
11.2.2022
Not only does one Norwegian Bitcoin miner boast 99% renewable energy stats but it’s even using waste heat to dry out timber and soon seaweed
New Alfa Romeo SUV uses NFT and blockchain to track car records
9.2.2022
Alfa Romeo's Tonale NFT certifies a car upon purchase and then records and keeps data during the vehicle's lifespan
Singapore firm uses blockchain to battle counterfeit COVID-19 jabs
31.1.2022
Zuellig Pharma’s eZTracker platform is using the SAP blockchain to track and verify COVID-19 vaccinations
Elon Musk Criticizes Twitter — Gets Blasted for Using Tesla to Promote Crypto, Dogecoin
23.1.2022
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has criticized Twitter for using its engineering resources to provide a non-fungible token (NFT) profile picture service. “Twitter is spending engineering resources on this bs while crypto scammers are throwing a spambot block party in every thread,”...
Introducing Next Earth: The User-Governed Metaverse
22.1.2022
2022 is ramping up to a buzzing year for the metaverse. Upcoming projects like Next Earth aim to usher in a new era of user-governed virtual worlds. Next Earth is a metaverse that uses blockchain technology to manage virtual land NFTs on a 1:1 replica with Earth. This allows users to buy, sell,...
Watch Mining Hearing Live: Bitcoin Is More Energy-Efficient than Banks, Bitfury CEO Tells US Lawmakers
20.1.2022
Traditional banking requires 2.5 times the amount of power as Bitcoin (BTC) to produce the same amount of value, and only proof-of-work (PoW) provides “a truly trustless system,” according to Brian Brooks, CEO of major blockchain technology firm Bitfury and a former Comptroller of the Currency...
How to Build Your First Custom Svelte Transition
14.1.2022
The Svelte transition API provides a first-class way to animate your components when they enter or leave the document, including custom Svelte transitions. By default, the transition directive uses CSS animations, which generally offer better performance and allow the browser’s …
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Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Shares ‘Sacred Trading Rule’ as Bitcoin Falls, Warns Against Buying the Dip
9.1.2022
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has shared “a sacred trading rule” he uses in response to a comment about buying bitcoin as the price of the cryptocurrency continues to fall. “Never add to a losing trade,” he affirmed. Peter Brandt Offers Trading Advice Veteran trader Peter...
UK air traffic tech firm uses Hedera Hashgraph to track drones
7.1.2022
The multi-drone trial was held in Port Montrose, Scotland, and Cranfield University in Bedfordshire in April and October of 2021 respectively
Samsung uses blockchain technology to address climate change
3.1.2022
The Galaxy phone maker will lead a tree-planting initiative in Madagascar and track it using distributed ledger technology
NFTs in 2022: From Word of the Year to Mainstream Adoption & New Uses Cases
2.1.2022
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‘NFT’ is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2021. Yes, the acronym standing for non-fungible token is, in the opinion of the dictionary’s experts, more representative of the world this year than any other recently fashionable word. ...
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Ukrainian bank uses Stellar to launch electronic hryvnia pilot
14.12.2021
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation supports a Stellar-based private stablecoin project developed by a local bank
Some notes on using esbuild
9.12.2021
This is a fantastic article from Julia Evans about duking it out with modern front-end tooling. Julia has made a bunch of Vue projects and typically uses no build process at all:
 I usually have an index.html file, a script.js…