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Venezuelan Authorities Clamp Down on Off-The-Books Crypto Pay Vendors
20.11.2020
Venezuelan tax agents on the prowl. Source: Twitter/@jdavidcabello
Customers spending foreign currency and cryptoassets in Venezuelan stores have been warned to demand invoices and receipts in fiat bolivars, with the nation’s tax authorities worried that crypto pay and payment in overseas fiats...
Texas Financial Regulators Crack Down on 15 Alleged Crypto Scams
19.11.2020
Many of the alleged crypto scams had a common tactic: savvy social media posts to draw victims in
Thinking Outside the Box with CSS Grid
19.11.2020
Great tutorial from Alex Trost (based on some demos, like this one, from Andy Barefoot) showcasing how, while CSS grid has straight grid lines across and down, you can place items across grid lines creating a staggered effect that looks pretty rad. Grid-like, but it appears to align to diagonal...
Coinbase Goes Down as Bitcoin Nears $17K
16.11.2020
Coinbase has suffered a number of outages during busy trading periods this year including most recently on Oct. 27
China’s Crypto Miners Struggle to Pay Power Bills as Regulators Clamp Down on OTC Desks
16.11.2020
Miners in China have reportedly been struggling to pay for electricity after authorities started cracking down on OTC brokers in the country
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Stepping Down at End of Year
16.11.2020
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton will leave his role at the end of this year
Jay Clayton will step down as US SEC chair by year's end
16.11.2020
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is set to move on after three-and-a-half years in the role
Hedge Fund Manager Brian Kelly Says Increasing Institutional Interest in Bitcoin Down to its Fixed Supply
14.11.2020
Hedge fund manager Brian Kelly says the surging number of institutional investors owning bitcoin is down to the digital currency’s core value proposition- a fixed coin supply. On the other hand, the same institutional investor interest is helping to build confidence in the top cryptocurrency...
DAO treasuries still down 40% after October's DeFi downtrend
13.11.2020
The recent DeFi downturn has impacted the treasuries of decentralized autonomous organizations by 40% in a month
As Bitcoin price rises, institutions get down with digital assets
11.11.2020
Institutional interest in Bitcoin continues to rise as bullish sentiment around BTC prevails
Ethereum Infrastructure Provider Down; Binance Disables Withdrawals
11.11.2020
Source: Adobe/stockphoto-graf
Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure provider Infura went down a bit more than an hour ago, resulting in a price feed delay of ETH and ERC-20 tokens, as well as some exchanges disabling withdrawals.
"We are currently experiencing a service outage for our Ethereum...
First Mover: Bitcoin Needs No Vaccine as Druckenmiller Lays Down ‘Better Bet’
10.11.2020
Price reaction to vaccine breakthrough renews dialogue over whether bitcoin trades like a risk-on asset, inflation hedge or neither
Bidirectional scrolling: what’s not to like?
6.11.2020
Some baby bear thinking from Adam Silver.
Too hot:
[On horizontal scrolling, like Netflix] This pattern is accessible, responsive and consistent across screen sizes. And it’s pretty easy to implement.
Too cold:
That’s a lot of pros for a pattern that in reality has some critical...
Decentralized Exchanges That Use Automated Market Makers Now Represent 93% of the Market
6.11.2020
A recent report by Consensys says the surge in decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes in Q3 of 2020 is down to their adoption of the automated market maker (AMM). According to the report, DEXs that use AMM, a software that algorithmically creates token trading pairs, now represent 93% of the market....
Major Defi Token Prices Plunge, as Money Moves Back Into Bitcoin
2.11.2020
Major decentralized finance (defi) projects fell sharply in October, with token prices tumbling by between 30% and 56%, as money appears to be moving away from the overhyped space and back into bitcoin. According to Coingecko data, Andre Cronje’s Yearn Finance (YFI) fell fastest, crashing...
How the IRS tracks down people who don’t report their crypto
30.10.2020
The United States tax authority doesn't seem to be very efficient when it comes to tracking down who owes crypto taxes — for now
Central Banks Dump Gold for the First Time Since 2010, Precious Metal Drops 9% Since August High
30.10.2020
A few central banks have started selling tons of gold for the first time since 2010 in order to ease the financial suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic. At $1,875 per ounce, gold prices are down -9.63% since the commodity’s high of $2,075 on August 6. Even though gold has dropped...
Up or down? These Bitcoin price levels hint at the next move from $13K
29.10.2020
Bitcoin price action has turned sideways amid fears of potential Coronavirus lockdowns across Europe establishing some clearly-defined support and resistance levels around $13K
Coinbase Goes Down as Bitcoin Approaches 2019 Highs
28.10.2020
Coinbase has halted trading on its platform as bitcoin crawls to 2019 highs
Harvest Finance Attacked, Reportedly USD 24M Lost, FARM Down 50%
26.10.2020
Source: Twitter/@harvest_finance
Another decentralized finance (DeFi) project, Harvest Finance, has suffered a flashloan attack that lasted for seven minutes, with reportedly at least USD 24m exploited.
The DeFi side of the Cryptoverse has been on high alert in the last six hours, with many...