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Weekly Platform News: Apple Deploys Web Components, Progressive HTML Rendering, Self-Hosting Critical Resources
13.9.2019
In this week's roundup, Apple gets into web components, how Instagram is insta-loading scripts, and some food for thought for self-hosting critical resources.
Apple deploys web components built using Stencil
The new Apple Music web app (beta) uses a JavaScript framework (Ember.js) but also...
New Data Gives Unprecedented Insight Into How Iranians Are Using Bitcoin
11.9.2019
Iranian bitcoin users are earning a significant portion of their income in crypto, and hodling for the long haul
What (Most) Bitcoiners Love About Austrian Economics
8.9.2019
A physical Bitcoin coin and Carl Menger. Source: iStock/JUN2, Austriancenter.com, Cryptonews.com.
Bitcoin is an innovative amalgamation of pre-existing technologies and the creation of new ones that has lead to an entirely new form of money. However, for many, the support for the world's first...
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Towards Speed Bumps and OTC Trading
8.9.2019
Max Boonen of crypto OTC firm B2C2 dives into the role, benefits and potential risks of high-frequency trading in crypto markets
Has the IEO Craze Already Fizzled Out?
7.9.2019
Touted as the successor to the wildly lucrative initial coin offering (ICO), initial exchange offerings (IEO) were sold as a safer way of investing in new blockchain projects.
However, a new market report from TokenInsight has found that investor interest in IEOs has waned in recent months.
But...
How Celsius Turned Its Crypto ICO Into a Billion-Dollar Lending Business
7.9.2019
Lending startup Celsius went from a $50 million token sale to $1 billion in crypto deposits
Gadgets, Bulls, Misconceptions and 20 Crypto Jokes
7.9.2019
There's never a dull moment in the Cryptoverse, and this week is flourishing with exciting announcements.
First and foremost, Bitcoin rallied back above USD 10,000, thus cementing its market dominance at c. 70% and leaving more altcoins bleeding. This led to more experts expressing their bullish...
New Head of China’s Digital Currency Says It Beats Facebook Libra on Tech Features
6.9.2019
The PBoC's new digital currency chief has said its upcoming digital yuan has features not offered by Facebook Libra
The State of Security Token Regulations in Asia
6.9.2019
Some Asian countries have gone a long way toward shoring up their rules and regulations acround cryptocurrencies and security tokens
As Crypto Markets Go Cold, Who Will Pay for Open-Source Code?
5.9.2019
Formerly a CoinDesk Contributing Editor, Daniel Cawrey is author of the upcoming “Mastering Blockchain” book to be published by O’Reilly Media. Earlier this year IBM purchased Red Hat, the oft-referred to model for how open source can thrive, for $34 billion. Long the consultant to enterprises,...
Crypto Conferences Are ‘Mooning’ But Which Ones Are Worth Attending?
4.9.2019
The first-ever Bitcoin conference was held in 2011 when around 50 people gathered in the Roosevelt Hotel in New York to discuss how Bitcoin will change the world. Ten years later, you can visit a Bitcoin or blockchain conferences almost every week in major cities across the globe as the demand...
Model-Based Testing in React with State Machines
4.9.2019
Testing applications is crucially important to ensuring that the code is error-free and the logic requirements are met. However, writing tests manually is tedious and prone to human bias and error. Furthermore, maintenance can be a nightmare, especially when features are added or business logic...
Why the Marshall Islands Is Issuing Its Own Cryptocurrency
4.9.2019
The Marshall Islands is moving ahead with a plan to issue a sovereign currency built on blockchain, writes Minister David Paul
A Crypto Fix for a Broken International Monetary System
2.9.2019
Mark Carney's recent statements about a new digital global currency has opened the door to fresh ideas built on blockchain, Michael J Casey writes
Bitcoin Mining Farms Are Flourishing on the Ruins of Soviet Industry in Siberia
1.9.2019
Favorable energy prices and a naturally cold climate are turning Siberia into an international hub for bitcoin miners
The Crypto Custody Conundrum: What Are We Even Talking About?
31.8.2019
New tech usually struggles with vocabulary, says Noelle Acheson. With bitcoin, the confusion rubs off integral concepts in securities legislation
How the New FATF Rules Will Open up Crypto to a Layer of Middlemen
31.8.2019
The new guidelines by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a multi-government body, have profound implications for how cryptocurrency exchanges and some other virtual asset companies operate. It requires them to collaborate with major financial service companies, with blockchain analysis firms...
Faketoshi’s Crime & Punishment and 20 Crypto Jokes
31.8.2019
This week, the news of a Faketoshi ruling hit the Cryptoverse, but that saga is far from over. On the other hand, BTC dropped below USD 10K, leaving analysts stumped.
Meanwhile, the Switzerland talks are done with a conclusion that Libra is still a concern, and Japan’s FSA looks set to beef up...
Crypto Project Decred Adds Privacy Features to Its Coin
30.8.2019
Cryptocurrency project Decred is adding new privacy-focused features to its DCR coin
DeFi Startup Findora Weighs Funding Options, Plans First Apps in 2020
29.8.2019
John Powers. Source: Twitter, @FindoraOrg
Stanford-based Findora, a developer of a public blockchain for building financial applications, is in talks with investors as the startup is looking to announce their first apps and partnerships in the first quarter of 2020, John Powers, Chief Strategy...