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Ghanaian Startup Bitsika Africa Processed $40 Million in Crypto Remittances in 2020, up 3,900% Year-on-Year
5.1.2021
Bitsika Africa, a crypto startup operating out of Ghana and Nigeria, said Monday that it processed almost $40 million in remittances in 2020, up from just under $1 million the previous year. Founder and chief executive officer Atsu Davoh said that deposits accounted for $18.87 million of the total...
Creating Arrays in Hasura
4.1.2021
Hasura is one of my favorite ways to create a managed GraphQL API for my applications. I find it easy and straightforward as well as suitable for a wide range of use cases. However, since working with Hasura, I’ve seen …
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UK Judge Rejects US Extradition Requests for Julian Assange, Wikileaks Holds $800K in Crypto
4.1.2021
On Monday, a British judge rejected the U.S. request to extradite the Australian editor, publisher, and activist Julian Assange. Following the U.K. judge’s decision, the current president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has offered Assange political asylum in the country. Meanwhile...
The End of Adobe Flash
4.1.2021
I come to bury Flash, not to praise it, writes Matt May in this excellent thread about the end of Adobe Flash. Not so long ago, web designers used Flash to create striking visuals and animations and games. But …
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Bitcoin.com Co-founder Files Legal Action Against Bridge.link Token Project Over Market Manipulation
4.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Co-founder Mate Tokay is filing legal action against the founders of Bridge.link for failing to distribute a significant portion of BRG. Tokay was hired as an advisor for the Bridge.link project and was promised 37.5 million BRG for compensation. However, Tokay was never...
What's the Best Scratching Post for My Beautiful Cat?
4.1.2021
Because life wasn’t changing enough in 2020, I decided to get my first ever pet at the tail end of last year. My new partner in crime is a black and white little rescue named Mirah, who is an angel on Earth. Mirah is a pretty chill 1-year-old who’s unphased by just about everything. During...
Economics Professor Tyler Cowen Says Cryptos Useful as Hedges or Forms of Payments – ‘Not Both’
4.1.2021
Tyler Cowen, an economist and professor at George Mason University, has suggested that the key use cases of cryptocurrencies are mutually exclusive. He argues that cryptos can either be important inflation hedging tools or useful forms of payment but not both. The Regulation Threat The professor...
Bitcoin Price Drops 17%, Large CME Futures Gap Filled, BTC Spot Markets Rebound
4.1.2021
On January 4, 2020, the price of bitcoin slid to the lowest point of the year dropping from Sunday’s high of $33,800 per unit to $27,734 a few minutes after 5 a.m. (EST). In fact, the price dip filled CME Group’s large futures gap after the regulated exchange has seen six consecutive...
Make Your Own Tools
4.1.2021
Spencer Miskoviak on the Wealthfront blog:
By creating custom DevTools specific to an app, they can operate at an even higher abstraction to handle things like user interactions, or debugging tracking events. While this requires building and maintaining the
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Ideaology Announces IEO Collaboration and Subsequent Listing of IDEA Token with Bitcoin.com Exchange
4.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Ideaology, the blockchain-oriented company building a digital ecosystem by energizing the market and utilizing the world’s global workforce announces today an agreement with Bitcoin.com Exchange for a public sale and the subsequent listing of the Ideaology Token (IDEA)...
Massive Exodus of Bitcoin Continues to Leave Exchanges, Over 87,900 BTC Withdrawn in 30 Days
4.1.2021
Despite the bitcoin price high, there continues to be a massive exodus of bitcoin leaving exchanges. Onchain data shows exchanges are being drained like a sieve and during the last 30 days, 87,954 bitcoin was withdrawn from the top crypto trading platforms. Back in December 2019, it was reported...
Cannabis Dealer Forfeits $3 Million in Bitcoin — 6,000 More BTC Still Missing
4.1.2021
A cannabis dealer has forfeited bitcoins worth about $3 million after they were seized by the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau. However, a bigger stash of 6,000 bitcoins belonging to him, worth about $200 million at the current price, are still inaccessible to the bureau. Irish Authority Sold Seized...
Kim Dotcom’s Next-Generation Content-Monetization Service K.IM Announces Bitcoin Cash Integration
4.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Megaupload creator Kim Dotcom announced this month to use Bitcoin Cash for his newest innovation, K.IM, a suite of tools to enable anyone around the world to manage, protect and sell digital content at ultra-low fees and without intermediaries. Dotcom, who’s website Megaupload...
Miami’s Mayor Considers Putting Some of City’s Treasury Reserves in Bitcoin
4.1.2021
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is exploring putting a percentage of his city’s treasury reserves in bitcoin. Miami is currently working on accepting the cryptocurrency as a means of payment for city services and taxes. The mayor believes that “Bitcoin has been a stable investment during...
Economist David Rosenberg Pleads Ignorance on Bitcoin After Predicting Massive Bubble
3.1.2021
Economist David Rosenberg has pleaded “ignorance on bitcoin” after saying that the cryptocurrency was in a massive bubble. He admitted that bitcoin has exceeded his expectation but he still prefers gold because he understands it a lot better than bitcoin. ‘Bitcoin Has Exceeded...
Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down: Meme Token Dogecoin Spiked Over 500% This Year
3.1.2021
The leading cryptocurrency bitcoin has crossed new all-time highs (ATH) in 2020 and into 2021 as well. However, many other digital assets have a long way to go to reach the ATH they experienced three years ago in 2017. Although one particular older cryptocurrency, the popular meme token Dogecoin...
1,000 Decade-Old Dormant Bitcoins Moved Today on Bitcoin’s 12th Anniversary
3.1.2021
12 years ago, Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto launched the network after revealing the cryptocurrency concept via the white paper a few months prior. At approximately 18:15:05 UTC, the network launched its first block and since then, over 664,000 bitcoin blocks have been mined. Moreover...
Microstrategy’s BTC Holdings More Than Double in Value to $2.4 Billion Four Months Later
3.1.2021
The continuing bitcoin price rally has seen the value of Microstrategy’s total holdings of the digital asset go up by 100%. Specifically, the company has seen the value of its initial haul of 38,250 coins grow to over $1.3 billion from the $425 million spent. Market Capitalization By Almost...
Crypto Economy Spikes More Than 11%, Entire Market Cap Captures Over $800 Billion
3.1.2021
Digital currency markets have seen decent gains this weekend as bitcoin touched another all-time high (ATH) on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, a number of other crypto assets have seen significant price rises as well, as the entire market capitalization of all 7,500+ digital currencies in existence...
While Bitcoin Tapped New Price Highs, 78,000 Short Positions Worth Over $800 Million Got Liquidated
2.1.2021
While bitcoin has crossed a new all-time price high in 2021, traders are leery toward shorting the crypto asset. Data from Bitfinex shows the number of short contracts has been extremely low in comparison to the total number of shorts in mid-March 2020. On Saturday, January 2, 2021, when the price...