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Otázky k přístupnosti webů – 3
30.12.2020
Lze v Google Analytics rozpoznat uživatele s asistivními technologiemi? Jak tyto uživatele oslovit? Co je výjimka v zákoně o nepřístupnosti pro nepřiměřenou zátěž a kdy ji použít? Co musí obsahovat Prohlášení o přístupnosti?
Publicly-Listed Bitcoin Mining Operations See Shares Skyrocket, Riot Blockchain Market Cap Reaches $1B
30.12.2020
While bitcoin’s value has captured new all-time price highs, a number of publicly listed bitcoin mining operations have seen significant profits. The U.S.-based firm Riot Blockchain’s market valuation recently obtained a $1 billion capitalization. Meanwhile, a number of other bitcoin...
Nomura and Ripple Partner SBI Holdings Support XRP, Reject Token’s Categorization as Security
30.12.2020
As XRP continues to plummet in value due to Ripple’s turmoil with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the token seems to find some support in Japan, as crypto exchanges in the nation have refused to delist it. Nomura and Key Ripple Partner Keep Supporting XRP, Reject US...
Physical Crypto Bank Opens in India — These 14 Locations Offer In-Person Banking, Lending, Crypto Exchange
30.12.2020
A crypto bank has begun opening physical branches in India through a joint venture between Cashaa and United Multistate co-op society. Customers can open bank accounts, buy and sell cryptocurrencies, obtain crypto-backed loans, as well as learn about crypto. Crypto Bank Opens Physical Branches...
Betting Your Coins Online? Be Sure to AskGamblers First
30.12.2020
Visit AskGamblers.com before ever wagering your hard-earned coins in an online casino. AskGamblers is the internet’s largest and most trusted portal dedicated to curating honest, fair, and open gaming experiences for users worldwide. These Days You Can Use Bitcoin to Buy Just About Anything...
Large Bitcoin Futures Gap Causes Temporary Trading Pause, ETH Open Interest Hits All Time High
30.12.2020
CME Group temporarily paused trading of bitcoin futures after the market opened to a large gap of over $3,000 between the derivatives and the underlying crypto asset. According to a report, it was this huge futures gap which “amounted to a massive upside volatility” that led to...
Is Defi Coming to Bitcoin Cash? An Overview of Detoken and the Anyhedge Protocol
30.12.2020
Maybe you’ve heard of Anyhedge. Last April, news.Bitcoin.com published an article about its announcement, but what is it really? What does it do, and how’s it work? The Anyhedge Protocol Anyhedge is an open-source protocol. It is simply a way to use the blockchain (in this case,...
New York Approves Its First Publicly Available Japanese Yen Stablecoin
29.12.2020
The New York State Department of Financial Services, the Bitlicense regulator, has authorized GMO to issue U.S. dollar and Japanese yen-pegged stablecoins. The latter “will be the first of its kind available to the public.” To date, the regulator has given out 27 charters and licenses...
Augmented Reality Firm Nextech AR Joins the Bitcoin Treasuries Bandwagon, Buys $2 Million BTC
29.12.2020
On the heels of the Canadian company Mogo purchasing bitcoin for treasury reserves, the British Columbia-based augmented reality firm Nextech AR Solutions has announced the purchase of $2 million in bitcoin. Nextech’s chief executive officer Evan Gappelberg says the firm may add more in 2021....
Design v18
29.12.2020
I redesigned the site! I can never think about the word redesign without also thinking about realigning, from Cameron Moll’s seminal article. I did not start from nothing. This design wasn’t a blank design canvas and empty code …
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Automatic Social Share Images
29.12.2020
It’s a pretty low-effort thing to get a big fancy link preview on social media. Toss a handful of specific <meta> tags on a URL and you get a big image-title-description thing. Here’s Twitter’s version of an article on this …
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Chapter 6: Web Design
29.12.2020
Previously in web history…
After the first websites demonstrate the commercial and aesthetic potential of the web, the media industry floods the web with a surge of new content. Amateur webzines — which define and voice and tone unique to …
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Okcoin and Coinbase to Halt XRP Trading Due to the US SEC Lawsuit Against Ripple
29.12.2020
Two major cryptocurrency exchanges joined the XRP trading suspension campaign in the wake of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit filed against Ripple Labs on December 22, 2020. Two Major Crypto Exchanges to Suspend XRP Trading in January 2021 The last week of 2020 started with...
Simulating Drop Shadows with the CSS Paint API
29.12.2020
Ask a hundred front-end developers, and most, if not all, of them will have used the box-shadow property in their careers. Shadows are enduringly popular, and can add an elegant, subtle effect if used properly. But shadows occupy a strange …
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India Considers 18% GST on Bitcoin Transactions
29.12.2020
The Indian government is reportedly mulling over imposing an 18% goods and services tax (GST) on bitcoin transactions. According to the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau, the government could gain Rs 7,200 crore annually from this bitcoin taxation. 18% GST on Bitcoin Trades The Central Economic...
Crust Network Launches Crust Storage Market, Decentralized Cloud Service Built on Polkadot
29.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. One of the star projects of the emerging Polkadot ecosystem, Crust Network, recently completed a several million dollar Series A financing round in September, with investors including NGC Ventures, SNZ, HashCIB, DFG, KNS Group and AU21 Capital. In 2020, Crust Network joined...
Goals For 2021
29.12.2020
Every year I write a blog post about my goals for the year but I won’t pretend this year’s post is the same. I mean how the hell do I create realistic goals knowing what 2020 was and what 2021 inherits?! Pandemic, drastic political churn, social unrest…and none of that is related...
Spanish Municipality Creates Its Own Cryptocurrency to Boost Economy Hurt by Coronavirus Crisis
29.12.2020
A municipality in the province of Sevilla, Spain, has launched its own cryptocurrency, which aims to encourage residents and merchants to arrange transactions with it in the midst of the coronavirus-driven economic impact. Spain’s Sevilla Municipality Launches ‘Elio’...
Digital Currencies Could Outshine SWIFT System, Says Central Bank of Russia’s Deputy Governor
29.12.2020
The first deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has been vocal in a recent online meeting, reported by Russia Today (RT), about the topic of digital currencies challenging the SWIFT international payments system and make it redundant. Digital Currencies Could Challenge SWIFT System...
The Bitcoin Treasuries List Exceeds $30 Billion – 29 Companies Hold BTC Reserves
29.12.2020
More than 1.1 million bitcoin or over $30 billion worth of the crypto asset is held by a myriad of companies, according to the web portal bitcointreasuries.org. The massive stash of bitcoin reserves held by well known companies started swelling after the billion-dollar firm Microstrategy purchased...