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Israeli Court Rules Bitcoin Is Not a Currency in Court Case Over Taxes on BTC Gains
22.5.2019
An Israeli judge has ruled that bitcoin is an asset and not a currency
Israeli Court Rules Bitcoin Is an Asset
22.5.2019
An Israeli court has ruled that bitcoin is an asset, confirming the central bank’s stance. The case involves the country’s tax authority and the founder of a blockchain startup who argues that profits from the sale of cryptocurrency should be tax-free. The court has ruled in favor...
Bitfinex and Tether Move for Case Dismissal Over Lack of Jurisdiction
21.5.2019
Bitfinex and Tether lawyers move to dismiss case versus the New York Attorney General, arguing that purported location and subject matter for jurisdiction is wrong
Bitfinex Argues Why Judge Should Dismiss NYAG Case in Latest Court Filings
21.5.2019
Bitfinex and Tether asked a judge to dismiss the New York Attorney General's case against the firms, claiming they have no customers in the state
Police Arrest Dutch Cryptocurrency CEO in Rumored $110 Million Fraud Case
21.5.2019
An alleged bitcoin mining fraud scheme involving $110 million sees an arrest in the Netherlands
How to Earn Bitcoin Cash Income
17.5.2019
Earning cryptocurrency income online has become increasingly popular for more people around the world. Many employers and marketplaces are now offering jobs and tasks that pay in cryptocurrencies. The top 10 ways to earn bitcoin cash are outlined in the latest installment from Bitcoin.com’s...
US Supreme Court Allows Anti-Trust Case Against Apple to Go Ahead by Slight Majority
15.5.2019
Over the last decade, some tech companies have become so large that it is inevitable that at some point or the other, it would end up misusing its dominant position in the market. Google paid the price for its malpractices after it was hauled up by the anti-trust authorities in Europe and...
Bank of America CTO Catherine Bessant: We Haven’t Found a Blockchain Use Case in Finance
15.5.2019
Bank of America has yet to find blockchain use cases for the financial services sector, according to the bank’s CTO, Catherine Bessant
Russian Prosecutors Fail to Block Crypto Website
13.5.2019
A court case in Russia has signaled a change in the attitude authorities have towards the cryptocurrency space, at least on first glance. An online portal helping traders find the best exchange options for their digital assets will be allowed to restore normal operations. That’s after...
Crypto Investor Awarded Over $75 Million in SIM-Swapping Hack Case
13.5.2019
U.S.-based cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin has been awarded over $75 million in a lawsuit related to a SIM-swapping fraud
US Blockchain Investor Terpin Awarded Over $75 Million in SIM Swapping Case
11.5.2019
Crypto industry figure Michael Terpin wins almost $76 million in a civil case involving SIM swapping
Deepdotweb Duo Indicted for Linking to Darknet Markets
10.5.2019
Federal indictments unsealed on May 8 have revealed further details of the case against Deepdotweb’s operators. Tal Prihar, 37, an Israeli citizen residing in Brazil, and Michael Phan, 34, an Israeli in Tel Aviv, have technically been charged with money laundering. The feds have made it very...
Crypto Adoption Strong in Venezuela Despite Political Chaos
10.5.2019
The political tension in Venezuela has affected local cryptocurrency adoption. While there are roadblocks, many crypto-advocating projects continue to thrive in the country. News.Bitcoin.com takes a deep look at the current situation in Venezuela, crypto adoption efforts and how the recent...
Currently Reading: Progressive Web Apps by Jason Grisby
3.5.2019
I’ve been reading Jason Grigsby’s new book on progressive web apps this past week and it’s exciting. Jason explains what PWAs are and how they work while while doing a bang-up job covering the business case for using them them, too. But perhaps you might be thinking that a PWA isn’t necessary...
The Simplest Ways to Handle HTML Includes
30.4.2019
It's extremely surprising to me that HTML has never had any way to include other HTML files within it. Nor does there seem to be anything on the horizon that addresses it. I'm talking about straight up includes, like taking a chunk of HTML and plopping it right into another. For example the...
Using “box shadows” and clip-path together
11.4.2019
Let's do a little step-by-step of a situation where you can't quite do what seems to make sense, but you can still get it done with CSS trickery. In this case, it'll be applying a shadow to a shape.
You make a box
.tag {
background: #FB8C00;
color: #222;
font: bold 32px system-ui;
padding:...
JavaScript Glossary: String toLowerCase()
26.3.2019
Basics
The toLowerCase() String method converts a string object to lower case. The return value of the method is the value of the calling string in lower case
Příručka marketéra: Jak jsme Národnímu muzeu pomohli dohnat digitální dobu
26.3.2019
Když za mnou přišel náš šéf designu s tím, že bychom se mohli ucházet o modernizaci webu Národního muzea, neváhal jsem. Přeci jen, kdo by to nechápal jako prestižní záležitost? Shodou okolností jsme zrovna krátce předtím strávili nějaký čas ve Spojených státech a zarazili se nad tím, jak kvalitně...
8 Little Videos About the Firefox Shape Path Editor
7.3.2019
It sometimes takes a quick 35 seconds for a concept to really sink in. Mikael Ainalem delivers that here, in the case that you haven't quite grokked the concepts behind path-based CSS properties like clip-path and shape-outside.
Here are two of my favorites. The first demonstrates animating text...
CSS Triangles, Multiple Ways
5.3.2019
I like Adam Laki's Quick Tip: CSS Triangles because it covers that ubiquitous fact about front-end techniques: there are always many ways to do the same thing. In this case, drawing a triangle can be done:
with border and a collapsed element
with clip-path: polygon()
with transform: rotate()...