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The Digital Decade Signs Off with a Glimpse of the Future
22.12.2019
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Keld van Schreven is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of KR1 plc, the London listed cryptocurrency and blockchain investment company.
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Wow that was quick, here we are at the end of 2019! The year for crypto markets and blockchain technology has been slow and steady. Large capitalized...
Is Web Design Easier or Harder Than it was 10 Years Ago?
20.12.2019
Is it harder or easier to build a website now than 10 years ago? Has the bar gone up or down? I don't have any data for you, but I can shell out some loosey-goosey opinions.
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HTML5 was the only big HTML change in the last decade, and it wasn't particularly dramatic. It's cool it's the looser...
A Decade of Quantitative Easing Has Paved the Way for the Age of Digital Currency
20.12.2019
Ten years of central bank quantitative easing have fostered big distortions in the global financial system, setting it up for a major architectural shift
At 8,990,000% Gains, Bitcoin Dwarfs All Other Investments This Decade
20.12.2019
No other investment comes close to Bitcoin in the 2010s, data shows as the cryptocurrency enters 2020 up 85% this year alone
Crypto Experts Give Their Top Predictions for 2020
19.12.2019
In an industry built around digital scarcity, opinions are in plentiful supply. Everyone’s got one, and they’d love to share it with the rest of the cryptosphere. As the decade draws to a close and another prepares to launch, it’s the perfect time to consider what 2020 has...
CNN: Bitcoin is the Best Investment of the Decade + More News
18.12.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Investment news
Major news outlet CNN told its multi million audience that Bitcoin (BTC) is the best investment of the decade....
24K Casino Adds Ethereum
13.12.2019
We live in an era where the latest technology profoundly shapes our daily lives. The past decade has seen an unprecedented growth in technology that not only revolutionized the online gaming industry but literally turned it on its head.
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Italians Love Cash But Are Growing Fond of Crypto, New Stats Suggest
11.12.2019
Italy, one of the world’s largest economies, has faced plenty of financial challenges in the past decade. That’s probably one of the reasons why cryptocurrencies have been faring better there than in other European countries. Italians love cash but are also warming up to...
Deutsche Bank Strategist Predicts Crypto Could Replace Fiat Money
8.12.2019
Deutsche Bank analysts have made some predictions regarding the future of cryptocurrency. Strategist Jim Reid explained why cryptocurrencies are inevitable and how the existing fiat money system could crumble over the next decade, leading to soaring demand for cryptocurrencies. Also read: Swiss...
Image Lazy Loading
25.11.2019
Lazy loading images is a practice that’s been popular for a decade and for good reason: images are usually the heaviest downloads on a given webpage and avoiding unloading images that are never seen saves the user bandwidth. There are plugins for lazy loading images in every JavaScript...
Shift Cryptosecurity Reveals New Tamper-Evident Packaging
23.11.2019
As digital assets have grown valuable over the last decade, hardware wallets have become a mainstay and there’s now a variety of choices on the market. However, people still worry about their devices being tampered with during the shipping process and the firm Shift Cryptosecurity AG wants...
Crypto 2020: What Regulators Might Bring Next Year and in the Decade
16.11.2019
Ten years in, and crypto is still largely unregulated and uncontrolled in many parts of the world. But over the past couple of years, a growing number of countries have introduced cryptocurrency regulations, with varying degrees of permissiveness and restrictiveness.
These countries include...
How Crypto Winters of Bitcoin’s Past Compare to Today
8.11.2019
Cryptocurrency and bitcoin proponents have been patiently waiting to see if crypto winter is returning as the recent price decline has shaken investors. Digital assets have been meandering aimlessly over the last week and in order to gain some perspective, it’s always good to study the last...
New Research: Energy DLT Apps’ CAGR to Surge 67% Over the Next Decade
22.10.2019
Energy blockchain apps are estimated to grow 67% CAGR over the next 10 years, according to Navigant Research
Coinbase Receives E-Money License From the Central Bank of Ireland
13.10.2019
Coinbase has secured a new legal foothold in Europe. The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange has received an e-money license from the Bank of Ireland, which it can potentially use to continuing serving its customers across the continent, in case Brexit causes any disruptions. Also Read:...
Gartner: Corporate Blockchain Won’t Take Off for Another Decade
11.10.2019
For years, all sorts of companies have flooded the media with reports of using blockchain technology for everything from tracking vegetables to fake luxury handbags. These claims mostly involved tests that were done only for the sake of publicity, riding the coattails of cryptocurrency, and almost...
Fiat Money May Break in a Decade, Says Author of 'Black Swan'
8.10.2019
Fiat money is likely to break within the decade, predicts Nassim Nicholas Taleb, an essayist, scholar, and former risk analyst, famous for his book on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable events, The Black Swan.
Upon being asked to make a prediction on “what would happen by the end of...
Bitcoin Is a Viable Way to Remove the State From Your Life
29.9.2019
The last decade has seen central banks print trillions of dollars, governments grown much larger, wars continue with no end, and ordinary citizens taxed even more. Thankfully there are individuals and small pockets of people all around the world who believe something is wrong. Many of these people...
Is Market Regulation of Online Gambling The Death Of Crypto Casinos?
27.9.2019
Bitcoin, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency, turned 10 on January 3, 2019. This date marked a full decade since the bitcoin blockchain network started operating, and it hasn’t stopped since. In the meantime, many more cryptocurrencies have come about, and today […]
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Bitcoin’s Early Days: How Crypto’s Past Is Much Different Than the Present
8.9.2019
Over the last 24 hours, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been discussing a transaction that saw 94,000 BTC sent to an unknown wallet. The hoopla over the large transaction shows how things have changed significantly over the last decade. Back in cryptocurrency’s early days, between 2010-2012...