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Russia Not Ready for Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Putin’s Spokesman Peskov Says
8.9.2021
Russia has no reason to recognize bitcoin, President Putin’s press secretary has noted after El Salvador became the first country to adopt the digital coin as legal tender. In a statement to the press, Dmitry Peskov revealed he is convinced that such a move would not bring any benefits...
Salvadoran Government’s Chivo Wallet Experiences Hiccups, Some Residents Can’t Claim $30 BTC Reward
8.9.2021
On the day El Salvador implemented the bitcoin tender law, the official government wallet called the Chivo wallet had some initial issues for five hours on Tuesday. Residents could not leverage the application and had issues accessing the app on Apple’s App Store and Google Play....
Don’t attach tooltips to document.body
8.9.2021
Here’s Atif Afzal on using a <div> that is permanently on the page where tooltips are added/removed and how they perform vastly better than plopping those same tooltips right into the <body>. It’s not really discussed, but the reason …
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Meet the First BCH Dex Built on Smartbch — Benswap.cash Presents High-Yield Liquidity Pools, Noncustodial Swaps
8.9.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) has set a trend during the latter half of 2020 and into this year, as statistics show $168 billion is locked in defi across various blockchains. The Bitcoin Cash network now has the Smartbch protocol and in recent times, a decentralized exchange (dex) platform...
‘Who was selling? Not HODLers’ — New data hints at Bitcoin crash ‘culprit’ amid leverage wipe-out
8.9.2021
A classic dichotomy between hodlers and leveraged traders sets this week’s Bitcoin price dip apart from the coronavirus crash of March 2020
Firefox’s `bolder` Default is a Problem for Variable Fonts
7.9.2021
Variable fonts make it easy to create a large set of font styles from a single font file. Unfortunately, the default rendering of the <b> and <strong> elements in browsers today is not very compatible with the wide range of …
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Russia not ready to accept Bitcoin as legal tender, says Kremlin
7.9.2021
The Russian government keeps insisting that payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin would ruin its financial system
ECB Officially Starts to Investigate Digital Euro — Development Could Begin in 2 Years
7.9.2021
The European Central Bank (ECB) says it is “starting to investigate” a digital euro by launching a two-year investigation. ECB President Christine Lagarde believes the ECB should be ready to respond to people’s demands for digital currencies and come up with a European-based...
Crypto Market Sentiment Almost Unchanged in a Week
6.9.2021
r noreferrer" href="https://cryptonews.com/news/crypto-market-sentiment-fails-to-stay-in-positive-zone-usdc-11612.htm">5.94 last Monday to 5.89 today. While most top coins did not go through a significant change in sentiment, two outliers were
Beat Takeshi Not Injured After Car Attacked by Man with a Pickax
6.9.2021
This Saturday at 11:40pm Japan Time, a man with a pickax attacked at car carrying actor and film director Takeshi Kitano, best known by his stage name Beat Takeshi. The attacker even called for the 74-year-old filmmaker get out of his car. Thankfully, neither Kitano nor his driver were injured....
Can Bitcoin Break Historical September Price Trends? Spike Above $51K Suggests 2021’s 9th Month Is Different
6.9.2021
The price of bitcoin has risen above the $51K zone on Sunday and traders and speculators are curious as to where the price is headed next. Historically, in September, bitcoin prices don’t fare so well and usually get better in October. For this reason, skeptics are not sure...
Bitcoin Market Dominance Dips Down to 40% While Ethereum and Other Crypto Market Caps Swell
5.9.2021
While bitcoin prices have risen in value during the last two weeks, bitcoin dominance levels have slipped to lows not seen since the June 6 low of 41%, and the dip to 39.97% on May 16, 2021. Depending on the crypto market price aggregator leveraged, bitcoin’s dominance has been between...
Traders know not to ‘go long’ when this classic trading pattern shows up
5.9.2021
Investors watch trading volume and other momentum indicators alongside descending channel patterns to better gauge when to open and close trades
NFL Bars Teams From Participating in Certain Cryptocurrency and NFT Ventures: Report
4.9.2021
According to a recent report, the National Football League (NFL) advised teams that they could not, at least for now, sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and sponsorships to digital currency companies. Advertisements for specific crypto assets were mentioned alongside initial coin offerings (ICOs)...
Bithumb to Ban Foreign Traders Failing Mobile Phone Identification
4.9.2021
South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb said it will deny access to foreigners unable to verify their identities via mobile phone. The decision comes as the trading platform moves to comply with the country’s updated regulations coming into force later this month. Korean Exchange Bithumb...
Banks vs. exchanges — regulators overwhelmingly penalize fiat, not crypto
3.9.2021
Data from a recent report suggest that enforcement actions from U.S. regulators against those in the crypto space cost those firms less than 1% of that in traditional finance for the last 20 years
Stablecoins are assets — not currencies, says ECB president
2.9.2021
“Stablecoins are pretending to be a coin, but in fact it’s completely associated with an actual currency,” said Christine Lagarde
IRS Agent Poses as Bitcoin Trader Called ‘Mr. Coins,’ Biden’s IRS Wants ‘Outflow and Inflow’ Data From Banks
2.9.2021
Over the last few weeks, Americans have read about the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) upping its tax enforcement to catch cryptocurrency users who have not paid taxes. According to one report, the IRS may get access to bank inflows and outflows via Joe Biden’s American Families Plan....
Illegal crypto mining not the cause of power shortages in Iran, ministry says
2.9.2021
Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade questioned Tavanir’s claims that illegal mining activities consume 2,000 megawatts of power
Accessing Your Data With Netlify Functions and React
2.9.2021
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Static site generators are popular for their speed, security, and user experience. However, sometimes your application needs data that is not available when the site is built. React is a library for building user …
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