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A System of Robot Drug Dealers on Telegram Allows People to Buy Illegal Products for Bitcoin
13.10.2020
There’s a new avenue darknet market (DNM) customers have found that allows them to purchase illegal wares 24 hours a day via a robot drug dealer hosted on Telegram. The platform dubbed ‘Televend,’ is an automated software program that peddles illicit narcotics for people paying...
Ternio Joins Visa’s Fast Track Program As New Enablement Partner
13.10.2020
ATLANTA, GA – October 13th, 2020. The global fintech platform Ternio, announced today that it has joined Visa’s Fast Track program as a cryptocurrency focused enablement partner. By becoming part of Visa’s Fast Track program, Ternio will be able to make it quicker and easier...
Ripple CEO Threatens to Relocate Company Overseas Due to Unfavorable US Regulation
13.10.2020
Ripple chief executive officer Brad Garlinghouse has threatened to move the company’s headquarters overseas should the U.S. fail to level the playing field with an unambiguous regulatory framework. In a series of tweets on Oct.12, Garlinghouse said: “The lack of a single national...
Netlify Edge Handlers
13.10.2020
Some very cool news from Netlify: Edge Handlers are in Early Access (request it here). I think these couple of lines of code do a great job in explaining what an Edge Handler is:
export function onRequest(event) {
console.log(`Incoming request for ${event.request.url}`);
...
Bank of England Moves Closer to Negative Interest Rates, Asks Banks if They Are Ready
13.10.2020
The Bank of England has moved closer to adopting a negative interest rate policy. The central bank has asked commercial banks in the U.K. to provide details of how ready they are to deal with negative interest rates, asserting that for the policy to be effective, commercial banks need to be ready...
Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust Attains SEC Reporting Company Status
13.10.2020
Grayscale Investments says the registration statement on Form 10 that it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the Ethereum Trust has become effective. This means Ethereum Trust is now an official SEC reporting company and the second digital currency investment...
Hathor Merge Mining Pool Commands 33% of the Bitcoin Cash Hashrate
13.10.2020
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been recently discussing a new mining entity with a large amount of hashrate joined the network. The merge mining operation called HathorMM currently captures 33% of the Bitcoin Cash hashrate and the miners are also mining Bitcoinsv as well. The Bitcoin Cash (BCH)...
Run Gulp as You Open a VS Code Project
13.10.2020
When I open my local project for this very site, there is a 100% chance that I need to run this command before anything else: gulp. I set that up fresh less than a year ago so I’m on the latest-and-greatest stuff and have my workflow just how I like it. I did a few more tweaks a few months...
The Silk Road Balance Sheet Discrepancy: Bitcoin Worth $4.8 Billion Still Missing
12.10.2020
The original Silk Road marketplace has been shut down for well over seven years now and to this day, 444,000 bitcoin worth $4.8 billion is still missing. Just recently, a report focused on those funds discusses one of the market’s biggest mysteries and how people have seemingly forgotten...
Crypto Cruise Ship ‘Satoshi’ to Make Panama Bay Home
12.10.2020
The Crypto Cruise Ship called Satoshi is gearing up to set sail from the Mediterranean to Panama, where it will drop anchor and call the bay its home. The ship has 777 cabins that will be auctioned off as condos. Bitcoin will be accepted for all goods and services aboard. Crypto Cruise Ship...
How to Recreate the Ripple Effect of Material Design Buttons
12.10.2020
When I first discovered Material Design, I was particularly inspired by its button component. It uses a ripple effect to give users feedback in a simple, elegant way.
How does this effect work? Material Design’s buttons don’t just sport a neat ripple animation, but the animation also...
Coding the Mouse Particle Effect from Mark Appleby’s Website
12.10.2020
Learn how to create the mouse particle effect from Mark Appleby's website in this ALL YOUR HTML episode.
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Sports Data for Developers: SportdataAPI (Sponsored)
12.10.2020
Most of the side projects I consider starting revolve around sports, since I’m a huge sports fan. I spend my Saturdays watching soccer, Sundays spent watching soccer and NFL, and of course the mid-week Champions League and Europa League matches. One problem I’ve always had is not being...
12 Defi Con Artists Exposed – Are Rug Pulling Incidents Threatening the Future of Defi ?
12.10.2020
The ongoing hype about the abnormally high returns from Defi tokens has naturally seen many more investors moving funds to decentralized protocols. As of October 10, total value locked in Defi protocols was nearly $11 billion. However, despite this apparent endorsement of Defi, rug pulling...
Revamped Crypto Derivatives Exchange Qume Set to Fly in Wake of BitMEX Woes
12.10.2020
The timing couldn’t be better for regulation-focused trading platform Qume, which unveils a revamped set of services Monday
Defi Community Members Aim to Sue Yearn Finance Creator Andre Cronje and Fork YFI
12.10.2020
Members of the decentralized finance (defi) community are upset with Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje over the mishap with Cronje’s secret Eminence (EMN) project. The Eminence protocol gathered $15 million before the project was ultimately hacked before the official launch. According to...
Bitcoin for Spain’s Congress: BTC Sent to 350 Spanish Parliament Members
12.10.2020
Bitcoin has been sent to 350 deputies of the Spanish Congress as part of an educational initiative similar to the “Crypto for Congress” campaign that sent bitcoin to all Members of U.S. Congress. Bitcoin Sent to 350 Spanish Lawmakers All 350 members of Spain’s Congress of Deputies...
6 Stimulus Packages Have Been Proposed to Provide Second Direct Payments to Americans
11.10.2020
Six stimulus packages have been proposed to provide second stimulus checks for Americans. The latest proposal came from the White House on Friday. Several stimulus bills are being discussed as Americans hope to soon receive another round of direct payments to help them through the coronavirus...
$12M in ‘Satoshi Era’ Bitcoins Move: 21 Block Rewards from 2010 Spent After a Decade of Slumber
11.10.2020
On early Sunday morning around 1:38:02 a.m. (New York time), approximately 20 blocks with coinbase rewards from 2010 were spent in one block. 1,000 BTC was then consolidated into a single address before moving again. The massive movement of the decade-old ‘sleeping’ bitcoins was caught...
Kate Winslet to Star in Cryptocurrency Movie About Onecoin Ponzi Scheme
11.10.2020
A movie is being made about Onecoin’s cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme starring Oscar winner Kate Winslet. This Hollywood MGM movie is based on a true story told by a victim of the cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Onecoin Movie Starring Kate Winslet Oscar-winner Kate Winslet will be starring in...