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Investment app Betterment still not ready to offer crypto services, says CEO
5.5.2021
After posting record-breaking growth in Q1 2021, digital wealth platform Betterment is still studying whether it needs to add crypto to its services
Apple's Tim Cook On Epic's Tim Sweeney: I Do Not Know This Man
5.5.2021
Another day, another collection of very funny and insightful documents being released as part of the Apple vs Epic lawsuit. For tonight we have a 2015 email from Epic’s Tim Sweeney to Apple CEO Tim Cook, where one executive issues an impassioned plea for marketplace reform, and the other says “who...
Number of Homes
4.5.2021
???? They say an average person lives in 11 homes in their lifetime. What’s your number? (I’m currently at 8????)
— CanadianPam (@PamelaApostolo1) May 1, 2021
Hmmmmm!
I’m not even sure what house I lived in when I was born.
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Digital euro's privacy promise not worth a centralized system, Oasis exec says
4.5.2021
A former Apple executive believes the European Central Bank might just be paying lip service to the concept of privacy in relation to a digital euro
Spanish Healthcare Group to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments, Citing Interest in ‘Bitcoin Revolution’
4.5.2021
Cryptocurrency regulation is still an ongoing topic for the Spanish government and regulators, with some not too friendly measures against crypto ads or enhancing tax rules. However, adoption is on the rise in different industries, and the healthcare sector is joining the frenzy. Patients Could...
Ghana Regulator Labels Crypto Transactions Illegal— Urges People to ‘Stay Away From Them’
4.5.2021
Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently warned residents of the West African country to avoid cryptocurrency transactions of any form. In the warning, the regulator reiterated that “cryptocurrencies are illegal in the country and are not regulated by the commission...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger Finds Bitcoin ‘Disgusting and Contrary to the Interest of Civilization’
2.5.2021
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, says he hates bitcoin’s success. “I don’t welcome a currency that’s so useful to kidnappers and extortionists and so forth,” Munger said. Buffett, on the other hand, dodged...
How To Not Die (As Much) In Returnal
30.4.2021
The science-fiction action game Returnal, out today for PlayStation 5, drops you all by your lonesome on a haunting, uncharted exoplanet. It’s a gorgeous, fresh, fascinating game that’s well worth sticking with. It’s also quite difficult. As with any game built around a live-die-repeat structure...
New Jersey County Liquidates Bitcoin Seized in 2018, Profiting Almost 300%
30.4.2021
Individuals and companies are not the only ones who take advantage of the significant bitcoin prices surging across the board, despite recent pullbacks. In New Jersey, United States, a county yielded profits after liquidating seized cryptocurrencies during a drug investigation. Authorities Gained...
BNY Mellon fund laments: ‘We should have bought Bitcoin, not gold'
30.4.2021
SEC filings show that America’s oldest bank has attributed the underperformance of its small-cap ETF to failing to buy MicroStrategy shares after the firm invested heavily in BTC
Image Optimization Strategies Compared (Sponsored)
30.4.2021
We all know the stats. Slower website performance is strongly linked to higher abandon rates and lower conversions. What you may not know is that the main culprit is bloated web page payloads, bringing down our otherwise performant web pages via images. That being said, images also drive...
Fed to Keep Rates Near Zero, Treasury Purchases to Continue, Powell Expects ‘Transitory’ Inflation
29.4.2021
In a policy meeting on Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve told the public that monetary easing will continue and the benchmark interest rate will be kept near zero. Just like previous statements from Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members, the committee within the central bank is...
Venezuelan Programmer Who Created the Petro Token Regrets Participating in the Project — Works on an Alternative Token
29.4.2021
Venezuela’s government-backed cryptocurrency is not having the acceptance its cabinet expected, as the latest reports suggest. The petro’s creator, who now lives in exile, wants to build another crypto that gets the adoption its original creation did not in the nation. Jiménez...
Your Team is Not “Them”
28.4.2021
This post was written for engineering managers, but anyone is welcome to read it.
Let’s talk for a moment about how we talk about our teams. This might not seem like something that needs a whole article dedicated to it, …
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Elon Musk Confirms He Owns Bitcoin, Has Not Sold Any — Tesla Intends to Hold BTC Long Term, Sold Some to Prove Liquidity
27.4.2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he owns bitcoin and has not sold any of his holdings. His company Tesla, however, has sold some of its bitcoins, which Musk says it’s “essentially to prove liquidity of bitcoin.” Tesla’s Master of Coin says the company believes in...
A Complete Guide to Custom Properties
27.4.2021
Everything important and useful to know about CSS Custom Properties. Like that they are often referred to as "CSS Variables" but that's not their real name.
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Bitcoin 'Fake-Selloff' Was Driven by Dealers With Short Inventory - Arca
27.4.2021
What we saw last week in the crypto market wasn't actually a selloff, but the price being artificially driven down by dealers with short inventory, according to Jeff Dorman, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of US-based investment management firm Arca. Also, the second-highest amount...
MTI CEO and Wife Issued With Provisional Sequestration Order by South African High Court
27.4.2021
A South African High Court recently served Mirror Trading International (MTI)’s Johann and Nerina Steynberg with a provisional sequestration order. The court’s decision follows a successful court application by the five joint provisional liquidators of the now-defunct online bitcoin...
‘I have not sold any of my Bitcoin’: Elon Musk
27.4.2021
Tesla may have realized some of its Bitcoin profits, but CEO Elon Musk continues to hodl
Fund Manager Bill Miller Says Bitcoin Is Not a Bubble — BTC Entering Mainstream as Demand Grows Faster Than Supply
26.4.2021
Bill Miller, the founder and chief investment officer of Miller Value Partners, does not think bitcoin is a bubble. Instead, he said it is at the beginning of mainstream adoption. Remaining bullish on the cryptocurrency, the famed value investor explained that bitcoin’s price will rise as...