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Gemini collaborates with The Giving Block and others, adds donations option
25.2.2021
Gemini has made digital asset giving more convenient for its users
Pricing Gold, Food, and Altcoins With the BTC Denominator: How to Measure an Asset’s Worth in Bitcoin
21.2.2021
On February 21, bitcoin touched a lifetime price high at $57,844 per unit after the crypto asset’s market valuation crossed the $1 trillion zone for the first time in history the day prior. Meanwhile, a number of digital assets have seen fiat values increase as coins like litecoin, ethereum...
Enterprise blockchain of today: While some fail, others show potential value
18.2.2021
Enterprise blockchain startup Insolar ceases operations, but what went wrong?
Why some cryptocurrencies are worth $40,000, while others stay at $0.40
13.2.2021
Market capitalization and asset supply factor into prices, but could any token be worth $1 million one day?
Chainlink, Aave, Messari and others launch GoodFi crypto alliance
11.2.2021
GoodFi claims to be the first cryptocurrency alliance focused on furthering education and research into decentralized finance
Bitcoin Tops $45K for First Time as Market Bets Others Will Follow Tesla’s Lead
9.2.2021
That Tesla has invested in bitcoin is an announcement the market had long sought to hear
Rockstar and Kiss Bassist Gene Simmons Tells Fans He Bought Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies
1.2.2021
In September of 2020, the frontman for the rock band Kiss, Gene Simmons, tweeted a cryptic message about bitcoin with one of the cofounders of the Gemini crypto exchange. Then on Sunday, the Kiss singer tweeted to his 900k Twitter followers that he bought “bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin,...
FTX created a Wall Street Bets index including GME, DOGE and others
29.1.2021
The FTX crypto exchange’s new index is called the Wall Street Bets Index
South Korean Gaming Giant Planning to Buy Crypto Exchange Bithumb for $460 Million
8.1.2021
Nexon, the South Korean multi-billion-dollar gaming conglomerate, is reportedly planning to buy a 65% stake in troubled crypto exchange Bithumb in a deal worth about 500 billion won ($460 million). ● According to local media reports, Nexon is to buy all the shares owned by Bithumb chairman...
All the Times We Hacked Each Other's Lives in 2020
1.1.2021
Lifehacker’s ethos is to help our readers “do everything better,” and that includes each other. Because even when we’re hacking others’ lives, we still need to live our own.In this post, each of us has selected a favorite 2020 post from another writer on staff. The choices represent the most...
Slow Movement
16.12.2020
There was a time when I felt overwhelmed by how fast the web developed. It seemed like not a single day passed without a new plugin, framework, technique, or language feature being released. I believed that in order to survive as a freelancer and to compete with others I had to learn everything...
It’s Always Year Zero
16.12.2020
In the short term, opinions about technology often follow a compressed form of Laver’s Law:
Everything just before me was completely broken.
Everything that comes after me is completely unnecessary.
Everything I use right now is perfectly fine; stop changing things.
We tend to judge things based...
Stripe Partnering With Goldman, Citigroup, Others to Offer Checking Accounts, Services: Report
4.12.2020
Payments processor Stripe is teaming up with banks like Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Barclays to provide checking accounts and other banking services, reports the Wall Street Journal. See also: Stripe to Pay $120,000 in PlexCoin ICO Settlement With Massachusetts Attorney General
How to Make an Area Chart With CSS
2.12.2020
You might know a few ways to create charts with pure CSS. Some of them are covered here on CSS-Tricks, and many others can be found on CodePen, but I haven’t seen many examples of “area charts” (imagine a line chart with the bottom area filled in), particularly any in HTML and CSS alone. In this...
Coinbase, Others Go Down as Amazon Web Services Outage Takes Down Swath of Internet
26.11.2020
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and thousands of other platforms on the internet reported recurring interrupted service and pointed the finger at cloud provider Amazon Web Services, which experienced an outage
DEX Aggregator Rebrands to Slingshot After Raising $3.1M From Coinbase Ventures, Others
19.11.2020
Slingshot exists in an increasingly crowded field of DEX aggregators including 1inch, ParaSwap, Matcha and even MetaMask
Celo taps Chorus One to build a bridge with Cosmos, paving the way for others
19.11.2020
Celo is the latest blockchain network to strive for interoperability, with Chorus One receiving a grant to build a bridge between Cosmos and Celo
China’s BSN predicted as long-term global project, still ahead of others
14.11.2020
The impact of China’s Blockchain Service Network may be limited, but the region’s national blockchain infrastructure continues to outpace other regions
S9 Resurrection: Higher Bitcoin Prices Allow Miners to Switch Outdated Mining Rigs Back On
14.11.2020
With bitcoin prices hovering over a certain handle, a great number of old ASIC mining rigs manufactured years ago are starting to become profitable again. Reports indicate that in China, where the average electricity cost is around $0.06 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), miners are starting to leverage...
Coinbase, Gemini and others join forces to combat human trafficking
3.11.2020
Leading exchanges are tracing suspicious crypto transactions to combat human trafficking