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Big Brother Nigeria Housemates Participate in Bitcoin Quiz, Get $500 BTC as Reward
19.8.2020
Eighteen housemates of Nigeria’s version of Big Brother took part in a bitcoin quiz with each participant getting $500 worth of BTC as prize money. Big Brother Naija (BBN) reportedly agreed to this unusual step as part of moves to offer more than just entertainment to its audience. As part...
Can you get valid CSS property values from the browser?
19.8.2020
I had someone write in with this very legit question. Lea just blogged about how you can get valid CSS properties themselves from the browser. That’s like this.
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That gives you, for example, the fact that cursor is a thing. But then how do you know what valid values...
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Holdings Reports $38.5 Million Income for Q2: “We’ve Crossed the Rubicon’
16.8.2020
Galaxy Digital Holdings reported on Friday, August 14 that its comprehensive income for Q2 grew to $38.5 million. The figure reflects both net realized and unrealized gains from digital assets, as well as investing activities of $28.3 million. In an earnings call, Galaxy Digital President, Chris...
Miner Hut 8 Reports Q2 Revenue Plunged 67% to $6.9 Million Due to Bitcoin Halving
15.8.2020
Canadian miner Hut 8 Mining Corp has reported that second quarter revenue tumbled 67% to $6.9 million from $21.2 million a year ago, as Bitcoin’s supply cut in May forced production to decline. The Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company extracted just 795 bitcoin (BTC) in the April to June...
That’s Just How I Scroll
14.8.2020
How do you know a page (or any element on that page) scrolls? Well, if it has a scrollbar, that’s a pretty good indication. You might still have to scrapple with your client about “the fold” or whatever, but I don’t think anyone is confused at what a scrollbar is or what...
What I Learned by Fixing One Line of CSS in an Open Source Project
14.8.2020
I was browsing the Svelte docs on my iPhone and came across a blaring UI bug. The notch in the in the REPL knob was totally out of whack. I’m always looking to contribute to open source, and I thought this would be a quick and easy fix. Turns out, there was a lot more to it than just changing...
Market Report: Merculet Token Price Doubles in 7 Hours, Algo up More Than 500% Since March
14.8.2020
The merculet token gained 160% from $0.00068 to $0.0011 in just 7 hours of trading on August 14. The price jump makes the token biggest gainer in 24 hours according to markets.Bitcoin.com. Despite the price surge, merculet had trading volumes of just $112,000. At the time of writing...
Interest in Grayscale Crypto Products Not Easing Up, Not Just BTC Now
13.8.2020
Grayscale’s exponential growth demonstrates institutional demand for Bitcoin and other digital assets
Bitcoin and Gold Correlation Reaches Record High 70%, Bolstering BTC’s Store of Value Credentials
12.8.2020
The prices of bitcoin and gold have reached a monthly average correlation of 70%, an all-time-high, according to data analytics firm Skew. The previous peak of just under 60% was reached earlier on in the second quarter of 2020. Skew said the rising correlation supports the idea that bitcoin (BTC)...
Passive Income via Digital Wealth: A Deep Dive Into Crypto Earning, Staking, Interest Bearing Accounts
12.8.2020
During the last two years investment vehicles that allow crypto asset holders to gather yields have grown exponentially and anyone can make passive income with a number of avenues. Staking validators, decentralized finance (defi) lending services, and interest rate earning accounts provide digital...
Bitcoin Just Got USD 250m Endorsement From Major US Company
11.8.2020
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US-based major business intelligence company MicroStrategy said it has purchased BTC 21,454 at an aggregate price of USD 250m, inclusive of fees and expenses.
“Our investment in Bitcoin is part of our new capital allocation strategy, which seeks to maximize long-term...
Chainlink Competitor Band Token Grows 300% in 7 Days Setting New ATH
11.8.2020
BAND, the native token of the Band Protocol, has grown by more 300% in just seven days. At the at time of writing, the token traded at $14.50 against the August 3 trading price of $3.86. On August 10, the token also touched a new high of $17.78 while the 24 hours traded volumes were […]
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Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar 550% in a Month, BCH, Dash Transactions Much Cheaper
11.8.2020
The cost of sending a transaction over the Bitcoin network rose sharply over the past month, as the price of the top cryptocurrency climbed higher. According to latest data from Bitinfocharts, the average bitcoin (BTC) transaction fee soared by as much as 547% in the month to August 6, rising from...
PSF Token Invokes the First Coin-Age Staking Protocol on Bitcoin Cash
11.8.2020
During the last six months, the Simple Ledger Protocol has grown immensely and there’s been 9,604 SLP tokens created since the infrastructure launched. Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on mistcoin, the mineable SLP token that can be mined with a CPU. Now software developer Chris...
Defi’s Rise Is Inevitable, and Fusion Is Driving This Evolution of Conventional Finance
10.8.2020
Four billion dollars This is the total amount of funds locked in “Defi”, growing from just one billion USD in 6 weeks. “Defi” has had a tortuous path ever since its inception, but now the concept of “Defi” is gaining more attention. So, what exactly...
Non-fungible Digital Artwork Sale Shatters Records, ‘Picasso’s Bull’ NFT Sells for $55K
10.8.2020
During the first week of July, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the growing sales of non-fungible token artwork being sold on marketplaces like Opensea, Nifty Gateway, and Makerplace. Just recently, the NFT market Nifty Gateway broke records selling a piece of digital artwork created by the artist...
Year-End Gold and Bitcoin Price Predictions from Regular Everyday People
10.8.2020
Just recently, news.Bitcoin.com talked to a number of individuals and asked them to let us know what they think the price of bitcoin and gold will be by the year’s end. Rather than leveraging the typical predictions from experts, executives, and crypto luminaries, the post delves into...
Chainlink Price Jumped More Than 45% in 48 Hours and 440% in Twelve Months
10.8.2020
Chainlink’s token surged more than 45% from $9.53 to $14.09 between Friday and Sunday data shows. The surge saw chainlink’s (LINK) market capitalization shooting to $5.12 billion which makes it the sixth most capitalized token, just ahead of cardano (ADA). At the time of writing...
Bitfinex Scoffs at Tether Market Manipulation Lawsuit: Bittrex and Poloniex File for Summary Judgment
9.8.2020
Bitfinex says the second attempt by plaintiffs to frame the bitcoin manipulation complaint will fail just like the first attempt. The Bitfinex comments follow a notice by Bittrex and Poloniex disputing claims that they knew about the alleged market manipulation by Bitfinex. In June, the plaintiffs...
Nailing the Perfect Contrast Between Light Text and a Background Image
7.8.2020
Have you ever come across a site where light text is sitting on a light background image? If you have, you’ll know how difficult that is to read. A popular way to avoid that is to use a transparent overlay. But this leads to an important question: Just how transparent should that overlay...