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Beyond KYC: Global Regulators Appear Set to Adopt Tough New Rules for Crypto Exchanges
20.5.2019
Exchanges will likely have to collect information about their clients' crypto transactions under new global standards expected in June
International Money Transfer: Western Union vs World Remit vs Bitcoin
19.5.2019
One of the earliest cited use cases for bitcoin was international money transfers. Many believed that bitcoin would disrupt the global remittance market like nothing before because of the digital currency’s ability to process borderless digital cash transactions in a matter of minutes at a much...
After Trillions Printed Under QE, Politicians Now Say Deficits Don’t Matter
19.5.2019
When quantitative easing (QE) was introduced, it was likened to a drug, with central banks making an emergency injection of money to resuscitate the global economy. Now it seems that some politicians have gotten addicted to this drug, going as far as to claim that government deficits don’t...
How to Prove Ownership With a Bitcoin Cash Address and Digital Signature
18.5.2019
Bitcoin is an amazing form of money and the technology Satoshi created has incredible potential. However, most people don’t realize that the blockchain not only allows for a great medium of exchange, but it also provides the means for creating notarized proofs. The following walkthrough aims...
Huobi Launches OTC Desk for Institutional Investors
15.5.2019
Huobi announced the launch of its new institutional OTC trading desk regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission
Our Value of Money Is Subjective But That Doesn’t Make It Meaningless
14.5.2019
In my last op-ed, I discussed how the value we place on items and goods is subjective based on Carl Menger’s Subjective Theory of Value and how these concepts apply to people’s perception of value with things like fiat, gold, and bitcoin. The post outlined the idea that money cannot...
Xendpay Partners With Ripple (XRP) To Facilitate Safe and Secure Money Transfers To Malaysia
13.5.2019
International payments gateway Xendpay announced on Thursday day that it has partnered with Ripple for money transfers to Malaysia. Xendpay’s foray into the crypto space is quite important given its large and wide user base. The company, a subsidiary of London based Rational Foreign Exchange...
Deepdotweb Duo Indicted for Linking to Darknet Markets
10.5.2019
Federal indictments unsealed on May 8 have revealed further details of the case against Deepdotweb’s operators. Tal Prihar, 37, an Israeli citizen residing in Brazil, and Michael Phan, 34, an Israeli in Tel Aviv, have technically been charged with money laundering. The feds have made it very...
FinCEN Clarifies Money Transmission Regulations Pertaining to DApps
9.5.2019
U.S. regulators release guidance on how DApps could be subject to money transmission laws
Nejpopulárnější money transfer appkou v ČR je Revolut, následovaný PayPal a Yandex.Money
10.4.2019
Platformy umožňující převody peněz v Evropě zprostředkovávají transakce za celkových 160 miliard dolarů ročně. Jen v roce 2017 se z České republiky do zahraničí poslaly peněžní prostředky ve výši 2,1 miliardy dolarů (zejména na Slovensko) a více než 3,6 miliardy dolarů bylo převedených ze zahraničí...
WSJ Claim of $9 Mln Laundered Via Shapeshift Based on Flawed Investigation, Analysts Say
21.3.2019
Analysts have accused the Wall Street Journal of using flawed investigative methods and grossly overestimating the extent of alleged laundering via crypto exchange ShapeShift
E-A-T update: Měly by se české weby bát a jak si udržet organickou návštěvnost
20.3.2019
Od 1. srpna 2018 došlo na Googlu k velkým změnám ve výsledcích vyhledávání (SERP). V platnost vešel tzv. E-A-T update, který patří mezi nejrozsáhlejší aktualizace poslední doby. Některé weby, primárně ty věnující se zdraví, se kvůli němu okamžitě propadly, jiné naopak získaly. Proč se tomu stalo...
Jiří Mizera (Moneta): Agilní transformace je pro nás klíčová, příští rok bude agilně pracovat 600 lidí
18.3.2019
Jiří Mizera, Chief Strategic Change Officer v Moneta Money Bank pracuje zejména na digitální a agilní transformaci. Jak tenhle proces probíhá a jaké cíle banka v této oblasti má? Mění se Moneta z banky na technologickou společnost? Bojí se fintechů jako například Revolut? A co říká na PSD2? Nejen...
Awesome Analytics with Keen.io (Sponsored)
21.2.2019
As a young developer, I would often make decisions based on what I considered to be common sense or what I would envision appealed to users. What a mistake. As I’ve become more experienced as a developer and a businessman, I’ve realized that analytics are the best way to make...
Design v17
14.1.2019
We rolled out a new site design on January 1! This is the 17th version of CSS-Tricks if you can believe that. The versions tend to evolve a decent amount beyond the initial launch, but we archive screenshots on this design history page. Like I said in our 2018 thank you post:
This is easily...
Digital Gold: A Game-Changer for Traditional and Digital Currencies
4.1.2019
Disruption of the global monetary order Trust in currencies is vital for the global economy to function. In the past, when metal money was prevalent, people exchanged gold and silver coins because they were inherently valuable. By contrast, today’s paper […]
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The Software We Pay For
5.12.2018
We did a Web Developer Economics series a few years ago, where we looked at the various costs of being a web developer:
Web Developer Economics: One-Off Software Costs
Web Developer Economics: Hardware Costs
Web Developer Economics: Monthly Service Costs
Web Developer Economics: The Wrapup
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OpenRates Currency API (Sponsored)
30.5.2018
Creating your own APIs can be a total nightmare: worrying about uptime, load balancing, data accuracy, caching, and all of the other risks would keep me up at night. And if your API relates to money in any way? If you get that wrong you could be costing yourself, your employer, or your client...
DDoS Protection by Incapsula (Sponsored)
24.4.2018
DDoS protection is an incredibly important protection for sites that require dependability, regardless of the service your site provides. Whether your online product or service is for managing money, buying or selling crypto, or simply sharing your tech nerdery (like this blog), there’s...
Exchange Rates and Currency Conversion with fixer.io (Sponsored)
22.3.2018
My most stressful tasks as a coder have always revolved around money. Whether you’re coding a site for a client, your own business, or your employer, you want to be damn sure that any handling of currency is accurate, secure, and localized. We always want our code to work but when...