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Tax professional explains the most important thing for US crypto holders
29.10.2020
Tax season is confusing, especially when it comes to crypto
Bitcoin and Altcoins Struggle To Hold Important Supports
29.10.2020
Bitcoin price started a downside correction below the USD 13,500 support zone. BTC is down over USD 800 from the recent high and it is currently (13:00 UTC) struggling to stay above the USD 13,000 support. If there is a bearish close below USD 13,000, the price could extend its decline towards...
JP Morgan Sees Millennials’ Bitcoin Preference Over Gold as Foundation for Its Long Term Success
25.10.2020
JP Morgan says bitcoin’s 2020 surge is set to continue as the digital cryptocurrency competes better against gold as an alternative currency. In a note, the financial institution says that with millennials set to become a more important market participant in the coming years, their preference...
What It Means if Companies Like Twitter Are ‘Systemically Important’ to Financial Regulators
23.10.2020
NYDFS proposals following the Twitter hack are a warning to everyone using centrally-controlled "designated" platforms
Why low latency is important for cryptocurrency exchanges, explained
23.10.2020
Low latency is essential for high-end cryptocurrency traders, but not all exchanges can offer it. We’ll explore why it’s important and where to find it
‘Google Is One of the Most Important Antitrust Cases of All Time,’ With Matt Stoller
22.10.2020
The author of “Goliath” gives his take on the history of American antitrust politics and what it means for the just-announced Google case
Comparing Styling Methods in 2020
19.10.2020
Over on Smashing, Adebiyi Adedotun Lukman covers all these styling methods. It’s in the context of Next.js, which is somewhat important as Next.js has some specific ways you work with these tools, is React and, thus, is a components-based architecture. But the styling methods talked about...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Face Rejection Near Important Hurdles
16.10.2020
In the early Asian session, bitcoin price declined below the USD 11,400 level, but it found support near the USD 11,250 level. BTC started a fresh upward move and it broke the USD 11,500 resistance. However, on Friday morning (UTC time), the price faced a strong rejection near USD 11,550, resulting...
Here Are the Top Public Companies That Have Adopted Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset
11.10.2020
When Microstrategy Inc. bought $425 million bitcoin in the last two months, the decision became an important stamp of institutional approval of the top crypto’s credentials as a mature, safe-haven asset. The American technology firm had just made bitcoin its primary reserve asset to hedge...
New Stimulus Checks: Barbara Corcoran Slams Mark Cuban’s Expiry Date Idea, Favors Long-Term Relief
5.10.2020
Famous investor and “Shark Tank” star Barbara Corcoran has criticized Mark Cuban’s “use it or lose it” approach to the second round of stimulus checks for Americans. She also shares her thinking on what’s more important than one-time direct payments. Second...
Stablecoins Seen as Most Important Development in Crypto
25.9.2020
Supported by rapid growth in the decentralized finance (DeFi) field this year, stablecoins are now seen by industry players as being the most significant area of development for the crypto industry, a new report on cryptoassets from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance has found.
According...
Web Technologies and Syntax
24.9.2020
JavaScript has a (newish) feature called optional chaining. Say I have code like:
const name = Data.person.name;
If person happens to not exist on Data, I’m going to get a hard, show-stopping error. With optional chaining, I can write:
const name = Data.person?.name;
Now if person...
Jamstack Conf
22.9.2020
Here’s an important detail here: It’s free!
Jamstack Conf Virtual is coming up October 6th and 7th, 2020. The sessions are on October 6th. That’s the free part (register here). Then on October 7th there are a variety of workshops (they all look great to me) that are $100 USD each....
Optimizing CSS for faster page loads
18.9.2020
A straightforward post with some perf data from Tomas Pustelnik. It’s a good reminder that CSS is a crucial part of thinking web performance, and for a huge reason:
Any time [the browser] encounters any external resource (CSS, JS, images, etc.) it will assign it a download priority...
Binance Supporting Flow Blockchain with BUSD Stablecoin
17.9.2020
New York, September 17, 2020 — Binance, the global blockchain company behind the world’s largest digital asset exchange by trading volume and users, announced today the agreement to support BUSD stablecoin on Flow, the blockchain developed by Dapper Labs, the company behind...
Bitcoin whale cluster at $10,570 is the most important level right now
12.9.2020
Bitcoin whale clusters show major resistance levels are at $10,570 and $11,288, raising the chances of a major sell-off
Defining “View Source”
10.9.2020
Last time there was a little flurry of activity around the concept of “View Source,” I did get the sense that not everyone was on the same page about what that even means. Jim Nielsen:
First, when we talk about “View Source” what precisely are we talking about? I think this is...
Comparing Data in Google and Netlify Analytics
25.8.2020
Jim Nielsen:
the datasets weren’t even close for me.
Google Analytics works by putting a client-side bit of JavaScript on your site. Netlify Analytics works by parsing server logs server-side. They are not exactly apples to apples, feature-wise. Google Analytics is, I think it’s fair...
Where Does Logic Go on Jamstack Sites?
24.8.2020
Here’s something I had to get my head wrapped around when I started building Jamstack sites. There are these different stages your site goes through where you can put logic.
Let’s look at a special example so you can see what I mean. Say you’re making a website for a music venue. The most...
This vs. That
24.8.2020
Here’s a nice site from Phuoc Nguyen, who I’ve noted before has quite a knack for clever sites. This vs. That pits different related concepts against each other as a theme for an article. For example, CSS has display: none;, opacity: 0;, and visibility: hidden; and they all, on...