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Leading Middle East Telecoms Firm Zain Joins Hedera Governing Council
15.6.2020
Major telecoms provider Zain has joined the governing council for distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph
How Bitcoin Fits Into Lebanon’s Banking Crisis
5.6.2020
Lebanon's crisis has been raging for years, but the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and a global downturn has made stable financial services even more urgent
Bitmain’s Feuding Co-Founders Are Fracturing the Firm and Staff Are Caught in the Middle
4.6.2020
Staff at bitcoin miner manufacturer Bitmain are being forced to choose between its two co-founders as a long-running feud over control of the firm worsens
Iran Issues License for Nation’s Biggest Bitcoin Mining Operation
5.5.2020
A Turkish firm has been granted a license to operate a data center with up to 6,000 bitcoin mining machines
Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle East
4.5.2020
Regions with weak states and educated diasporas are seeing a rising demand for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and decentralized applications
Samsung-Backed DLT Firms Launch Blockchain Think Tank for MEASEA Region
28.4.2020
The group will promote the adoption of business solutions using blockchain technology integrated with artificial intelligence
How to Make Repeating Border Images
16.3.2020
I just saw this cool little site from Max Bittker: broider. You design an image on a 9-slice grid (except the middle part) and it will produce an image for you to use with border-image along with the CSS to copy and paste.
Check out my little design:
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The areas of the image...
Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle East
13.3.2020
Bitcoin fell 40 percent this week from coronavirus shocks, but it's still seen as a safe haven in the Middle East
Data-driven Jamstack with Sourcebit
28.2.2020
Think of building sites with Gatsby as an hourglass shape.
Gatsby itself is right in the middle. The wide funnel at the top represents the fact that Gatsby can take in data from all sorts of sources. The data could be in markdown files, from a headless CMS or some other API, from a hosted database...
Dubai Gov’t to Launch KYC Blockchain Consortium in Q1 2020
19.2.2020
Dubai government to launch a KYC blockchain consortium in collaboration with six banks in Q1 2020
How Bitcoin Is Used to Promote Human Rights: Stories From Activists and Refugees
17.2.2020
CoinDesk reporter Leigh Cuen is joined by the Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein and Syrian entrepreneur Moe Ghashim to discuss how cultural context shapes the way people view bitcoin, including stories from the Middle East
Report: Middle East and Africa’s Blockchain Spending to Surge 400% by 2023
14.2.2020
Governments across the Middle East and Africa to increase blockchain spending by 400% in four years, a new IDC report says
UAE Health Ministry Debuts Blockchain Platform for Medical Data
2.2.2020
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has launched a blockchain platform for managing healthcare data
Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Buys Into Blockchain Trading Platform Vakt
28.1.2020
Saudi Aramco joins Shell, BP, Chevron and others in using Vakt’s blockchain-based oil trading platform
Palestinian Militant Group Has Received 3,370 Bitcoins in Donations Since 2015: Report
20.1.2020
The report from an Israeli organisation claims the group used bitcoin to avoid sanctions, offer a degree of anonymity to donors and enable cross-border money transfers
Indian Payment Company PayMate Aims at Expanding Into Middle East & Africa
26.12.2019
PayMate, India’s one of the most emerging payment companies, has decided to broaden its presence in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Its CEO, Ajay Adiseshann, said that the company would invest 3 million USD in the Middle East by 2021. It should be noted that PayMate has already started...
Soccer Teams Like Juventus Look to Score With Blockchain Push
10.12.2019
Over the course of the last few years, teams like Juventus, PSG, AS Roma, Bayern Munich have made use of blockchain technology to interact and connect with their fans
UAE Central Bank Says It Doesn’t Approve Private Cryptos; Could This Be A Threat to the Middle East?
6.12.2019
Cryptocurrencies have been one of the most polarizing concepts of the 21st Century, which have divided the world into two major fractions. First, who believe that Bitcoin is revolutionary, and is the future of global monetary systems. Second, who think that crypto is the threat of the sovereign...
Variations on Theme: Reinventing Type on the Web
20.11.2019
If anyone knows anything about me, it’s usually one of two things: that I have two outrageously fluffy dogs, or that I like fonts and typography. Like, really really like them. So while I am super excited about how well Tristan is doing with his hydrotherapy —we’re walking 50% further than he...
The Department of Useless Images
18.11.2019
Gerry McGovern:
The Web is smothering in useless images. These clichéd, stock images communicate absolutely nothing of value, interest or use. They are one of the worst forms of digital pollution because they take up space on the page, forcing more useful content out of sight. They also slow down...