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Trump Pressures Fed for More Rate Cuts as Mega Banks Drain the Balance Sheet
2.10.2019
U.S. President Donald Trump is pressuring the central bank to cut interest rates even further as a spike in oil prices has offset the Federal Reserve’s ‘normalization’ tactics like rate-cutting and overnight repos. Additionally, the mega bank JP Morgan Chase (JPM) is being blamed...
These Debit Cards Will Help You Spend Your BCH Anywhere
2.10.2019
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash are ideally suited to payments. While their popularity increases with growing awareness of the benefits of peer-to-peer electronic cash, mass adoption remains a long-term goal. In the meantime, some fintech products are helping to improve dramatically...
5 Educational Resources That Will Level up Your Cryptocurrency Knowledge
2.10.2019
Crypto is a constant learning curve. Keeping pace with developments in bitcoin, blockchain, and the ever-evolving cryptocurrency ecosystem feels like a full-time job, and that’s just for experienced heads. For novices, it’s tough enough working out where to even start. While crypto...
Enhancing The Clickable Area Size
1.10.2019
Here’s a great post by Ahmad Shadeed on making sure that clickable areas in our interfaces are, well, clickable. He writes about making sure that links, buttons and other elements meet accessibility standards for both touch and mouse, too.
I particularly like the section where Ahmad writes about...
Video Shows $10M Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farm in Flames
1.10.2019
During the early morning hours of September 30, a nine-minute video circulated on Twitter showing a large bitcoin mining farm burning down. Sources say the mining farm belonged to the company Innosilicon and roughly $10 million worth of mining rigs were destroyed. Also Read: Central Banks in Panic...
Look no where else
1.10.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 1 October, 2019 Forward “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” – Lyndon B. Johnson And just like that, we're in the final quarter of 2019. […]
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Look no where else
1.10.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 1 October, 2019 Forward “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” – Lyndon B. Johnson And just like that, we're in the final quarter of 2019. […]
The post Look no where else appeared first on CoinMarketCap
Central Banks in Panic Mode – Extreme Tactics Like Helicopter Money Discussed
30.9.2019
Central banks worldwide continue to inject more stimulus into the economy as they predict the onset of a new financial crisis. In the face of a sluggish economy, monetary easing, negative interest rates, and ‘normalizing’ the balance sheet is the name of the game these days. Now central...
Bitcoin Cash Meetups Help Plant the Seeds of Economic Freedom
28.9.2019
Our newsdesk recently caught up with Bitcoin.com’s community manager Chris Bridgman who discussed the recent expansion of Bitcoin Cash-focused meetups worldwide. Over the last two years, Bridgman and his partner Akane Yokoo have seen BCH meetups grow from a small handful to around...
Preloading Pages Just Before They are Needed
27.9.2019
The typical journey for a person browsing a website: view a page, click a link, browser loads new page. That's assuming no funny business like a Single Page App, which still follows that journey, but the browser doesn't load a new page — the client fakes it for the sake of a snappier...
Venezuela’s Central Bank Indicates Plans to Stockpile Bitcoin
27.9.2019
Various reports reveal Venezuela’s central bank is allegedly contemplating hoarding a variety of cryptocurrencies like BTC within its internal reserves. The state-operated gas company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has asked to send BTC and ETH payments to Banco Central...
What happens when you open a new install of browsers for the 1st time?
27.9.2019
Interesting research from Jonathan Sampson, where he watches the network requests a browser makes the very first time you launch it on a fresh install, and otherwise do nothing. This gives you a little insight into what kind of information that browser wants to collect and disseminate.
This...
When to Sell Bitcoin? ‘Never’ — Mark Yusko Says BTC Like Amazon Stock
27.9.2019
Buy Bitcoin and hodl it like Amazon shares, says Yusko
Software Engineer Reveals Oracle Creation Platform for Bitcoin Cash
27.9.2019
On September 23, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developer Gabriel Cardona revealed a project called Oracles.cash, a platform he constructed at the Wyohackathon. The application allows anyone to launch oracles on the BCH chain for things like prediction markets, trust-less wagers, and BCH contracts tethered...
Paperform
26.9.2019
Buy or build is a classic debate in technology. Building things yourself might feel less expensive because there is no line item on your credit card bill, but has cost in the form of time. Buying things, believe it or not, is usually less expensive when it comes to technology that isn't your core...
Ex-Fed Man Frets About Libra-like Coins + 9 More Crypto News
26.9.2019
Simon Potter. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, AFME
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.
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Former senior United States Federal Reserve official...
A Dark Mode Toggle with React and ThemeProvider
25.9.2019
I like when websites have a dark mode option. Dark mode makes web pages easier for me to read and helps my eyes feel more relaxed. Many websites, including YouTube and Twitter, have implemented it already, and we’re starting to see it trickle onto many other sites as well.
In this tutorial, we’re...
Browser Engine Diversity
24.9.2019
We lost Opera when they went Chrome in 2013. Same deal with Edge when it also went Chrome earlier this year. Mike Taylor called these changes a "Decreasingly Diverse Browser Engine World" in a talk I'd like to see.
So all we've got left is Chrome-stuff, Firefox-stuff, and Safari-stuff. Chrome...
Looks Like Stellar Price is All Set for a Short-Term Bear Run
24.9.2019
Stellar price has been moving below the baseline with a flattish trend over the past one month due to the continual bear pressure; except the recent instance when it peaked at $0.085. Stellar (XLM) had been performing with a stable and upward momentum till the bears became stronger in the crypto...
Ethereum Classic Just like any other Altcoin of the market Turns Bearish
21.9.2019
Ethereum Classic is now available on Dex-Trade to be traded in. One can trade in ETC against BTC, ETH and USDT. Additionally, the crypto team has successfully activated the Atlantis hard fork which is aimed to improve the functionality and compatibility of ETC with Ethereum. Ethereum Classic Price...