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Elon Musk the hero crypto deserves, but maybe not the one it wants, says exec
15.6.2021
The furore created by Musk's erratic tweets could leave investors out of pocket, but could also bring new eyes to crypto in the long run
‘Bitcoin is not an asset that is designed to be leveraged’ says Caitlin Long
14.6.2021
Avanti Financial CEO says Bitcoin shouldn’t be leveraged, while regulations for stablecoins are underway
Gather Feedback Using the Amazing UserWell (Sponsored)
14.6.2021
Most websites and mobile apps collect all sorts of data to try to gain insights into what users are doing, not doing, and to gain insight into what users may want. Those metrics are useful but there’s a more valuable way to get information: direct feedback from users. Userwell is an awesome...
Christine Lagarde Reaffirms ECB’s Crypto Policy as Bitcoin Becomes Legal Tender in El Salvador
14.6.2021
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has shared her view on El Salvador making bitcoin legal tender. She confirmed that the central bank’s policy on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has not changed. ECB’s Lagarde Comments on El Salvador Making Bitcoin...
UK Police Lobbying for New Laws Allowing Them to Freeze Cryptocurrencies
13.6.2021
UK police are lobbying the government to change the laws to allow them to freeze cryptocurrencies. Scotland Yard detectives say currently account-freezing orders do not apply to cryptocurrency wallets, making it difficult for the police to stop criminals from transferring funds. UK Police Want...
Bitcoinization: JPMorgan Notes ‘Similarly Situated’ Countries Could Make Bitcoin Legal Tender Like El Salvador
13.6.2021
JPMorgan struggles to “see any tangible economic benefits associated with adopting bitcoin as a second form of legal tender.” Commenting on El Salvador’s bitcoinization, JPMorgan did not rule out that the country’s move to make the cryptocurrency legal tender may...
GME and AMC stock surge may impact crypto meme coins, BTC not so much?
12.6.2021
GME and AMC push to greater highs on the back of memes as correlations with crypto begin to emerge
Bank of Namibia Warns Crypto Traders It ‘Will Not Entertain Complaints’ if They Get Scammed
12.6.2021
The Bank of Namibia (BON) has warned individuals investing in cryptocurrencies that it will not entertain their complaints should they get scammed. The institution argues that since its mandate does not currently cover digital currencies, it lacks the “legal power” to follow up on such...
BIS Official Insists Bitcoin Fails Means of Payment Test, Calls El Salvador’s BTC Law ‘Interesting Experiment’
11.6.2021
An official at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and former member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), Benoit Coeure, insists that bitcoin has not passed the test of being a means of payment. He calls El Salvador’s move to make the cryptocurrency legal tender...
Roubini and Taleb tell CoinGeek conference data matters, not tokens
11.6.2021
Nassim Taleb and Nouriel Roubini criticized tokens in general during a BSV conference panel
Put a Background on Open Details Elements
11.6.2021
One thing that can be just a smidge funky about the <details> element is that, when open, it’s not always 100% clear what is inside that element and what isn’t. I’m not saying that always matters or that it’s a …
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Bitcoin price hits stock-to-flow rebound level not seen since 2017 all-time high
10.6.2021
Deviation from the stock-to-flow average has always resulted in a reversal to new all-time highs, data shows
XCarnival Secures $2 Million Seed Investment
10.6.2021
Synthetic assets open up several opportunities for investors by not confining them to a specific location. If the concept excites you, there’s good news from XCarnival. Recently, XCarnival announced it has secured a two-million US dollar seed investment in its quest to reinvent synthetic...
IMF Not Happy About El Salvador Bitcoin Move
10.6.2021
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Adoption of bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender raises "a number of macroeconomic, financial and legal issues that require very careful analysis," Reuters reported, citing a spokesman for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The fund is following "developments...
Stablecoins not that radical, says Bank of England official
10.6.2021
The Bank of England's executive director of the Financial Market Infrastructure Directorate says that stablecoins are hardly “launching us off into some brave new world.”
Concordium Debuts its Business-Oriented Blockchain Mainnet
10.6.2021
After years of development, Concordium has unveiled its permissionless blockchain and MVP that is designed to meet the needs of enterprises by delivering transparency and governance, all with an orientation towards protecting user privacy. Identity-Centric Network to Promote Broader Business...
JavaScript Numeric Separators
10.6.2021
Writing good code is important — writing code that’s easily human readable is a next level skill. It’s not often that APIs are introduced whose seemingly only useful function is making code more readable, but let me introduce you to JavaScript numeric separators: an API that lets...
Battlefield 2042 Is Not Commentary On Climate Refugees Says Dev, Internet Disagrees
10.6.2021
Just as the world keeps turning—at least, until the climate apocalypse claims us all—so too has the latest big video game announcement brought a new developer attempt at denying that their game might say something.Read more
Coinbase says it was not involved in the DOJ's Bitcoin ransom seizure
9.6.2021
Coinbase CSO says ‘good ol’ fashioned police work’ landed the FBI the private keys
Bitcoin Keys Cannot be Hacked: Skeptics Question the Official Colonial Pipeline Bitcoin Seizure Story
9.6.2021
On June 7, the United States Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the “recovery” of 63.70 bitcoin from the funds Colonial Pipeline sent to the hackers. The official story has a number of inconsistencies and federal investigators did not disclose...