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COVID Forces Chinese Internet Cafes to Turn into Crypto Mining Hubs
17.5.2021
Chinese internet cafe owners are turning their businesses into crypto mining centers as social distancing measures continue to bite in the Middle Kingdom.
According to The Time Weekly, via Sina, a huge number of the 24-hour internet cafes, created primarily for PC gamers, closed down in 2020 – when...
Shiba Inu Crypto Investors Turn Multimillionaires After Almost Jobless, Relying on Stimulus Checks
17.5.2021
Two brothers have shared the story of how they became millionaires after investing in Shiba Inu, the cryptocurrency nicknamed “dogecoin killer,” for just under two months. Before the investment, the covid-19 pandemic almost killed their business, and the government’s stimulus...
While Bitcoin’s Price Slumps the Network’s Mining Difficulty Reaches a Lifetime High
13.5.2021
After bitcoin prices took a hit following Tesla’s recent u-turn, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped over 25 trillion, the highest the metric has seen during the protocol’s lifetime. The mining difficulty spike follows the recent 12% difficulty drop the network experienced...
Official Remittance Inflows to Zimbabwe Surged to $1 Billion After Covid-19 Restrictions Forced Migrants to Use Formal Channels
13.5.2021
Cross border remittances into Zimbabwe surged to $1 billion in 2020, more than a 36% increase from the $636m that was recorded in 2019. This surge in remittances occurred despite the “steep decline in economic activity in host countries, which in turn made it difficult for migrants in...
Tokyo Assemblyman Wants to Turn City into Crypto Powerhouse
8.5.2021
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A Tokyo city assemblyman has spoken out about ambitious plans to transform the Japanese capital into a crypto-powered financial hub – claiming that embracing cryptoassets could help put the city on a par with London and Hong Kong.
Speaking to Finders (via Yahoo...
Future Yakuza Games Will Stick With Turn-Based Battles
7.5.2021
Sega confirmed today that the Yakuza series will continue on as a turn-based RPG. This comes after the success of the last entry, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, which left behind the fast-paced brawling the series once featured for more tactical, turn-based combat. Read more
Huh, The New Fable Runs On The Forza Engine
6.5.2021
The next installment in the Fable franchise is being built with the ForzaTech engine, which as the name implies, is the foundation beneath Xbox’s popular Forza racing games.Read more
Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world
5.5.2021
Mogo Adds 146 ETH to Firm’s Balance Sheet, Plans to Turn 5% of Its Portfolio Into Crypto Assets
5.5.2021
On Tuesday, the Nasdaq-listed Canadian company Mogo revealed the firm has purchased 146 ether at an average price of $2,780. The move follows the firm’s corporate investment in bitcoin, as well as offering bitcoin rewards for the company’s mortgage and card clients. The company plans...
South Korean Crypto Tax U-Turn Looking Unlikely, Despite Outcry
5.5.2021
Despite the recent outcry about crypto tax among younger South Koreans, a new small survey has found that most of the respondents are in favor of imposing taxes on crypto traders’ profits.
Per Segye Ilbo and Chosun, the survey quizzed 500 people aged 18 and over nationwide and was commissioned...
List Markers and String Styles
29.4.2021
Lists—we’ve all worked with them in one form or another. I’m talking about HTML’s <ol> and <ul>. Much of the time, because we desire styling control, we turn off the list’s markers completely with list-style-type: none, and start …
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Cuban & Musk Turn up the DOGE Again – Critics Ring Warning Bells (Again)
28.4.2021
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Crypto pundits have urged caution after another Elon Musk-fuelled dogecoin (DOGE) rally sent the token up to the verge of the top five coins per market capitalization.
DOGE is now testing the waters beneath the USD 0.33 mark, with 24-hour growth of just over 20% at the time...
Text That Sometimes Turns to Emojis
22.4.2021
There are some Unicode characters that some browsers just decide they are going to turn into emojis for you. I couldn’t tell you why exactly, but here’s what I see:
Chrome on the left. Safari in the simulator on top…
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Ethereum price moves toward new highs even as pro traders turn bearish
21.4.2021
Ethereum price is back on the path to a new high but this key ETH derivatives metric signals that pro traders are exercising caution
Bitcoin and Ethereum Approach Breakout Levels, Dips Turn Attractive
20.4.2021
Bitcoin price managed to stay above the USD 54,000 support zone. BTC started a fresh recovery wave and it climbed above the USD 55,500 level. It is currently (12:30 PM UTC) showing a few positive signs, but it could face hurdles near USD 56,500.
Similarly, most major altcoins are attempting a fresh...
At 79 Years Old, Gundam Creator Yoshiyuki Tomino Is Still Competitive
15.4.2021
Yoshiyuki Tomino is an anime legend. At his age, you might think he’s checked out, retired, and is taking it easy. You’d be wrong.Read more
In 2007, Video Game Memes Took A Dark Turn
10.4.2021
Memes. These days, they’re everywhere. They are the pillars upon which internet culture—and by extension, pop culture—stands. But once upon a time, memes dwelled in the internet’s dankest sewers, traded in the darkness by geeks, nerds, and outcasts. On this week’s Splitscreen podcast, we examine...
GBTC Holder Says Not Enough Being Done to Eliminate Discount on Shares— Proposes an Alternative Solution
9.4.2021
A privately-held investment firm from Chicago, Marlton Partners, has urged Grayscale Investments to embrace the modified Dutch auction tender offer for GBTC shares. According to Marlton, such a tender offer “would materially narrow — if not eliminate — the discount to net asset...
The Next Forza Motorsport Is Gearing Up For Early Testing, And You Can Be A Part Of It
7.4.2021
It’s an exciting time for Forza Motorsport, as Microsoft’s sim racing franchise is gearing up for a reboot and its first installment on the Xbox Series X and S generation of consoles. While there’s no indication as of yet that we’ll see the game released in 2021, developer Turn 10 Studios revealed...
Turks Turn to Exploring Bitcoin, Ethereum, And Tether as Lira Plummets
22.3.2021
As Turkish lira (TRY) plummeted once again amidst massive economic uncertainty and opposing views over solutions, the country's citizens turned to Google to explore bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets.
Looking at the interest in 'bitcoin' in the past seven days in Turkey, we see that it jumped...