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Ciphertrace Report Shows Crypto Crime Moving to Defi
15.5.2021
Ciphertrace, a blockchain analytics company, has announced that crypto-related crimes have moved to the realm of decentralized finance (defi) apps and protocols. Now, the impact these hacks and exploits represent is way bigger than the one classic hacks to centralized exchanges and other scams...
Palantir to Accept Bitcoin for Services, Considers Keeping BTC on Its Balance Sheet
11.5.2021
Palantir Technologies, the Peter Thiel-backed, American software company specializing in big data analytics, announced Tuesday that company plans to accept bitcoin for services. Further, like a variety of corporate entities that are accepting and holding bitcoin, Palantir is considering keeping...
Data analytics giant Palantir now accepts Bitcoin payments
11.5.2021
The firm added Bitcoin was "definitely on the table" as consideration for a treasury reserve asset
Crypto Analytics Firm Coin Metrics Raises $15 Million, Goldman Sachs Leads Funding Round
6.5.2021
On May 5, the cryptocurrency data and analytics provider Coin Metrics announced the firm has raised $15 million in Series B financing round. The funding was led by Goldman Sachs and a number of other venture firms, as digital currency data has become a hot commodity in recent times. Digital...
Fidelity Investments Launches Crypto Analytics Platform Sherlock for Institutional Investors
3.5.2021
The American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts, Fidelity Investments has announced the introduction of a new comprehensive data and deep analytics solution for digital assets. The new product is called Sherlock and it’s meant for institutional clients...
Coinbase Buys Data Firm Skew, Company’s First Acquisition Since the Nasdaq Direct Listing
30.4.2021
On April 30, the crypto-focused data analytics company Skew announced the firm has been acquired by the San Francisco company Coinbase. The exchange will leverage Skew’s data with the firm’s institutional subsidiary Coinbase Prime. The goal is to make “cryptocurrency markets more...
Coinbase to acquire skew crypto data analytics platform
30.4.2021
Some of skew's institutional clients include One River Asset Management and Susquehanna International Group
Fidelity launches institutional cryptocurrency analytics platform Sherlock
30.4.2021
Sherlock will provide fundamental and technical analysis for fund managers and investors
How to Monitor Core Web Vitals and Take Action with Raygun
29.4.2021
Raygun is an error and performance monitoring software for websites and mobile apps. In the case of websites, you install their JavaScript snippet onto your site, which takes 2 seconds, and now you’ve got monitoring in place. Why? Well now …
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Ethereum’s Price Taps Fresh New Highs, ETH Market Cap Eats Away BTC Dominance
28.4.2021
The second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of market valuation, ethereum, has seen significant gains this week in comparison to the rest of the crypto economy. On Wednesday, ethereum tapped an all-time high at $2,736 per unit as the crypto asset has gained 11.48% during the last seven days....
Over $4 Billion in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Friday, BTC Derivatives Markets Still Frothy
27.4.2021
Bitcoin options markets are set to see a large expiry on Friday as more than 77,000 BTC worth over $4 billion in derivatives contracts are set to expire. The lion’s share of bitcoin options stems from the derivatives trading platform Deribit, as the exchange has more than $11 billion in open...
The `ping` attribute on anchor links
8.4.2021
I didn’t know this was a thing until Stefan Judis’s post:
<a href="https://www.stefanjudis.com/popular-posts/"
ping="https://www.stefanjudis.com/tracking/"Read popular posts</a
You give an anchor link a URL via a ping attribute, and the browser will hit that URL with a...
BTC Futures Open Interest Hits $23B, Binance Captures Lion’s Share, Signals Say 43% Chance of $64K Bitcoin by Month’s End
6.4.2021
Bitcoin futures open interest on Monday has crossed $23 billion according to data recorded on April 5. The crypto asset exchange Binance has taken the lead as far as open interest in bitcoin futures is concerned with a massive $10.5 billion in open interest. Binance Captures the Bitcoin Futures...
ClinTex to Give Away 1 Million USD in CTi Tokens With Unique Staking Program
5.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Pioneering clinical trials platform ClinTex is giving away $1 million USD worth CTi tokens through a unique staking program, which is running from April 1st to September 30th, 2021. London, United Kingdom – Following a successful launch in 2020 ClinTex has been developing...
Decentralized Exchange Uniswap Reveals Protocol Version 3 With New Automated Elements
25.3.2021
Roughly 28 months ago, the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap version one (v1) was released and then in May 2020, version two was launched with new features. The dex is by far the largest decentralized trading platform among its competitors, as the exchange swapped $7.1 billion during the last...
Blockchain.com Raises $300 Million, Firm’s Post-Money Valuation Now $5.2 Billion
24.3.2021
The crypto financial services provider Blockchain.com revealed on Wednesday that the company has raised $300 million in a financing round. Blockchain.com’s latest funding round follows the $120 million raise the company obtained last month. Blockchain.com Is Now Valued at $5.2 Billion...
Too Many SVGs Clogging Up Your Markup? Try `use`.
10.3.2021
Recently, I had to make a web page displaying a bunch of SVG graphs for an analytics dashboard. I used a bunch of <rect>, <line> and <text> elements on each graph to visualize certain metrics.
This works and renders …
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Step by step: How crypto fraud and security breaches are investigated
3.3.2021
What’s an exchange’s next move after falling victim to a security breach? This is a step-by-step guide to following a crypto thief’s tracks through analytics software
DEX volumes have already surpassed $120b in 2021
25.2.2021
DEX trading volumes on Ethereum hit $63 billion in January, smashing the sector’s previous record of $28 billion
Microstrategy Buys $1 Billion More Bitcoin — Company Now Holds Over 90,000 BTC
24.2.2021
Microstrategy has purchased an additional $1.026 billion worth of bitcoin, raising the total number of bitcoins it has accumulated to about 90,531. Its CEO explained that his company remains focused on its two corporate strategies of growing its enterprise analytics software business...