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Cardano to Roll Out Commercial Infrastructure, Denies Coronavirus Delay
15.3.2020
Cardano development moves along undisturbed by the coronavirus, as its team works on critical commercial infrastructure
The CSS Podcast
15.3.2020
From Adam and Una at Google, a podcast just about CSS. I believe I'm contractually obliged to link to that! Just one episode out so far, a shorty about the box model.
Last time I wrote up podcasts I like was 8 years ago most of them are dead now, except the biggies like This American Life and...
Bitcoin Ekes Out Gains but Remains in Red Amid Broader Market Rebound
13.3.2020
Bitcoin has recovered slightly from Thursday’s brutal selloff as global financial markets creep back into the green
“weeds of specificity”
13.3.2020
Lara Schenck:
[...] with WordPress child themes, you are all but guaranteed to get into the weeds of specificity, hunting around theme stylesheets that you didn’t author, trying to figure out what existing declaration is preventing you from applying a new style, and then figuring out the least...
UK Financial Regulator: Watch Out for Coronavirus Crypto Scams
12.3.2020
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority is asking investors to watch out for coronavirus-related crypto scams
Tax Office to Contact 350,000 Australians and Remind Them to Report All Crypto Profits
12.3.2020
Australian tax agents have set out to close a gap they say costs the state several billion dollars. Taxpayers who file various work-related claims and investment property deductions or declare income from sharing economy platforms such as Uber and Airbnb may be asked for explanations and receipts....
How to Make a Line Chart With CSS
11.3.2020
Line,  bar, and pie charts are the bread and butter of dashboards and are the basic components of any data visualization toolkit. Sure, you can use SVG or a JavaScript chart library like Chart.js or a complex tool like D3 to create those charts, but what if you don't want to load yet another...
Circle Rolls Out Stablecoin Business Accounts, Preps SeedInvest for Sale
10.3.2020
Circle is rolling out business accounts denominated in the stablecoin USDC and looking to sell crowdfunding platform SeedInvest as part of an ongoing pivot
Lightning Networks Has Yet to Strike Adoption, but Don’t Count It Out
9.3.2020
The Lightning Network was touted as the payment solution to catapult Bitcoin into the realms of mainstream currency. Why hasn’t it happened yet?
Legacy Trust’s Crypto Spin-Off Receives $3M to Roll Out Asian Settlement Platform
9.3.2020
First Digital Trust has won backing from Taiwan-based Nogle for its upcoming Asia-focused crypto settlement solution for institutions
BitCash Joins Hands With MoneyByte; Rolls Out Rewards Scheme
9.3.2020
Serving the crypto community as a prominent decentralized stablecoin cryptocurrency, BitCash has made the announcement regarding its collaboration with a revolutionary blockchain solution, MoneyByte, which boasts of a suite of world-class financial tools. The integration between the two highly...
Geoff’s Redesign Posts
9.3.2020
I love it when people redesign "in the open" and write about it. I'd just like to shout out to our own Geoff who has been doing this for 3 months now. He started in late December last year. He's been sharing stuff like his dev tooling choices, considering performance, considering accessibility...
Bitcoin Slides Another 10% But Don’t Break Out the $4K Charts Just Yet
8.3.2020
Bitcoin might be dropping this weekend, however mining difficulty is about to set an annual high
Stimulus, QE, Rate Cuts: Coronavirus Fuels Central Banks’ Monetary Easing Policy
8.3.2020
The world has been focused on the coronavirus outbreak that’s claimed 105,612 cases and 3,562 deaths to date. The pandemic has caused government leaders to react and central banks are breaking out tools from their arsenal of monetary easing schemes. The world’s central banks say...
Google Fonts + Variable Fonts
7.3.2020
I see Google Fonts rolled out a new design (Tweet). Compared to the last big redesign, this feels much more iterative. I can barely tell the difference really, except it's blue instead of red and this one pretty rad checkbox: Show only variable fonts.
An option to only show variable fonts is...
Creating a Modal Image Gallery With Bootstrap Components
6.3.2020
Have you ever clicked on an image on a webpage that opens up a larger version of the image with navigation to view other photos?
Some folks call it a pop-up. Others call it a lightbox. Bootstrap calls it a modal. I mention Bootstrap because I want to use it to make the same sort of thing. So, let’s...
Animating CSS Width and Height Without the Squish Effect
6.3.2020
The first rule of animating on the web: don't animate width and height. It forces the browser to recalculate a bunch of stuff and it's slow (or "expensive" as they say). If you can get away with it, animating any transform property is faster (and "cheaper").
Butttt, transform can be tricky. Check...
The US Dollar Could Fall Out of Favor If It Doesn't Go Digital, ING Economist Says
5.3.2020
Facebook’s Libra, as well as CBDCs, could lead to changes in currency usage preferences, and ING economist explained
The Slideout Footer
5.3.2020
A fascinating new site called The Markup just launched. Tagline: Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech. Great work from Upstatement. The content looks amazing, but of course, around here we're always interested in the design and tech as well. There is loads to adore, from the clean...
Bitcoin Legal in India: Exchanges Resume INR Banking Service After Supreme Court Verdict Allows Cryptocurrency
5.3.2020
Indian cryptocurrency exchanges are bringing back banking support after the Supreme Court of India struck down the banking ban on the crypto industry. News.Bitcoin.com talked to several crypto exchange executives to find out the effects of the supreme court ruling and what their exchanges plan...