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Carl Menger: The Nature and Origin of Money
23.5.2020
In the early stages of trade, when economizing individuals are only slowly awakening to knowledge of the economic gains that can be derived from exploitation of existing exchange opportunities, their attention is, in keeping with the simplicity of all cultural beginnings, directed only to the most...
What Can Crypto Crisis Managers Learn From BlockFi's Silence & tBTC's Openness?
22.5.2020
A crisis will inevitably happen for any company - but how it reacts to it and communicates it to the public can make or break it. Let's take a look at how two different teams in the Cryptoverse communicated their recent incidents and what advice communication professionals offered.
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Can a Digital Dollar Save the US? JPMorgan Says...It’s Complicated
22.5.2020
“No country has more to lose” than the United States as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) begin to roll out, claims US-based investment banking giant JPMorgan – which suggests that a “modest” digital fiat investment could potentially help safeguard dollar dominance for years to come.
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Finance and the Real Economy Can’t Stay Out of Sync Forever
21.5.2020
While Main Street is shut down, the financial world keeps moving as quickly as ever. That's not a sustainable situation, says our columnist
A “new direction” in the struggle against rightward scrolling
21.5.2020
You know those times you get a horizontal scrollbar when accidentally placing an element off the right edge of the browser window? It might be a menu that slides in or the like. Sometimes we to overflow-x: hidden; on the body to fix that, but that can sometimes wreck stuff like position:...
Flexbox-like “just put elements in a row” with CSS grid
21.5.2020
It occurred to me while we were talking about flexbox and gap that one reason we sometimes reach for flexbox is to chuck some boxes in a row and space them out a little.
My brain still reaches for flexbox in that situation, and with gap, it probably will continue to do so. It’s worth noting...
Coil Creators Can Now Receive Payouts Using Uphold Wallets
20.5.2020
Digital payment platform Uphold announced a partnership with web monetization provider Coil utilizing the Interledger Protocol
Crypto Traders Explain Where Bitcoin Price Can Go After Fifth $10K Test in 11 Days
19.5.2020
The price of Bitcoin continues to reject the $10,000 resistance level, crypto traders explain where BTC is headed next
You Can Now Buy Tezos From 10,000 Convenience Stores in France
19.5.2020
French consumers can now buy Tezos from 10,000 mini-marts, tobacco stores, and petrol stations using prepaid coupons or cards
Blockchain Can Trace Foods, But the Industry is Still Behind the Curve
19.5.2020
Michael Rogerson, PhD Candidate, University of Bath, and Glenn Parry, Professor of Digital Transformation, University of Surrey.
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Food supply chains were vulnerable long before the coronavirus pandemic. Recent scandals have ranged from modern slavery in Vietnamese fisheries to the persistent...
Using BugHerd to Track Visual Feedback on Websites
19.5.2020
BugHerd is about collecting visual feedback for websites.
If you’re like me, you’re constantly looking at your own websites and you’re constantly critiquing them. I think that’s healthy. Nothing gets better if you look at your own work and consider it perfectly finished....
Venezuelans Can Now Use Bitcoin to Pay for Goods at 20,000 PoS Terminals
19.5.2020
Venezuelans will now be able to use bitcoin to pay for goods and services at more than 20,000 point-of-sale (PoS) terminals throughout the struggling South American country. This follows a deal between Panamanian crypto exchange Cryptobuyer and local payments processor Mega Soft to connect some...
From Buenos Aires to Beirut – Covid-19 Excuse Restricts Millions of Citizens from Withdrawing Their Own Money
18.5.2020
The coronavirus and the government-induced lockdowns have wreaked havoc on the global economy and millions of people can’t access their own money. Reports from financial stricken areas like Venezuela, Argentina, and Lebanon show that citizens are being stopped from accessing their...
Is 3 Confirmations Still Enough if F2Pool Can Mine 6 Consecutive BTC Blocks?
18.5.2020
Does F2Pool mining 6 consecutive blocks put the Bitcoin network’s security at risk?
Tackling Authentication With Vue Using RESTful APIs
18.5.2020
Authentication (logging in!) is a crucial part of many websites. Let’s look at how to go about it on a site using Vue, in the same way it can be done with any custom back end. Vue can’t actually do authentication all by itself, —we’ll need another service for that, so we’ll be using another service...
As Ethereum Grinds Upwards Past $200, These Signals Can Fuel ETH Price
18.5.2020
Ethereum is showing its strongest bull signals since February
Wangiri Fraud Can be Controlled Through Blockchain Technology
18.5.2020
The Wangiri fraud, or the popularly known one ring scam, is still the talk of the town. The telecom operators are still extremely concerned about scams. Based on the fraudulent analysis by CFCA 2019, it is calculated that Wangiri comes under the top 5 methods of fraud. According to the CFCA...
Can Blockchain Technology Strengthen The Mobile Application Industry?
17.5.2020
Passing a day without our mobile phones is the worst nightmare which can cause our hearts to run for a beat. Telecommunication devices have come a long way ever since the discovery of the first telephone designed by Alexander Graham Bell. The modern-day mobile phones are handy, attractive,...
HEX Still Can't Shake Scam Label as Token Approaches $1B Market Cap
15.5.2020
A market cap surge from April still leaves HEX critics labeling the cryptocurrency a borderline Ponzi scheme
Bitwala Launches Bitcoin Interest Account With up to 4.3% Annual Rate
15.5.2020
Neobanking service provider Bitwala on Thursday introduced a new account that offers its 80,000 European customers passive bitcoin (BTC) income. The Bitwala Interest Account allows users to earn up to 4.3% interest per annum for BTC held at the bank. According to the Berlin-based company, account...