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Standard Chartered Banking Group Joins Ethereum Enterprise Alliance
8.11.2019
Blockchain drive sees Standard Chartered become the latest bank to join Ethereum Enterprise Alliance
Standard Chartered & IFFCO Completed Palm Oil Trade Using Dltledgers Platform
5.11.2019
In a development that could eventually have far-reaching implications for businesses, IFFCO Singapore and Standard Chartered completed a palm oil trade using the blockchain platforms powered by dltledgers. The deal in question was not only about palm oil but also its extracts. However, the more...
IMF Has Another Trick Up Its Sleeve When Fiat Fails – Its Own Coin SDR
14.10.2019
Virtually everybody knows what a dollar is, but not as many know about the SDR. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Drawing Rights is an international, monetary reserve system created specifically to address limitations of gold and standard fiat currencies such as the USD....
US IRS Makes Change to Standard Questions in Regards to Cryptocurrencies
11.10.2019
The U.S. IRS adds question to 1040 income tax form to find out if taxpayers have been dealing with cryptocurrencies
Weekly Platform News: Apple Deploys Web Components, Progressive HTML Rendering, Self-Hosting Critical Resources
13.9.2019
In this week's roundup, Apple gets into web components, how Instagram is insta-loading scripts, and some food for thought for self-hosting critical resources.
Apple deploys web components built using Stencil
The new Apple Music web app (beta) uses a JavaScript framework (Ember.js) but also...
8K už je v televizích standard a sluchátka táhnou: audio a video na IFA 2019
9.9.2019
Začátek září každoročně patří největšímu veletrhu spotřební elektroniky a novinkám, které firmy představují před vánočním šílenstvím. Jaké jsou naše dojmy z této akce?
Firefox blocks third-party tracking cookies and cryptominers
4.9.2019
This is super interesting stuff from Mozilla: the most recent update of Firefox will now block cryptominers and third-party tracking scripts by default. In the press release they write:
For today’s release, Enhanced Tracking Protection will automatically be turned on by default for all users...
[aktualita] Čeští SatoshiLabs vydávají Shamir Backup, bezpečnostní standard pro kryptoměny
4.9.2019
Pražská společnost SatoshiLabs, která stojí za populární hardwarovou kryptoměnovou peněženkou Trezor (druhá nejprodávanější na světě), vydává nový bezpečnostní standard nazvaný Shamir Backup. Ten nese název po algoritmu od izraelského kryptografa Adiho Shamira a umožňuje rozdělit privátní klíč...
Why the Birth of Bitcoin Can Be Traced Back to 1971
1.9.2019
The world economy is a complex system that has undergone many different phases in the past century. As strange as it may sound today, there have been times when banking crises were rare, pay was rising alongside productivity, and the U.S. dollar would buy a certain amount of pure gold. Despite...
Cryptocurrency News from the UK: CryptoNewsZ’s Weekly Update
31.8.2019
There is a lot going on in the crypto land, but what shines the brightest, is what we offer you, for you to stay abreast with the latest crypto affairs. Here are a few handpicked crypto stories that are shaping the crypto sphere in the land where they say the ‘sun never sets’- the United...
Can you rotate the cursor in CSS?
28.8.2019
Kinda! There is no simple or standard way to do it, but it's possible. You can change the cursor to different built-in native versions with CSS with the cursor property, but that doesn't help much here. You can also use that property to set a static image as the cursor. But again that doesn't help...
Africa’s Biggest Bank Standard Bank Signs Fintech Deal to Target Small Shops
27.8.2019
Over the past half a decade or so, the Fintech Industry has grown at a remarkably high pace, and now it is rapidly growing in almost all continents. Africa may have been late to get into this revolution, but now a range of Fintech firms have come about that provide a wide range of services...
How to Create Non-Fungible Assets and Collectible Tokens With Bitcoin Cash
22.8.2019
On August 21, James Cramer, the developer behind the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP), announced the launch of the Electron Cash SLP version 3.5. The latest release allows people to create a new type of SLP token called NFT1, a non-fungible token that can be grouped together by a single ID....
Samsung Adds Bitcoin Support to Its Blockchain Keystore
15.8.2019
On August 13, Samsung, the South Korean multinational conglomerate, published the company’s new Blockchain Keystore SDK for developers and the latest release supports Bitcoin Core (BTC). The version follows Samsung’s previous Keystore release which only supported ETH and the ERC20...
All the New ES2019 Tips and Tricks
13.8.2019
The ECMAScript standard has been updated yet again with the addition of new features in ES2019. Now officially available in node, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari you can also use Babel to compile these features to a different version of JavaScript if you need to support an older browser.
Let’s look...
Site Monetization with Coil (and Removing Ads for Supporters)
13.8.2019
I've tried a handful of websites based on "tip with micropayments" in the past. They come and go. That's fine. From a publisher perspective, it's low-commitment. I've never earned a ton, but it was typically enough to be worth it.
Now Bruce has me trying Coil. It's compelling to me for a couple...
Standard Chartered Conducted First Transaction on Oil Industry by Using Voltron Blockchain Platform
8.8.2019
In a recent announcement, the bank said it had effectively accomplished the first international LC (letter of credit) transaction on the oil business-focused blockchain Voltron platform. It is the pilot exchange for PTT Group, PTT International Trading, and IRPC Public Company Limited, which...
Standard Chartered Makes Letter of Credit Transaction Using Blockchain
7.8.2019
Standard Chartered has completed its first cross-border blockchain letter of credit transaction in the oil industry with Thai state-owned oil giant PTT Group
Standard Chartered Completes First Transaction on Oil Industry Blockchain Platform Voltron
7.8.2019
Standard Chartered Bank has completed the first international letter of credit transaction on the oil industry blockchain platform Voltron
UK Bank Standard Chartered Uses Blockchain for Supply Chain Finance
5.8.2019
Standard Chartered completed its first joint blockchain-based supply chain financing transaction in cooperation with Linklogis