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Shoelace 2.0: A Forward-thinking Library of Web Components
29.9.2020
A few years ago, I released a lightweight alternative to Bootstrap affectionately named Shoelace. Shoelace was small and fast because of its minimal design and pure CSS approach to styling. It used CSS custom properties extensively to enable customizations, even when loaded via CDN — something...
Cambridge University’s Third Crypto Study Records 101 Million Cryptocurrency Users Worldwide
25.9.2020
The University of Cambridge and the school’s Centre for Alternative Finance has published the third “Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study.” The 71-page in-depth study examines the current growth of the crypto industry, mining, offchain activity, crypto asset user profiling...
Digital Euro Would Provide Alternative to Cryptos, ECB President Lagarde Says
22.9.2020
A digital euro for retail payments would "ensure that sovereign money remains at the core of European payment systems," according to Legarde
Analyst: 1,500 Bitcoins Lost Every Day, Less Than 14 Million Coins Will Ever Circulate
19.9.2020
A cryptocurrency analyst, Timothy Peterson claims that 1,500 bitcoins are lost each day meaning only 14 million BTC will ever circulate. The figure is at odds with the estimate of many organizations including Markets.bitcoin.com which place the figure at 18.5 million coins. Still, Peterson, who...
Morgan Stanley Strategist Recommends Bitcoin as Central Banks Ramp Up Money Printing
13.9.2020
Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s chief strategist and head of emerging markets has recommended bitcoin as an alternative investment to stocks amid central banks’ massive money printing policies. He says that alternative assets, like gold and cryptocurrency, could keep doing well...
Blockchain-Based Twitter Alternative Twetch Adds Encrypted Chat Feature
9.9.2020
Twetch, a social network that runs on the BSV blockchain, has introduced an encrypted messaging feature that lets users send each other money in the chat
Jim Rogers Predicts End of Dollar Dominance as US-China Tensions Escalate
8.9.2020
Renowned investor Jim Rogers believes that the U.S. dollar dominance is coming to an end as the tensions between the U.S. and China mount. The growing national debt, the protests, the political uncertainty surrounding the presidential election, and countries seeking a USD alternative in fear...
New Demand for Cryptocurrencies: Trading on Bitcoin Cash KYC-Free Exchange With Blind Escrow
24.8.2020
Governments are injecting record levels of new money into economies to contain the impact of shutdowns. Restrictions imposed on people in countries all over the world have forced many to look for alternative but safe ways of transacting. This is one reason why blind escrow bitcoin cash trading...
Canadian Restaurant Chain Tahini’s Converts All Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin
23.8.2020
Canada-based Middle Eastern restaurant chain Tahini’s has converted all of its cash reserves into bitcoin. The company says bitcoin offers a much better alternative to cash savings. From Cash Savings to Bitcoin Middle Eastern restaurant chain Tahini’s has announced via Twitter that...
Markets.Bitcoin.Com Holds Fort as Coinmarketcap Temporarily Goes Offline
14.8.2020
Coinmarketcap (CMC) temporarily went offline Thursday, August 13 and normal service only resumed some hours later, but not before inconveniencing a number of regular users. Crypto investors accustomed to CMC’s service scrambled to find reliable alternative sources of fresh market data. During...
Halfmoon: A Bootstrap Alternative with Dark Mode Built In
11.8.2020
I recently launched the first production version of Halfmoon, a front-end framework that I have been building for the last few months. This is a short introductory post about what the framework is, and why I decided to build it.
The elevator pitch
Halfmoon is a front-end framework with a...
Federal Reserve’s Expected Inflation Ramp-Up Drives Institutional Investors to Hedge With Bitcoin
10.8.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to ramp up inflation by keeping interest rates low. As the U.S. dollar falls sharply and gold’s price soars, institutional investors are moving their money into alternative investments, including bitcoin. Fed Policies Drive Demand for Bitcoin The Federal...
Coinbase Sees More Institutional Investors Buying Bitcoin in H1
29.7.2020
Coinbase says more institutional investors are now using its platform to build direct positions in the cryptocurrency market. Crypto fund managers are now getting more backing from institutional investors that see the crypto market as an alternative investment strategy. In a report, the exchange...
Bitstamp Backs BCB’s SWIFT Alternative for Instant Cash-Crypto Settlements
27.7.2020
BCB Group is launching an instant settlement network for cash and crypto
Dfinity’s Internet Computer Could Be a Truly Decentralized Alternative
22.7.2020
The blockchain and smart contracts you interact with may be decentralized, but the cloud services often used to access them aren’t. Dfinity’s Internet Computer is stepping up to set that straight
Crypto Social Network ‘Minds’ Sees Users Flock From Twitter and Facebook Over Privacy Concerns
19.7.2020
Crypto social media platform Minds has been garnering users who are concerned about their privacy, according to the company’s CEO. The open-source platform, seen as an alternative to Facebook or Twitter, awards users with cryptocurrency for engagement. Crypto Social Network Minds Gaining...
Ethereum 2.0 and Polkadot Offer Alternative Solutions to Scaling Issue
18.7.2020
Polkadot and Ethereum have an intertwined history, but how does the newly launched Polkadot stack up against the plans for Ethereum 2.0?
Report Cuts China’s Bitcoin Mining Capacity to 50% of World Total, Raises US’ to 14%
18.7.2020
A new report by crypto research company Bitooda claims that China accounts for only 50% of global Bitcoin mining capacity, and the U.S. 14%. The data is in sharp contrast with earlier findings from the University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), which put China’s share...
Fidelity Acquires 10% Stake in Bitcoin Mining Firm Hut 8
14.7.2020
The giant fund manager Fidelity International holds roughly 10.6% stake in the bitcoin mining company Hut 8. For six years now, Fidelity, the firm that currently manages $300 billion on behalf of its customers, has been mining the cryptocurrency bitcoin. In May 2017, news.Bitcoin.com reported...
Binance Labs Leads $1M Seed Round in Crypto Tor Alternative HOPR
9.7.2020
Binance Labs, the seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment of 2020, backing privacy startup HOPR