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CSS background-repeat: round
23.6.2020
The CSS spec is full of gems that sneak their way past most of us web designers and developers. Stuff like :focus-within, prefers-reduced-motion, and prefers-color-scheme suddenly make their way into CSS without us really finding out for months or years. One such example is background-repeat:...
Seed CX Shuts its Exchange to Focus on Settlements
12.6.2020
U.S.-based crypto exchange Seed CX has announced it is shutting down to focus on its settlement infrastructure
Seed CX to Close Exchange, Focus on Settlements in Company Shift
12.6.2020
Crypto derivatives platform Seed CX will be axing its exchange arm to focus solely on settlements, while also teasing additional funding from Bain Capital
US Regulators Target Bitcoin ATMs: 88% of the Funds Exit the Country via Machines
4.6.2020
Bitcoin automated teller machines (BATMs) will become the next target for regulators, as world governments tighten screws on money laundering. According to Ciphertrace CTO John Jeffries, crypto-cash machines will attract “greater…regulatory focus” in a bid to rein-in alleged...
Roll Your Own Comments With Gatsby and FaunaDB
21.5.2020
If you haven’t used Gatsby before have a read about why it’s fast in every way that matters, and if you haven’t used FaunaDB before you’re in for a treat. If you’re looking to make your static sites full blown Jamstack applications this is the back...
CZ on Binance’s New Chinese Domain: ‘Let’s Focus on Tech First’
19.5.2020
Binance’s new Chinese website gets an approval from the China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Online Together
14.5.2020
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Ledn Launches USDC Stablecoin Savings Accounts With Focus on Latin America
14.5.2020
Ledn is now offering USDC stablecoin savings accounts through a partnership with the crypto lending and trading conglomerate Genesis
‘Game-Changer’ Retail Digital Currency Now European Central Bank’s Focus, Board Member Says
11.5.2020
The European Central Bank is looking into what a retail central bank digital currency form of the euro might look like, executive member Yves Mersch said
US Central Bank Blamed for 2020 Financial Crash: ‘The Fed Is Lawless Economic Government Unto Itself’
6.5.2020
The last two months dealing with the coronavirus outbreak have been strange, to say the least, and as data rolls in more people are becoming aware that there was quite a bit of overreaction from politicians, the media, and medical professionals. A small number of people are starting to focus on...
List Style Recipes
5.5.2020
Lists are a fundamental part of HTML! They are useful in things like blog posts for listing out steps, recipes for listing ingredients, or items in a navigation menu. Not only are they an opportunity for styling, but they have accessibility implications. For example, the number of items in a list...
UK Cryptocurrency Firms Turn to Equity Funding as ICO Coffers Plunge 70%
2.5.2020
UK cryptocurrency and blockchain startups are turning focus back to conventional means of raising capital, as initial coin offering (ICO) coffers dry up. According to a new report, initial coin offering (ICO) funding last year plunged 71% to £200 million ($250 million) from £700 million...
Click Once, Select All; Click Again, Select Normally
29.4.2020
A bonafide CSS trick from Will Boyd!
Force all the content of an element to be selected when clicked with user-select: all;
If you click a second time, let the user select just parts of the text as normal.
Second click? Well, it’s a trick. You’re really using a time-delayed...
How to Make a CSS-Only Carousel
24.4.2020
We mentioned a way to make a CSS-only carousel in a recent issue of the newsletter and I thought that a more detailed write up would be interesting and capture some of my thoughts on making one.
So, here’s what we’re making today:
There’s no JavaScript here, whatsoever! No jQuery plugins....
For Contact Tracing That Preserves Privacy, Focus on Incentives
24.4.2020
Even the best technologies are useless if no one uses them, says our columnist. And that's especially true for contact tracing
First Mover: Bitcoin Jumps as Fed Assets Top $6.5T and Traders Focus on Halving
24.4.2020
Bitcoin has already recovered from its 'Black Thursday' crash and is beating the S&P 500 year to date. Now all eyes turn to the halving
Coinmama Appoints Unicorn IronSource GM Sagi Bakshi as CEO
21.4.2020
Unicorn startup IronSource’s general manager, Sagi Bakshi, has joined cryptocurrency exchange Coinmama as CEO, saying he believes that the future of money is Bitcoin. Since 2013, Coinmama has been at the forefront of the financial revolution, working to simplify the way the world does crypto....
Tips for Writing Animation Code Efficiently
10.4.2020
I’ve been coding web animations and helping others do the same for years now. However, I have yet to see a concise list of tips focused on how to efficiently build animations, so here you go!
I will be using the GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP). It provides a simple, readable API and solves...
Detect git Directory with Bash
2.4.2020
One interesting aspect of working at Mozilla is that Firefox lives in a mercurial repository while several other projects live on GitHub in a git repository. While most focus on either Firefox or another project, I switch between both, leaving me running git commands inside the mercurial repository...
Peter Vessenes in the Focus of Cointelegraph China
28.3.2020
Peter Vessenes talks future of crypto on Cointelegraph China’s Focus: “I would say the SEC has done much worse by American business in the most recent round of innovation.”