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Libra Won't Help the Billions of Unbanked People
30.6.2019
‘It’ll never catch on!’
NIKS ADS
When Facebook unveiled its new digital currency libra, it explicitly said the initiative was intended to address the problems faced by the world’s unbanked: the 1.7 billion people without a bank account. As well as facing inconvenience, these...
With Libra, Facebook Moves Toward Becoming an Independent Nation
23.6.2019
The world’s newest country?
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Facebook has announced a plan to launch a new cryptocurrency named the Libra, adding another layer to its efforts to dominate global communications and business. Backed by huge finance and technology companies including...
Could Bitcoin Become the Unhackable Backbone of the Internet?
2.6.2019
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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Bitcoin was conceived and born as an open, public, borderless...
Why Crypto Will Not Make Western Union Obsolete
29.5.2019
George Harrap
The text below is an excerpt from The Compendium of Cryptocurrency Remittances by George Harrap, CEO of Bitspark, a bankless money transfer solution utilising blockchain technology.
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It is impossible in the remittance world to ignore Western Union (WU). The solid brand name...
Buysellhodl Aggregates Price Predictions From Traders Like You
26.5.2019
Any transitional period is characterized with uncertainty and crypto investors would appreciate to have some clues as to where the markets are going from here. Often the expectations of other traders are the best indicator. Buysellhodl is a platform that can give you predictions based on...
Why Telling Investors "This Time It’s Different" Might be Dangerous
26.5.2019
Since the price of bitcoin has broken through the USD 8,000 barrier and the dreaded ‘crypto winter’ is finally over, we now have industry experts who claim that this crypto market rally will be different than the last. While that may not be incorrect, it is a potentially dangerous statement for...
Coming Next: Bitcoin Correction and Best Buying Opportunity Since 2015
26.5.2019
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Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Bitcoin surged to a 2019 high of USD 8,373 on May 16. And on that same...
How Cryptocurrency Scams Work
19.5.2019
Don’t end up like this person.
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Millions of cryptocurrency investors have been scammed out of massive sums of money. In 2018, losses from cryptocurrency-related crimes amounted to US$1.7 billion. The criminals use both old-fashioned and new-technology...
Facebook Coin to Compete with PayPal, Credit Cards, Not With Cryptos
12.5.2019
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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Crypto enthusiasts are fired up with the news that the world’s...
Interviewing for a Technical Position Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
26.4.2019
Jacob Schatz (@jakecodes) is a staff engineer over at GitLab and was kind enough to share how he conducts job interviews for technical positions and his thinking process for them. Technical interviews are talked about often and can be a touchy subject for some, so it’s worth noting that this...
I Don’t Hate Arrow Functions
19.3.2019
TL;DR Arrow functions are fine for certain usages, but they have so many variations that they need to be carefully controlled to not break down the readability of the code. While arrow functions clearly have a ubiquitous community consensus (though not unanimous support!), it turns...
The State of Headless CMS Market
19.7.2018
(This is a sponsored post.)
In March and April 2018, Kentico conducted the first global report about the state of headless CMS market. We surveyed 986 CMS practitioners in 85 countries about their opinions, adoption, and plans for using headless CMS. The survey contains valuable industry insights...