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DRY-ing up styled-components
23.11.2020
I like working with styled-components. They allow you write CSS in your JavaScript, keeping your CSS in very close proximity to your JavaScript for a single component. As a front-end developer who loves to dissect a web page and break it down into reusable components, the idea of styled-components...
DeFi-ing expectations: Great opportunities in crypto can come at a price
22.11.2020
A record-breaking year for DeFi, but can it break away from the negative perceptions around yield farming and pump-and-dump schemes?
300 Banks in Germany Charge Negative Interest Rates Including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, ING
15.11.2020
A new report reveals that more than 300 banks in Germany are now charging some customers negative interest rates. Some are big global banks, including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and ING. 300 Banks Pass on the Burden of Negative Interest Rates to Customers Banks in Germany have been increasingly...
Group Backed by ING Bank, Fidelity and Standard Chartered Releases Crypto AML Tools
8.10.2020
The Travel Rule Protocol working group has published v1 of its TRP API
Stop F***ing Around With Public Token Airdrops in the United States
18.9.2020
The SEC’s slowness in ruling on DeFI's legality "is not a waiver of its enforcement power," says our columnist
Money Reimagined: DeFi-ing History
21.8.2020
For clues to the future of decentralized finance, it's useful to look at waves of financial innovation past
ING Bank, Rolls Royce Join Alliance to Promote Blockchain Education
17.8.2020
Both Rolls Royce and Ing Bank have signed up to an industry body that supports student developers interested in building their own blockchain projects
ING, Rolls Royce and Multi.io Join Blockchain Education Alliance
17.8.2020
ING Bank, AB-InBev, Rolls Royce, and Multi.io joined the Blockchain Education Alliance launched by blockchain accelerator MouseBelt
ING Joins Crypto Industry Body Working to Set Codes of Conduct
9.7.2020
The banking group has joined crypto industry body Global Digital Finance to help develop best practices for custodial firms and wallets
In Banking First, ING Develops FATF-Friendly Protocol for Tracking Crypto Transfers
23.6.2020
ING Bank, Standard Chartered and others have developed a protocol to handle a new rule for crypto exchanges and firms dealing in digital assets
Some Innocent Fun With HTML Video and Progress
30.4.2020
The idea came while watching a mandatory training video on bullying in the workplace. I can just hear High School Geoff LOL-ing about a wimp like me have to watch that thing.
But here we are.
The video UI was actually lovely, but it was the progress bar that really caught my attention – or rather...
An Annotated Docker Config for Front-End Web Development
2.4.2020
Andrew Welch sings the praises of using Docker containers for local dev environments:
Here are the advantages of Docker for me:
• Each application has exactly the environment it needs to run, including specific versions of any of the plumbing needed to get it to work (PHP, MySQL...
ING Backed Hqlax to Target Institutional Investors, Says Platform’s COO
15.3.2020
Hqlax recently received an undisclosed investment from ING, following several years of collaboration on the Hqlax tokenized securities platform
The US Dollar Could Fall Out of Favor If It Doesn't Go Digital, ING Economist Says
5.3.2020
Facebook’s Libra, as well as CBDCs, could lead to changes in currency usage preferences, and ING economist explained
Localcryptos Lets You Cash Out BTC P2P – Minus the KYC
28.1.2020
If you’ve ever had a sudden need for fiat while all in crypto, you’ll understand the difficulty of cashing out without KYC-ing away your identity and that of your unborn children. Localbitcoins is now an AML hellhole, Bisq is great if you’re happy to wait two days for a trade...
Dutch Bank ING Reportedly Working on Crypto Custody Tech
12.12.2019
Netherlands-based banking multinational ING is developing technology for the custody of crypto assets, according to Reuters sources
Reuters: Dutch Bank ING Working on Digital Asset Custody Technology
12.12.2019
ING is reportedly developing digital asset custody technology, becoming the latest mainstream financial institution to enter the crypto custody business
Emcee Tips for a Conference or Meetup
21.11.2019
There are some great resources out there to help conference speakers give better talks, but fewer for people who are preparing to take on the role of emcee at meetup or conference.
I've been fortunate enough to emcee conferences more than 20 times now, most recently JAMstack_conf which I help...
ING Announces Development of Notary Service for Corda Open Source Blockchain
24.10.2019
Headquartered in Amsterdam, ING Group that works as a leading financial service providing a firm has announced the launch of a “zero knowledge proof notary service,” which is curated to enhance the privacy and security of operations on Corda, the open-source blockchain solution. Having...
ING Bank Proposes Security and Privacy Trade-Off for Corda Blockchain
24.10.2019
ING has purportedly found a solution to improve the security and privacy trade-off on the Corda blockchain platform with zero-knowledge proofs