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Central Bank of Iran Official Says Cryptocurrencies Have ‘Made No Contribution to Bypassing Sanctions’
28.12.2020
An official with the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has claimed that cryptocurrencies have played no significant role in Iran’s sanction hit economy. According to Mohammadreza Mani Yekta, the deputy head of CBI’s office for payment systems, “studies” have shown that digital...
Head-up displej s rozšířenou realitou už nebude jen výjimečný luxus, nabídnou ho i volkswageny a škodovky
26.12.2020
Volkswagen předvádí svou novou techniku, kterou byste asi normálně čekali v mnohem dražších autech
Russian Parliament Foresees a Wave of Token Issuance for 2021 in the Wake of Crypto Law Promulgation
26.12.2020
The head of the Russian parliamentary committee on financial markets and the country’s first crypto law’s author is forecasting a “surge in token issuance” for 2021 in the wake of the promulgation expected to take place in January. Russian Parliament Expects a ‘Surge...
Global Equity Head at Jefferies Says the Investment Bank Will Buy Bitcoin and Reduce Exposure to Gold
22.12.2020
Christopher Wood, the global head of equity at Jefferies, a global financial services company, says the firm will reduce exposure to gold in favor of bitcoin. He adds that there are plans to increase the crypto component of Jefferies’ long-only global portfolio for U.S. dollar-denominated...
Goldman Sachs Calls Bitcoin ‘the Retail Inflation Hedge’ That’s Not a Threat to Gold
20.12.2020
Goldman Sachs’ head of commodities research calls bitcoin “the retail inflation hedge” and likens the cryptocurrency to copper. He says gold and bitcoin can co-exist and does “not see bitcoin’s rising popularity as an existential threat to gold’s status as...
Crypto regulation now more institution-friendly, METACO head explains
17.12.2020
Future crypto guidelines remain uncertain, however
OCC Economist Cites Benefits of Issuing Bank Charters to Stablecoin Providers
15.12.2020
The OCC's head economist said in a paper that chartering stablecoin providers would offer benefits to consumers, as well as to the firms themselves
Netlify & Next.js
14.12.2020
Cassidy Williams has been doing a Blogvent (blogging every day for a month) over on the Netlify Blog. A lot of the blog posts are about Next.js. There is a lot to like about Next.js. I just pulled one of Cassidy’s starters for fun. It’s very nice that it has React Fast-Refresh built-in....
China has no plan to replace USD with digital yuan, former PBoC head says
14.12.2020
A former PBoC official says that his country has taken a cautious approach with the digital yuan
Even The Head Of PlayStation Studios Has His PS5 Upside Down
13.12.2020
The PS5 is a strange-looking console. Lots of curves and swoops. It’s easy to accidentally set it up the wrong way, which is exactly what Hermen Hulst, the head of PlayStation Studios, seems to have done in a now-deleted tweet. Whoops!Read more
EU firm’s head trader explains why euro stablecoins are hard to come by
10.12.2020
The crypto world does not have a major euro-pegged stablecoin yet
Wells Fargo Investment Institute Report Compares Bitcoin to the 1850’s Gold Rush
9.12.2020
On Monday, the U.S. bank Wells Fargo’s wholly-owned subsidiary and registered investment adviser the Wells Fargo Investment Institute published an investment strategy with a page dedicated to the crypto asset bitcoin. The institute’s contributing author and Head of Global Asset...
Volatile Bitcoin Not a True Store of Value Just Yet, Says Fidelity Digital Assets Head
5.12.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets president Tom Jessop says that bitcoin is not a true store of value just yet because the digital asset is still too volatile, Reuters reported. However, investors are optimistic bitcoin will attain this status. “We use the word ‘potential store of value’...
Bitcoin a ‘Potential Store of Value’ That’s Very Volatile: Fidelity Digital Assets Head
3.12.2020
Many investors aspire to hold bitcoin as a store of value, but right now the cryptocurrency is very volatile, said the head of Fidelity Digital Assets
BioWare Studio Head, Dragon Age Producer Both Leave Studio
3.12.2020
Casey Hudson is leaving BioWare, again. Read more
Alliance Bernstein Tells Clients Bitcoin Has a Role in Asset Allocation
2.12.2020
Alliance Bernstein has told its clients that bitcoin has a role in investment portfolios. The head of the Portfolio Strategy team of the firm’s research arm said he has changed his mind about bitcoin after previously stating that it did not have a place in investment portfolios. Alliance...
YFI and SUSHI Rally as DeFi Superpowers Headed for Merger
1.12.2020
Source: Adobe/Nik_Merkulov
The DeFi protocol yearn.finance (YFI) is set to merge with SushiSwap (SUSHI), another leading DeFi protocol, with their respective tokens surging.
SUSHI is up 27% in the past 24 hours, trading at USD 1.87 (09:11 UTC), YFI jumped by almost 8%, to USD 27,380.
Per a blog...
Former digital head at luxury brand group LVMH takes role at Ledger
30.11.2020
Ian Rogers, newly appointed as a chief experience officer at Ledger, says digital assets are moving from “science fiction” to the mainstream
How to Load Fonts in a Way That Fights FOUT and Makes Lighthouse Happy
24.11.2020
A web font workflow is simple, right? Choose a few nice-looking web-ready fonts, get the HTML or CSS code snippet, plop it in the project, and check if they display properly. People do this with Google Fonts a zillion times a day, dropping its <link> tag into the <head>.
Let’s...
$20 Billion in Crypto Under Custody: Coinbase Sees ‘Explosion of Capital’ From Institutional Investors
23.11.2020
Coinbase has revealed that it has had “an explosion of incoming capital.” Its assets under custody currently stand at $20 billion, $14 billion of which were accumulated since April. Coinbase highlights a string of bullish events that have “really unleashed” a wave...