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JP Morgan Chase Ship Busted: Cocaine, Banks and the Failed Drug War
11.7.2019
A ship seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency in June carrying over 15,000 kilos of cocaine has now been tied to JP Morgan Chase’s asset management unit. Officially the company does not exercise any operational control of the vessel, but some serious questions are raised when...
Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society
10.7.2019
It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s one of the most important aspects of everyday life. In fact, in developed countries, most central banks are institutions that are privatized from political interference...
Monero Price Analysis: XMR Acquiring Attention From Traders! It Might Hit 7-Days High Any Minute!
7.7.2019
Kudelski Security successfully completes the recent second audit on Monero blockchain network. This audit was performed on RandomX. Monero might be expecting better surge after the same, and hopefully, the audit results will increase the credibility of the platform too. XMR Price Analysis:...
Exploring Sets and Maps in JavaScript
3.7.2019
Let’s take a look into two new constructs that were introduced in the JavaScript ES6 specification:
Set - The Set object allows you to store unique values of any type
Toast
3.7.2019
One day, all the sudden, I started hearing jokes about toast. I had no idea what the context was. I assumed some friends just got started telling toast jokes, which isn't rare by any means. But it turns out it was a whole thing. It got me thinking, jeez, if I can't keep up with this stuff when it's...
Restricting a (pseudo) element to its parent’s border-box
2.7.2019
Have you ever wanted to ensure that nothing of a (pseudo) element gets displayed outside its parent's border-box? In case you're having trouble picturing what that looks like, let's say we wanted to get the following result with minimal markup and avoiding brittle CSS.
The desired result.
This...
Confronting Bitcoin Network Issues Using Nakamoto Consensus and a Mining Parliament
1.7.2019
On June 28, Bitcoin Cash proponent Javier Gonzalez announced the launch of an interesting protocol called the Bitcoin Mining Parliament (BMP). The theory behind BMP is backed by the concept of Nakamoto Consensus where “miners are the executive power of Bitcoin” and “any needed...
Ethereum Classic Price Analysis: ETC Starts Dwindling; Is there Any Steep Movement Likely To Happen?
1.7.2019
Ethereum Classic (ETC) has shown five major price variations in the last 24 hours. The next resistance point may be found at 8.3 USD. Ethereum Classic has become a perfect example of a stable coin with no huge price swings. The coin has been successful in maintaining its price range in the last...
Over 22,000 Traders Have Now Signed up to Local.Bitcoin.com
27.6.2019
People from all over the world have opened accounts to trade bitcoin cash anonymously and without any KYC on Local.Bitcoin.com. Almost 1,000 BCH has already been exchanged privately through blind escrow via the new platform. Also Read: Namecheap Lets You Buy a Domain and Host Your Website With...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Prices Continue to Accelerate
26.6.2019
Digital asset markets have been on a tear lately, gaining $68 billion in five days. Currently, there’s over $100 billion in global trade volumes and crypto bulls don’t seem to be letting up any time soon. Also Read: How to Find a Bitcoin Cash Meetup Near You The Cryptoconomy Captures...
Getting to Know the useReducer React Hook
26.6.2019
useReducer is one of a handful of React hooks that shipped in React 16.7.0. It accepts a reducer function with the application initial state, returns the current application state, then dispatches a function.
Here is an example of how it is used;
const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer...
Getting to Know the useReducer React Hook
26.6.2019
useReducer is one of a handful of React hooks that shipped in React 16.7.0. It accepts a reducer function with the application initial state, returns the current application state, then dispatches a function.
Here is an example of how it is used;
const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer...
Ledgerx Approved to Offer Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives to Retail Investors
26.6.2019
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved Ledgerx to offer physically-settled bitcoin spot and derivatives trading, previously available only to institutional investors, to retail investors of any size. Ledgerx explained that its new platform will share the same order book as...
VeChain Price Analysis: VeChain (VET) Slumps To Trade At $0.0068 Without Any Signs Of Recovery
21.6.2019
VeChain Thor celebrating one year anniversary has no impact on VET prices VET coin may continue to show bearish trends over the weekend Days have passed, and VeChain has shown no sign of surge till date. On the occasion of VeChain Thor’s first year anniversary, the firm has decided to share updates...
VeChain Price Analysis: VeChain Keeps Moving Sideways Without Any Surge
18.6.2019
VET token’s bearish trend becomes a matter of concern for investors VeChain needs to pull the trigger to accelerate VET prices upwards VeChain has been moving at a slow pace since the last 20 days without showing any considerable progress, and this has raised concerns for the investors seeking long...
IOTA Price Analysis: Is IOTA (MIOTA) Going To Make Any Positive Assurance Soon For Its Investors?
14.6.2019
IOTA coin is ranging high since yesterday, and this is appearing to be a good indication to its keen investors and enthusiasts. Although crypto sphere is highly unpredictable and anything is possible here at any time so, the persistence of IOTA in bullish trend even in the upcoming days...
How to Detect Text in Images
11.6.2019
Images are a great way to communicate without text but oftentimes images are used/abused to spread text within social media and advertisements. Text in images also presents an accessibility issue. The truth is that it’s important, for any number of reasons, to be able to detect text in image...
RBI Denies Any Knowledge Of Cryptocurrency Draft Bill
6.6.2019
In a reply given to Blockchain lawyer’s founder, Varun Sethi under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, India’s Central Bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that it has no information regarding the cryptocurrency bill being on the anvil. The central bank also said that it doesn’t support...
India’s Central Bank Denies Knowledge of Bill to Ban Cryptocurrencies
6.6.2019
India’s crypto regulation is reportedly ready and there has been much speculation about what it contains. An Indian lawyer has gotten some answers from the Reserve Bank of India about a bill allegedly seeking to ban cryptocurrencies. Surprisingly, the central bank claims that it does not have...
JAMstack? More like SHAMstack.
5.6.2019
I'm a fan of the whole JAMstack thing. It seems like a healthy web movement. I'm looking forward to both of the upcoming conferences.
Of any web trend, #jamstack seems like it will be the least regrettable.
— Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) May 22, 2019
I feel like the acronym might not...