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5 Easy Ways to Earn Cryptocurrency
4.11.2019
The days of individuals mining popular cryptocurrencies are over. The amount of time and energy required to mine bitcoin is immense and you’d be competing with business with massive mining farms. What you can do, however, is chip away at earning cryptocurrency via a few simple tasks that...
US, EU and UK Companies Can Now Pay Workers in Bitcoin Cash via Bitwage
31.10.2019
Getting at least partially paid with cryptocurrency is a great way to enter the digital asset market without having to do any trading. If you are looking to earn your favorite crypto asset, Bitwage now allows American, European and British companies to pay workers in bitcoin cash following demand...
Argentina’s Example Shows That You Don’t Own Your Money
30.10.2019
Cash shortages, bank closures and ATMs running out of funds seems to be the new norm for many countries, and recently increased capital controls in Argentina are further testament to this unsettling trend. Sunday’s election of president Alberto Fernández has resulted in Argentine account...
After Breaking New Records Bakkt Announces Crypto Consumer App
28.10.2019
Following the all-time record of 1,179 contracts on October 25, Mike Blandina, Bakkt’s chief product officer, revealed the firm is launching another strategy after announcing its December options launch. Bakkt is releasing a consumer application so retail investors can “unlock the value...
CHAI Processes USD 54m via Terra's Blockchain + 12 More Crypto News
24.10.2019
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South Korea’s mobile payments platform powered by Terra’s blockchain technology...
Litecoin Foundation Pitches Opt-In MimbleWimble Via Extension Blocks
23.10.2019
The Litecoin Foundation has published two new draft Litecoin Improvement Proposals that aim to enhance privacy and protect users from government and merchant interference
Italian Banks Successfully Test Data Reconciliation Via Blockchain
14.10.2019
Italian banks successfully processed the reconciliation data of an entire year of banking activity on a blockchain platform
Alfa Bank, Commerzbank, Vesuvius GmbH along With NLMK Initiates Cross Border Payments via R3 Network
12.10.2019
Alfa-Bank, Commerzbank, Vesuvius GmbH along with Novolipetsk Steel Company (NLMK) are piloting a cross border payment project on R3’s Marco Polo network. As a member of R3’s Marco Polo’s global blockchain network, the transaction will be first-ever cross border import-export operation via this...
New App Bottle Pay for ‘Sending Bitcoin via Social Media’ Raises $2M
11.10.2019
An app providing Bitcoin access through social media accounts receives $2 million investment
Bitcoin Cash Acceptance Grows in Southeast Asia via Alchemy’s PoS System
10.10.2019
The payments and technology provider Alchemy recently announced the launch of the startup’s hybrid payment solution, a platform that aims to connect cryptocurrency with retailers worldwide. Alchemy’s crypto solution features integration with Qfpay, a well known third-party payment...
Unwrapping the Ocean Plastic Conundrum Via Blockchain
9.10.2019
Every year 8 million tons of plastics get dumped in the oceans. Can blockchain help clean up the mess?
Binance Launches Peer-to-peer Trading for Cryptos; BNB Now Available via P2P on Airtm
9.10.2019
Binance launched the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether against the Chinese Yuan (CNY), China’s native currency. The announcement was made on the company’s website on Wednesday, where it stated that android users, with updated versions, will be able to use the service...
Why Progressive Web Apps Are The Future of Mobile Web
4.10.2019
Here’s one of the best essays I’ve ever read about why progressive web apps are important, how they work, and what impact they have on a business:
PWAs are powerful, effective, fast and app-like.
It’s hard to imagine a mobile web property that could not be significantly improved via...
Weekly Platform News: Tracking via Web Storage, First Input Delay, Navigating by Headings
4.10.2019
In this week's roundup, Safari takes on cross-site tracking, the delay between load and user interaction is greater on mobile, and a new survey says headings are a popular way for screen readers to navigate a webpage.
Let's get into the news.
Safari’s tracking prevention limits web storage
Some...
New Spyware Replaces Crypto Wallets on Clipboard via Telegram: Report
28.9.2019
New Trojan-delivered spyware replaces crypto wallets on clipboard using Telegram bots, Juniper Networks warns
Bitmain to Launch the World Digital Mining Map This October
27.9.2019
During the World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) - which will take place in Frankfurt on 8-10 October - Bitmain will launch the first platform to connect mining hardware owners with mining farm owners via the World Digital Mining Map (WDMM).
The post Bitmain to Launch the World Digital Mining Map This...
Tauros Would be Accepting Crypto Payments via Debit Cards
26.9.2019
The banking company, Tauros claimed that they would accept payments from their customers in cryptocurrencies if, the customers use their debit cards. The banking firm announced that their new digital accounts would let customers deposit money via tokens like Bitcoin and will also accept fiats....
Blockstream's Samson Mow on Their Main Focus and Mining Via Satellite
25.9.2019
While mining operations have become a “cash cow business” for Blockstream, this major, U.S.-based blockchain company now puts its main focus on building their Liquid network, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Samson Mow told Cryptonews.com.
Liquid, launched a year ago, is an inter-exchange settlement...
Cisco, SingularityNET to Decentralize Artificial General Intelligence via Blockchain
23.9.2019
The networking giant has selected a blockchain-based platform developed by SingularityNET to host its decentralized AGI project
Weekly Platform News: Emoji String Length, Issues with Rounded Buttons, Bundled Exchanges
19.9.2019
In this week's roundup, the string length of two emojis is not always equal, something to consider before making that rounded button, and we may have a new way to share web apps between devices, even when they are offline.
The JavaScript string length of emoji characters
A single rendered emoji...