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US crypto derivatives merchants need to leave customer funds alone, says CFTC
21.10.2020
The CFTC has issued new guidance for crypto derivatives markets that hold customer funds, much of which boils down to "be very, very careful."
cookieStore: Async Cookie API
20.10.2020
One pattern in the JavaScript API world that web development veterans will notice is that we’ve been creating new methods to accomplish what older, grosser APIs once achieved. XMLHttpRequest became the fetch API, some APIs like Battery became async, and there are dozens of other examples....
The :focus-visible Trick
16.10.2020
Always worth repeating: all interactive elements should have a focus style. That way, a keyboard user can tell when they have moved focus to that element.
But if you use :focus alone for this, it has a side effect that a lot of people don’t like. It means that when you click (with a mouse)...
KuCoin September 2020 Hack: Hacken Research
16.10.2020
Last week, the hottest topic in the crypto markets was the KuCoin hack. Our team highly values the need forContinue Reading
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If This New Tech Works, You Won’t Need 32 Ether to Earn Staking Rewards
14.10.2020
Ethereum startup Blox is introducing shared staking pools, allowing users to aggregate their ether holdings to participate in Eth 2.0
Reserve Bank of Australia still researching the CBDC it says it doesn’t need
14.10.2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia is continuing to explore how to design and operate a CBDC
Bank of England Moves Closer to Negative Interest Rates, Asks Banks if They Are Ready
13.10.2020
The Bank of England has moved closer to adopting a negative interest rate policy. The central bank has asked commercial banks in the U.K. to provide details of how ready they are to deal with negative interest rates, asserting that for the policy to be effective, commercial banks need to be ready...
Run Gulp as You Open a VS Code Project
13.10.2020
When I open my local project for this very site, there is a 100% chance that I need to run this command before anything else: gulp. I set that up fresh less than a year ago so I’m on the latest-and-greatest stuff and have my workflow just how I like it. I did a few more tweaks a few months...
SEC’s conservative approach to crypto needs to change- SEC’s Peirce
10.10.2020
“Crypto Mom” Hester Peirce admits the SEC can be slow in giving guidance, but she sees the regulator becoming more open to change
Looking for a Job in Crypto? Here Are 5 Skills You Need
9.10.2020
In job interviews at crypto-oriented companies, “the first thing that you’ll hear is: How does Bitcoin work?”
Balancing on a pivot with Flexbox
8.10.2020
Let me show you a way I recently discovered to center a bunch of elements around what I call the pivot. I promise you that funky HTML is out of the question and you won’t need to know any bleeding-edge CSS to get the job done.
I’m big on word games, so I recently re-imagined the main menu...
Using JavaScript to Adjust Saturation and Brightness of RGB Colors
6.10.2020
Lately I’ve been taking a look into designing with color (or “colour” as we spell it where I’m from in New Zealand). Looking at Adam Wathan and Steve Schroger’s advice on the subject, we find that we’re going to need more than just five nice looking hex codes from a color palette...
Styling Complex Labels
5.10.2020
Danielle Romo covers the HTML pattern you need when you have a wordy <label> with fancy styling for an <input type="radio">.
The trick? The ol’ <span class="hidden-visually"> that contains the label that you want to be read, and a <span aria-hidden="true"> with...
How to Detect When a Sticky Element Gets Pinned
5.10.2020
The need for position: sticky was around for years before it was implemented natively, and I can boast that I implemented it with JavaScript and scroll events for ages. Eventually we got position: sticky, and it works well from a visual perspective, but I wondered how can we determine when...
The need for a dialogue between crypto businesses and regulators
3.10.2020
Regulators and service providers are collaborating as never before to address systemic vulnerabilities of the crypto industry
PwC’s global crypto tax report reveals the need for further regulatory guidance
2.10.2020
The majority of global jurisdictions have crypto asset taxation guidelines, yet additional frameworks are required to keep up
Some Industry Podcasts
1.10.2020
Clearleft made a 6-episode Season One
It’s called The Clearleft Podcast if you can believe that. It gets into new (at least to me) concepts like Design Ops and Design Sprints, which are loaded terms and need nuanced discussion. It’s really well-edited, pulling in clips from relevant...
Some New Icon Sets
29.9.2020
I’ve bookmarked some icon sets lately, partly because I can never find a nice set when I need to. I figured I’d even go the extra mile here and blog them so I can definitely find them later. Aside from being nice, cohesive, and practical sets of icons, I find it interesting that...
Kenya’s golf stablecoin highlights need for Africa-wide regulations
29.9.2020
A stablecoin that will be used to pay entrance fees for the golfing tournaments of a Kenyan 'entrepreneurs network’ has started testing under the local regulatory sandbox
Using Markdown and Localization in the WordPress Block Editor
23.9.2020
If we need to show documentation to the user directly in the WordPress editor, what is the best way to do it?
Since the block editor is based on React, we may be tempted to use React components and HTML code for the documentation. That is the approach I followed in my previous article, which...