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EU Finance Ministers Place Defacto Ban on Libra
6.12.2019
Libra’s ongoing organizational snags and run-ins with regulators continue into December, as EU finance ministers agreed Thursday that Libra cannot be launched in the EU until concerns are adequately addressed. The finance ministers issued a joint statement citing regulatory “challenges...
MARKETS DAILY: Planning a Run on “Bitcoin Banks”?
6.12.2019
With markets mixed but mostly down, we're looking at DeutcheBank's 2030 crypto call, the movement encouraging an annual bitcoin exchange "bank run", and Enjin’s Microsoft-fueled rally
Web Scraping Made Simple With Zenscrape
28.11.2019
Web scraping has always been taken care of by actual developers, since a lot of coding, proxy management and CAPTCHA-solving is involved. However, the scraped data is very often needed by people that are non-coders: Marketers, Analysts, Business Developers etc.
Zenscrape is an easy-to-use...
Another Bank Run Highlights China’s Brewing Financial Crisis
28.11.2019
A regional lender has become the latest victim of the growing liquidity crunch in the world’s most populous country. Yingkou Coastal Bank, operating in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning, is the second institution within less than a month to see its financial stability threatened...
Mirror Android Device to Computer
26.11.2019
As I continue my adventure into Android development, pair programming has been a huge help in learning this new platform. When it’s time to build and run the app, relying on the emulator is a fools’ game — the emulator is slow and it’s hard to reliably simulate gestures....
Create Amazingly Stable Tests Your Way — Coded and Code-Less
21.11.2019
Testim’s end-to-end test automation delivers the speed and stability of AI-based codeless tests, with the power of code. You get the flexibility to record or code tests, run on third-party grids, fit your workflow and tools including CI, Git and more. Join the Dev Kit beta to start writing stable...
How Do You Remove Unused CSS From a Site?
19.11.2019
Here's what I'd like you to know upfront: this is a hard problem. If you've landed here because you're hoping to be pointed at a tool you can run that tells you exactly what CSS you can delete from your project, well... there are tools out there, but I'm warning you to be very careful with them...
State-Run Ukranian Railway in Lviv Gets Caught Mining Bitcoin
15.11.2019
A division at a state-owned enterprise of rail transport in Ukraine illegally mined Bitcoin, using the country’s power grid
“Run Green Finance on Blockchain,” Encourages Chief FinTech Officer of Singapore’s Monetary Authority
14.11.2019
Green finance is about monitoring, measuring, and mobilizing finance for green assets
HTC Launches Limited Run of Smartphone With Crypto Exchange Binance
12.11.2019
HTC launches a limited run of the Binance Edition Exodus 1 smartphone
Bitcoin Slips Below $9000 Today After Yesterday’s Bull-run, Litecoin Follows Suit
11.11.2019
Bitcoin has recently started to rebound after tracing bearish trendline today BTC has formed a support level below $6500; climbed above $8700; $9000 still seems far Litecoin has also been bearish since today morning; rebound took the coin above $61 The technical picture of both the top coins appear...
China’s State-Run Media: Bitcoin Is Blockchain’s First Success
11.11.2019
State-run Chinese media has published coverage of Bitcoin, acknowledging it as “the first successful application of blockchain technology.”
Former PBoC Governor: Libra Would Be Trusted If Run by IMF
8.11.2019
Zhou Xiaochuan — the People’s Bank of China’s longest-serving governor — has proposed Libra would be more easily trusted if it were in the hands of the IMF
Tether Refutes Paper Naming USDT Manipulation as Cause of 2017 BTC Bull Run
8.11.2019
Tether responds to paper alleging market manipulation in 2017’s BTC bull run, calling it a ‘watered-down and embarrassing walk-back’
Analysts Laugh Off Recent 'One-Whale Theory' of BTC's 2017 Bull Run
7.11.2019
Just one whale orchestrated the entire 2017 bull run via Bitfinex, newly updated research claims. Independent experts are skeptical about the findings, Bitfinex says it’s “foundationally flawed”
Bitcoin and Ripple Gear up for the Next Bull-run with a Bit of Volatility
6.11.2019
Bitcoin maintains a steady yet subtle uptrend amid volatility Ripple manifests price recovery to $0.30 over the last couple of days; traces a bullish trendline Bitcoin kept the support level of $9000 intact, currently testing resistance above $9400 Both the major crypto coins hint towards...
One Whale Was Behind Bitcoin’s 2017 Bull Run, Claim Researchers
4.11.2019
Researchers have alleged that market misconduct by a single whale was responsible for Bitcoin’s bull run to an all-time high of nearly $20,000
Another Chinese Lender Bailed Out After Bank Run
3.11.2019
Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank, a lender operating in the central Henan province, has become the latest Chinese bank to be bailed out by the government this year. The small financial institution, which has around 30 branches only in the Yichuan county, experienced a bank run sparked by rumors that...
Speculation Abounds Over the Cause of Bitcoin’s Recent Rally
29.10.2019
Crypto’s most recent bull run began last Friday, October 25, after a significant plunge in prices just days earlier that had some prognosticators worried about a return to late 2018 and early 2019’s bleak crypto winter. Since the recent spike, prices have held relatively steady...
Cash Runs Dry at ATMs as Protests Escalate in Chile
26.10.2019
There’s a lot of unrest in Chile right now as the country has seen massive protests against government manipulation and an escalation of financial problems. Local reports detail a few banking establishments have been burned after customers started having issues withdrawing cash from ATMs....