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Investors Look to Gold, Crypto After Fed Goes on QE Buying Spree
23.3.2020
Gold is up Monday and so are most cryptocurrencies, seemingly buoyed by the U.S. Federal Reserve's drastic action to thwart the coronavirus’ effects on markets and the economy
CSS Can Influence Screenreaders
23.3.2020
Ben Myers covers some clear examples of where CSS totally changes what some screen readers announce. For example, some screenreader will see text-transform: uppercase; on a button label that says "Add" and read it like an abbreviation, "A.D.D."
These cases of CSS messing with our screenreader...
Telos Foundation Removes Board Member After Security and Centralization Disputes
23.3.2020
The Telos Foundation acknowledged that block producers had been “implicated in disputes” relating to inappropriate shared access to their signing keys, compromising security
Bitcoin Reverses Losses After Fed Makes Unprecedented Move
23.3.2020
Bitcoin (BTC), major altcoins reversed losses today after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced unprecedented measures to support the economy.
At pixel time (12:54 PM UTC), BTC, trades at c. USD 6,207, jumping around 5% in less than an hour. The price is up 2% in a day and 29% in a week. U.S. equity...
After BitMEX Meltdown, Should Shorting Be Banned on Crypto Exchanges?
22.3.2020
Many countries in Europe banned short selling after the global financial crisis, should crypto exchanges do the same after Bitcoin’s recent 50% drop?
Bye $7K? Bitcoin Price Pull-Back Likely After Impressive 80% Rebound
21.3.2020
Bitcoin set for a lower high as a pull-back is now in the cards
1.2 Million Italians Can Now Buy Bitcoin From Their Bank
21.3.2020
Buying bitcoin just got easier for Italians. The country’s mobile bank Hype has announced a partnership with fintech Conio, enabling customers to buy, sell, and securely store BTC from within their banking app. With over a million Italians choosing to bank with Hype, and 60,000 new customers...
Crypto Hedge Fund Goes Belly Up After Bitcoin Price Drop to $3.8K
20.3.2020
Collateral damage from last weeks 50% Bitcoin correction continues to arise as crypto hedge fund Adaptive Capital shutters all operations
State Power After Coronavirus, Feat. Peter McCormack
20.3.2020
An off-the-cuff conversation about state power, nuance in an age of tribalism, and where bitcoin meets politics with Peter McCormack
Countdown to Block Reward Reduction – 18 Days Until Bitcoin Cash Halving
20.3.2020
In 18 days, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will see its next halving as the block reward will decrease from 12.5 to 6.25 coins on or around April 8, 2020. BCH will be the first blockchain out of the top three SHA256 networks to halve as BSV will see a reward reduction two days after […]
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ICE Pushes Back on Claim Ex-Bakkt CEO Dumped Stocks After Senate COVID Briefing
20.3.2020
U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler and her husband sold up to $3.5 million in stock after a Jan. 24 briefing on COVID-19, but ICE says the transactions were conducted by financial advisors who had no input from the two
Reports of Senators Selling Stocks After Closed-Door COVID-19 Briefing Emerge
20.3.2020
The novel Coronavirus has shaken the world, developed and emerging nations alike, claiming more than 10,000 lives and infecting more than 250,000 people in at least 182 countries. The world hasn’t seen a pandemic of this scale for decades, and unsurprisingly, the impact on the economic aspects...
XRP Price Corrects Down to $0.16 After its Second Bullish Spike
20.3.2020
Ripple (XRP), along with the whole market had hit multiyear lows around a week ago, and by now, the coin has managed to enter into a slight price recovery mode. The coin was as low as 0.11 on March 13, and now the coin has started exploring price ranges above $0.15. Here, the coin has …
China’s Changing Perception of Bitcoin: Bitkan CEO Shares Insights After 7 Years in Crypto Industry
20.3.2020
Since the advent of bitcoin in 2009, cryptocurrencies have gone from being a niche topic for tech nerds to ubiquitously recognized — if not always understood — staples of modern finance. Bitkan CEO Liu Yang recently took some time out to give news.Bitcoin.com a peek into the Chinese...
Raoul Pal Super Bullish on Bitcoin Price After Miraculous 80% Rebound
20.3.2020
Bitcoin is leaving traditional markets to deal with coronavirus as it gains 80% since its lows last week
Sen. Loeffler Under Fire for Improper Trading After Coronavirus Hearing
20.3.2020
After a private senate hearing on COVID-19, Loeffler reportedly dumped millions worth of stock while also purchasing shares in a distributed work solutions company
Huobi Adds Crypto ‘Circuit Breaker’ After Last Week’s Mass Liquidations
19.3.2020
The new liquidation mechanism would pull the plug on futures trading should prices become too volatile
Steem Doubled in Price After Justin Sun Controversy
19.3.2020
Steem (STEEM), the social media-like blockchain platform launched in 2016, has seen a massive surge over the past two days, after it decided to evade a hostile takeover by Justin Sun and the Tron Foundation by moving the entire platform over to a new blockchain called Hive. The new blockchain...
Devs Debate Using USDC for Collateral After DAI Stablecoin Faces Liquidity Issues
18.3.2020
Since March 12, the Makerdao community has been struggling with the stablecoin DAI which has been over $4 million undercollaterized since the crypto market carnage started. On March 18, the developers plan to auction newly minted maker (MKR) tokens in order to remove the outstanding debt. However...
Bitcoin Safe Haven Narrative in Question After Biggest Drop in 7 Years
17.3.2020
Last week’s market meltdown challenged Bitcoin’s store of value label but new data shows the crypto has earned its ‘digital gold’ label