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Huobi Debuts Crypto Brokerage as Its Institutional Arm Grows 400% Since Q3 2019
21.1.2020
Huobi launches a new institutional traders-targeting crypto brokerage as its institutional business surged 400% since Q3 2019
RBI Confirms Crypto Not Banned in India
21.1.2020
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has confirmed that cryptocurrency is not banned in India. During the latest supreme court hearing of the crypto case, the central bank’s reply to the Internet and Mobile Association of India was read out in detail. The RBI clarified that it only fenced in...
Indian Minister Inaugurates Blockchain Center of Excellence in Bengaluru
21.1.2020
A Centre of Excellence in Blockchain Technology has been inaugurated by Indian Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Bengaluru. It will facilitate various government departments in their blockchain work, leading to large scale deployment of blockchain applications. Also read: Regulatory Roundup:...
Fairspin Players Won Almost USD 7m in 2019
21.1.2020
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Online casinos have existed for almost as long as the internet itself, and a growing number of them now utilize the blockchain technology for increased transparency and security. However...
China’s Total Blockchain Investments Dropped 40% in 2019 Compared to 2018
20.1.2020
Chinese blockchain spending dropped over 40% from 2018 to 2019, but was still significantly higher than back in 2017
EIDOS Transaction Volumes Skew 2019 DApp Market Report
20.1.2020
EIDOS almost triples the transaction count in two months that the rest of the dApp ecosystem managed in the whole of 2019
Maduro Opens Crypto Casino in Venezuela
20.1.2020
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has authorized the opening of a casino at a luxury hotel in Caracas where bets must be placed in petros, the country’s national oil-backed digital currency. Several cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies can be exchanged into petros to wager in...
Getting Started with Front End Testing
20.1.2020
Amy Kapernick covers four types of testing that front-end devs could and should be doing:
Linting (There's ESLint for JavaScript and Stylelint or Prettier for CSS.)
Accessibility Testing (Amy recommends pa11y, and we've covered Axe.)
Visual Regression Testing (Amy recommends Backstop, and we've...
Argo Blockchain Sees Mining Revenue Rise Tenfold in 2019
20.1.2020
Publicly-listed mining company Argo Blockchain increased its revenue by more than 10 times in 2019
London-Listed Argo Blockchain Reports 10-Fold Increase in Bitcoin Mining Revenue in 2019
20.1.2020
For its first full year of operations, Argo says it generated just over $11 million in revenue
Bitfinex Investor’s Crypto Lending Startup Posts $2.3M in 2019 Revenue
20.1.2020
China-based RenrenBit has disclosed it took $600,000 in net income from revenue of $2.3 million in 2019
New Bill in Oklahoma Proposes Depository for Cryptocurrencies Used by Government
19.1.2020
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. state of Oklahoma to establish a new type of state-chartered financial institution that will be “the central depository for virtual currency used by governmental agencies in this state.” The new establishment aims to provide financial and technical...
Malaysia Announces Digital Asset Guidelines
19.1.2020
The Securities Commission Malaysia has published the country’s guidelines on digital assets which set out the regulatory framework for token sales. All token offerings must now be carried out only through platforms approved by the commission. The guidelines also detail the obligations...
FATF Holds Global Forum to Discuss Crypto Supervision
18.1.2020
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and over 50 delegations involved in crypto supervision recently gathered to discuss how to regulate crypto assets and related service providers. While examining three key areas, they stressed the importance of international cooperation, citing that...
Crypto vs RBI: 3 Days of Intense Supreme Court Hearings
18.1.2020
India’s supreme court heard the crypto case in detail over three consecutive days this week. In addition to intense arguments against the central bank having the power to ban crypto, the judges learned how other countries regulate this new sector, the amended EU directive, the FATF guidance...
Crypto Regulations: How They Fared in 2019
18.1.2020
Crypto regulation in 2019 has been shaped by the very interesting history that roots back in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Since its commencement, the digital currency has seen its all-time highs and even the lowest of lows (in the year 2018, Bitcoin got stuck at 3K US Dollars for a long time), and then...
New Stablecoins Commence a Fresh Assault on Tether
17.1.2020
Can any stablecoin topple tether? In 2019, the answer to that question was an emphatic ‘No.’ Despite a string of stablecoins being released onto the market, tether (USDT) increased its grip on the cryptoconomy’s fiat supply, racking up $127B of on-chain volume on Ethereum alone....
Crypto Exchange Bithumb Takes Korean Tax Authority to Court Over $69 Million ‘Groundless’ Tax
17.1.2020
Bithumb, a major crypto exchange in South Korea, has taken the country’s tax authority to court over a “groundless” tax imposed on the exchange. Experts explain that currently there are no grounds to tax crypto transactions in South Korea and existing tax laws do not apply...
2019’s DeFi Boom Creates New Questions for Tax Filing Season
17.1.2020
A number of startups are now trying to help retail investors make sense of the tax implications of decentralized finance
NetNewsWire and Feedbin
16.1.2020
NetNewsWire is one of the classic RSS apps, debuting in 2002. I was pretty stoked when it went 5.0 and was open-sourced in August 2019! You can snag it right here. (Sorry, Mac only.)
It's super nice, is fast, and looks great. It has just the right features.
But... I thought, at least at first...