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Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman Quits Predicting Bitcoin’s Demise, Now Says BTC ‘Can Survive Indefinitely’
24.5.2021
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says he has given up predicting the imminent demise of bitcoin. The economist now suggests thinking of the cryptocurrency “as a cult that can survive indefinitely.” Nonetheless, Krugman still believes that bitcoin has no fundamentals. Paul...
Mystery Bitcoin Whale from 2010 Disappears, Dormant Address from 2013 Sees Strange Activity
23.5.2021
Toward the latter half of 2020 and during the first quarter of 2021, a mystery miner spent 200 block rewards from 2010 by transferring 10,000 bitcoin during the year. Since the whale’s last 1,000 bitcoin spend on March 23, the patterns of 20 decade-old strings of coinbase rewards...
Elon Musk Invented Bitcoin, if You Ask Half of Australians Polled by Finder
20.5.2021
Australians have been learning more and more about cryptocurrencies but it turns out some myths and misconceptions are still widespread among the general public Down Under. As a most stunning example, over half of the participants in a new poll by Finder believe Elon Musk invented the first crypto...
Wells Fargo Gets Into Crypto With Upcoming ‘Professionally Managed’ Cryptocurrency Investment
19.5.2021
Wells Fargo will soon offer “a professionally managed solution” for cryptocurrency to clients. “We think the cryptocurrency space has just kind of hit an evolution and maturation of its development that allows it now to be a viable investable asset,” said the president...
Ark Invest: Bitcoin Mining Net Positive to Environment, Concerns of BTC’s Energy Consumption Are Misguided
18.5.2021
Following concerns raised by Tesla CEO Elon Musk about Bitcoin’s energy consumption, global asset manager Ark Investment Management explained that the concerns are “misguided.” Referring to its research using real-world data, the investment firm emphasized that “the impact...
Elon Musk Discloses ‘Tesla Has Not Sold Any Bitcoin’
17.5.2021
Amid speculation over the weekend that Tesla may have sold its bitcoins, CEO Elon Musk has clarified that the electric car company “has not sold any bitcoin.” The Technoking of Tesla got into a heated debate with the bitcoin community Sunday after he announced that Tesla has suspended...
Shiba Inu Crypto Investors Turn Multimillionaires After Almost Jobless, Relying on Stimulus Checks
17.5.2021
Two brothers have shared the story of how they became millionaires after investing in Shiba Inu, the cryptocurrency nicknamed “dogecoin killer,” for just under two months. Before the investment, the covid-19 pandemic almost killed their business, and the government’s stimulus...
Mark Cuban to Elon Musk: Accepting Bitcoin Will Actually Benefit the Environment
16.5.2021
Shark Tank star and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, has made an argument that accepting cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, will actually help the environment. He told Elon Musk, whose electric car company Tesla has suspended accepting bitcoin, citing environmental...
Major Music Festival Exit Takes Bitcoin for Tickets
16.5.2021
A popular international music festival, Exit, is now accepting cryptocurrency for tickets, products, and services. This year’s 20th-anniversary edition of the European event will be held in early summer and the festival’s online store already offers discounts for impatient music fans...
Square CEO Says ‘Bitcoin Changes Everything for the Better’
16.5.2021
The CEO of Square Inc. says that “bitcoin changes everything for the better.” His comment followed one from Square’s CFO reaffirming the company’s corporate bitcoin strategy. The CEO also made a commitment to “forever work to make bitcoin better.” Meanwhile...
Chinese Police Return Bitcoin to Victim in 3 Million Yuan Theft Case
15.5.2021
Police in China’s Jiangxi province have reportedly recovered bitcoins stolen from a victim and returned them to the owner. The case involves the theft of 8.236 bitcoins, worth approximately 3 million yuan. Police Return Bitcoin to Theft Victim Police in China’s Jiangxi province have...
US City in North Dakota Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Bill Payments
15.5.2021
A city in the U.S. state of North Dakota has begun accepting cryptocurrencies for utility bill payments. The city’s finance director says, “We are the first municipality in the state of North Dakota, and the third in the nation, to offer this service.” City Government Accepts...
A Decade of Self-Professed Satoshi Nakamotos- Where Are These Claimants Now?
15.5.2021
The mysterious creator of bitcoin has always been a topical conversation and over the years, a great number of self-proclaimed blockchain inventors have said that they once played the role of Satoshi Nakamoto. Of course, none of these so-called Satoshis have ever proven this to the greater...
Thai Public Company Brooker Group Invests $6.6 Million in Bitcoin
15.5.2021
The Brooker Group has reportedly become the first publicly listed company in Thailand to hold bitcoin on its balance sheet. The company has disclosed that it has bought 122.3158 bitcoins worth $6.6 million or 200 million baht. Thai Public Company Invests in Bitcoin The number of public companies...
Investment Bank Cowen to Help Institutions Seamlessly Put Cryptocurrencies in Their Portfolios
14.5.2021
Investment bank Cowan, founded in 1918, is launching a cryptocurrency service in partnership with Standard Custody & Trust Co. to help institutional clients “seamlessly secure, access and leverage cryptocurrencies and digital assets in their portfolios.” Cowan’s CEO said:...
DevTools for CSS layouts 2021 edition
14.5.2021
Chen Hui Jing covers some recent movement in DevTools:
Firefox’s grid inspector was pretty full-featured from the get-to and released together with CSS grid in Firefox 52. It was constantly improved upon since. Chrome added a basic grid inspector
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Buy the Dip: Microstrategy Grabs $15 Million More Bitcoin — Now Holds 91,850 BTC in Treasury
13.5.2021
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has bought the dip and purchased $15 million more bitcoins, taking advantage of the falling price for the cryptocurrency after Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that his company has suspended accepting bitcoin for payment. Microstrategy now holds about 91,850 bitcoins....
Facebook-Backed Crypto Project Diem Moves to US, Unveils New Launch Plan
13.5.2021
Facebook-backed cryptocurrency project Diem, formerly Libra, is moving from Switzerland to the U.S. In collaboration with Silvergate Bank, the association, which oversees the development of the diem cryptocurrency, has unveiled a new launch plan. Facebook-Backed Stablecoin Has New Launch Plan...
Moneygram Lets Customers Buy and Sell Bitcoin With Cash at 12,000 Locations
12.5.2021
Moneygram will start letting customers buy and sell bitcoin at 12,000 locations, thanks to a partnership with Coinme. The collaboration “will bring bitcoin to thousands of new point-of-sale locations in the U.S. with plans to expand to select international markets in the second half...
‘Bullish’ Cryptocurrency Exchange to Launch With Backing of Billionaire Investors, Investment Bank Nomura
12.5.2021
A new cryptocurrency exchange called “Bullish” will be launched this year by Bullish Global, a subsidiary of Block.one. It is backed by a number of prominent investors, including Peter Thiel, Alan Howard, Louis Bacon, Richard Li, Mike Novogratz, Christian Angermayer, and investment bank...