Search
Bitcoin Treasuries List Claims 59 Companies and a Handful of Countries Hold 1.49 Million BTC
31.12.2021
304 days or roughly nine months ago, 42 companies held bitcoin on their balance sheet with an aggregate total of 1,350,073 bitcoin on March 1, 2021. Today, metrics indicate there are 59 companies, a few countries, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with 1,499,493 bitcoin held in treasuries. Private...
On Yak Shaving and md-block, a new HTML element for Markdown
29.12.2021
Lea Verou made a Web Component for processing Markdown. Looks like there were a couple of others out there already, but I agree with Lea in that this is a good use case for the light DOM (as opposed …
'Net neutral' — Rising Bitcoin exchange balances could be due to Huobi Chinese user block
29.12.2021
Binance may be seeing Bitcoin inflows, but overall, movements among major exchanges appear to cancel each other out, fresh data shows
Bank of Russia Wants to Restrict Crypto Investments by Blocking Card Payments, Report Reveals
27.12.2021
The Central Bank of Russia is currently reviewing various ways to prevent Russians from investing in cryptocurrency. One the options on the table is to block card payments to certain recipients such as crypto exchanges, a media report has unveiled. A recent meeting at the State Duma has indicated...
Industry experts reveal a possible method for Bank of Russia to block crypto
24.12.2021
Bank of Russia’s crypto restrictions through MCC would unlikely affect exchanges that have been operating illegally so far
A visual introduction to machine learning
17.12.2021
Just the first sentence alone here from Stepanie Yee and Tony Chu is solid:
In machine learning, computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. These techniques can be used to make highly accurate predictions.
And what …
The Giving Block launches crypto donation service for high-net worth individuals
15.12.2021
Giving Block co-founder Pat Duffy said the service streamlines the platform's existing donation process, allowing “high-value donors to quickly and securely give large gifts to their favorite charities while reducing their tax bill.”
The UI fund
15.12.2021
Google is handing out bucks for CSS-related projects, so you might as well know about it! Nicole Sullivan:
All of us who work on the web regularly benefit from the work of people who create specifications, tools, demos, tutorials, and …
Crypto Santa: Trader nets $34K shorting AVAX and LUNA, buy toys for kids
15.12.2021
The trader deposited $100,000 into its FTX account and secured nearly $34,000 in net profits
Block's Cash App to Allow its 40M Customers to Gift Bitcoin
15.12.2021
Jack Dorsey's payment firm Block, previously called Square, has unveiled a new Cash App feature that will allow users to gift family and friends crypto and stock over the holiday season.
Cash App announced the news on Tuesday, saying that its approximately 40 million active monthly users...
Block, formerly Square, will allow users to gift BTC for the holidays using Cash App
15.12.2021
"It’s as easy as sending cash, and you don't need to own stock or Bitcoin to gift it," said Cash App, allowing transfers as low as $1
Faulty logic
14.12.2021
Ain’t this the truth:
It’s like when you’re learning a new language. At some point your brain goes from translating from your mother tongue into the other language, and instead starts thinking in that other language.
I don’t speak …
90% of Bitcoin’s Supply Cap Has Been Issued, Miners Have 119 Years Left to Mine BTC
13.12.2021
On December 12, crypto advocates celebrated the fact that 90% of the 21 million bitcoins that will ever exist have been mined into circulation. Currently, Bitcoin’s inflation rate per annum is around 1.88%, which is lower than the central banks’ traditional 2% target reference....
Bitcoin Hashrate Hits an All-Time High Suggesting Thousands of Next-Gen Machines Have Joined the Race
12.12.2021
While bitcoin prices have consolidated around the $50K zone, the network’s hashrate has reached an all-time high (ATH) on December 8, 2021, tapping 194.95 exahash per second. Bitcoin miners have increased their processing power a great deal despite the fact that mining bitcoin is 8.33%...
Blockasset Launches Multi-Utility $BLOCK Token, Helps Mainstream Investors Into Sports
10.12.2021
Blockasset, a blockchain-based sports platform connecting famous athletes with their fans, announced the date of the multi-utility $BLOCK token public sale. Following the record-breaking LeGENds NFT collection drop that boomed in New York’s Times Square in early November, the sale will commence...
Eye Droppin’
9.12.2021
Quick hits! There is a new web API called EyeDropper:
if ('EyeDropper' in window) {
const eyeDropper = new EyeDropper();
try {
// This has gotta be triggered by a user interaction,
// so consider this pseudo-code.
const result …
Some notes on using esbuild
9.12.2021
This is a fantastic article from Julia Evans about duking it out with modern front-end tooling. Julia has made a bunch of Vue projects and typically uses no build process at all:
 I usually have an index.html file, a script.js…
EOS Slashes Gains after Rally Fueled by Community’s Revolt Against Block.one
9.12.2021
EOS investors took a chance to exit after a strong rally yesterday, prompted by the news that the EOS community voted to stop token vesting to Block.one, the developer of EOSIO, an open-sourced blockchain software....
Read More: EOS Slashes Gains after Rally Fueled by Community’s Revolt Against...
The Invisible JavaScript Backdoor
8.12.2021
An interesting (scary) trick of an nearly undetectable exploit. Wolfgang Ettlinger:
What if a backdoor literally cannot be seen and thus evades detection even from thorough code reviews?
I’ll post the screenshot of the exploit from the post with the …
Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal Invest in Crypto Transaction Monitoring and Forensics Platform
7.12.2021
American Express’ Amex Ventures, Visa, Citi Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Jump Capital, Marshall Wace, Block (formerly Square Inc.), and Paypal Ventures are among investors in the latest funding round of crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM. Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal...