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Bitpay Statistics Show the Use of Bitcoin for Payments Is Dwindling
18.1.2022
The use of bitcoin as a digital currency for payments has gone down significantly, according to the numbers stemming from Bitpay, one of the leading cryptocurrency payments processors. While most of the purchases were made with bitcoin back in 2020, this dominance has dwindled, opening the space...
9 Awesome WordPress Plugins to Use in 2022
18.1.2022
A collection of high-quality and popular WordPress plugins that will ease the process of building a website.
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From tuk tuks to COVID tests, YouTuber tests Bitcoin use cases across multiple countries
17.1.2022
Under the handle "Paco De La India", the YouTuber said he planned to visit 40 countries, often using Bitcoin transactions to pay for everything he needed
Head of Investigative Committee Calls for Mandatory Identification of Cryptocurrency Users in Russia
15.1.2022
Russians who use cryptocurrency should not be anonymous, the man who chairs Russia’s federal investigating authority has recently stated. The official leading efforts to fight corruption in the government called for additional regulations, including the introduction of mandatory...
British Lawmakers Say a CBDC Is Likely to Hurt Financial Stability — Digital Pound Benefits Overstated
14.1.2022
According to British lawmakers, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is likely to raise the cost of borrowing while hurting financial stability. They insist the touted potential advantages of a digital pound are being overstated. Erosion of Privacy British lawmakers have said the use of a central...
Pakistan’s Central Bank Decides to Completely Ban Cryptocurrency: Report
14.1.2022
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the country’s central bank, has reportedly come to a decision to ban the use of all cryptocurrencies within the country. The central bank has also asked the Sindh High Court to ban “unauthorized operations” of crypto exchanges and impose...
Wikimedia Foundation Debates Acceptance of Cryptocurrency Donations Over Environmental Concerns
13.1.2022
Following Mozilla’s decision to pause crypto donations due to environmental concerns, a number of Wikimedia Foundation community members have submitted a proposal that asks the foundation to stop accepting digital currency donations. The proposal explains that crypto donations...
A Practical Tip For Using Sass Default Parameters
13.1.2022
Sass offers functions and mixins that accept parameters. You can use Sass default parameters, that is, parameters that have a value even if you don’t provide them when the function or mixin is called.
Let’s focus on mixins here. …
A Practical Tip For Using Sass Default...
Parcel CSS: A New CSS Parser, Transformer, and Minifier
12.1.2022
Hot off the presses from Devon Govett, creator of Parcel, is Parcel CSS:
A CSS parser, transformer, and minifier written in Rust.
Nice. The CSS world could use a little processing shake up like this.
I just wrote a …
Parcel CSS: A New CSS Parser, Transformer, and Minifier originally...
Digital Yuan Wallet Ranks Among Most Downloaded Apps in China
12.1.2022
The new wallet of China’s state-issued digital currency has quickly become one of the most downloaded applications in the country, within days of its launch. Its use and integration with other apps have contributed to an increase of digital yuan payments, media reports unveil. Wallet Launch...
Iran to Permit Use of Cryptocurrencies in International Settlements, Reports Reveal
11.1.2022
Authorities in Iran are preparing to allow the employment of cryptocurrencies for international settlements. According to local media, central bank and government officials have given the green light to adopt a mechanism using digital coins in the field of foreign trade. Businesses in Iran to...
How to Use Layer-2 Solutions to Save on Ethereum Fees: Arbitrum
11.1.2022
Blockchain networks offer an option of decentralization, transparency, security, and trustless communication to facilitate new Internet-native economies. But many leading blockchains haven’t been able to accommodate their growing number of users. High adoption rates of Layer-1 (L1) chains have...
10 Best WordPress Themes to Use in 2022
11.1.2022
A collection of top WordPress themes going into 2022 to help you find the perfect fit for your project.
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How to Use Native Custom Fields in WordPress (and 5 Useful Examples)
11.1.2022
Custom Fields in WordPress are arbitrary bits of data that you can apply to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types in WordPress. Metadata, as it were, in the form of key/value pairs. For example:
Key: subtitle / Value: They are
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How to Use Native Custom Fields in WordPress (and 5 Useful...
Don’t Fight the Cascade, Control It!
10.1.2022
If you’re disciplined and make use of the inheritance that the CSS cascade provides, you’ll end up writing less CSS. But because our styles often comes from all kinds of sources — and can be a pain to structure and …
Don’t Fight the Cascade, Control It! originally published...
Terra Proposal Seeks to Expand UST Stablecoin to 5 Different Defi Protocols
10.1.2022
On January 6, Terra Research announced a proposal to expand the network’s stablecoin asset terrausd (UST) across a number of different protocols on Polygon, Ethereum, and Solana. Terra’s governance blog post discusses how the proposal to leverage $139 million of UST can bolster...
Social Media Giant Wechat to Support China’s CBDC, Platform Expected to Boost Adoption Rate
9.1.2022
China’s social media giant, Wechat has said it will support the digital yuan in a move that is expected to increase the of Chinese residents that use the central bank’s digital currency (CBDC). Wechat’s support of the digital yuan potentially avails the digital currency to...
Here’s how Terra traders use arbitrage to profit from LUNA and bLUNA
7.1.2022
Clever traders have learned to capitalize on lucrative arbitrage opportunities that occasionally manifest in Terra’s LUNA and bLUNA tokens
$139M Terra proposal to ‘bring awesome UST use-cases’ to DeFi projects
7.1.2022
Terra would provide over $139 million in UST and LUNA to several leading DeFi projects on Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon for at least the next six months
A New Container Query Polyfill That Just Works
6.1.2022
There is an easy-to-use CSS container query polyfill now. You essentially conditionally load it and forget about it. Then write spec-compliant container queries code.
A New Container Query Polyfill That Just Works originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become...