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American Cancer Society Launches $1M Cryptocurrency Fund
27.1.2021
The first cryptocurrency donor to contribute $250,000 or over will have the opportunity to choose a name for the fund
Bank of Singapore Says Cryptocurrencies “Could Replace Gold as a Store of Value” but Unlikely to Displace Fiat Currencies
25.1.2021
A new research note released by the Bank of Singapore (BOS) suggests that cryptocurrencies are more likely to replace gold as a store of value. However, the note says it is unlikely that such digital currencies can replace fiat currencies even as their appeal grows. Inefficient Unit of Exchange...
Alameda-Backed Investment Platform ‘Stacked’ Acquires Automated Trading Service
22.1.2021
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Major Darknet Marketplace for Stolen Cards Shuts Down After Making Over $1 Billion in Bitcoin
20.1.2021
The longest-running marketplace for stolen credit cards on the darknet has announced the shutting down of its services. The administrator of Joker’s Stash, founded in 2014, stated that the site would be taken down in February. Site Generated Over $1 Billion in BTC ‘Over the Past...
Bitcoin Energy Consumption Is Far More Efficient and Greener Than Today’s Banking System
20.1.2021
While bitcoin and a variety of digital currencies have swelled in value, a number of critics have spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) in regard to the energy consumption proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies leverage to produce new units of currency. Just recently the software engineer Stephen...
State of JavaScript 2020
18.1.2021
We rounded up a bunch of published 2020 annual reports right before the year ended and compiled them into a big ol’ list. The end of the list called out a couple of in-progress surveys, one of which was …
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Offline Travel App Maps.Me Raises $50M in Seed Funding Led by Alameda Research
18.1.2021
The funding will go toward the launch of a multi-currency wallet on Maps.me and enable a decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem
SBF leads $50M funding round to bring DeFi to Maps.me's 140M users
18.1.2021
A travel and mapping application with 140 million users worldwide has raised $50 million to integrate decentralized finance protocols into its platform
Dollar-Cost Averaging Crypto Profits: Low-Risk Bitcoin Investing Without All the Stress
17.1.2021
Bitcoin prices and a number of other digital assets have grown significantly in value during the last decade. Some people have made millions and even billions throwing down everything they have during the cryptocurrency’s earliest days of price discovery. However, there’s another method...
French Programmer Sent Bitcoin Donations to Far-Right Activists Who Participated in the US Capitol Riots
16.1.2021
A crypto forensic analysis reveals that a French donor sent over $500,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) to far-right activists in the United States. The half-million dollars went to the groups that took part in the pro-Trump riots in the U.S. Capitol. Alt-Right Personalities and Websites Are Included...
Goldman Sachs Sees Bitcoin Market Becoming More Mature
14.1.2021
Goldman Sachs’ global head of commodities research sees the bitcoin market becoming more mature. “The key to creating some type of stability in the market is to see an increase in the participation of institutional investors,” he detailed. Meanwhile, the price of...
Tether Mints Record 2B USDT in One Week
11.1.2021
The previous record of 1.5 billion USDT was set the week before last
Ethereum 2.0 Explained in 4 Easy Metrics
8.1.2021
With the launch of every new blockchain comes a new block explorer website to understand
Bitcoin Goes Institutional, Ethereum Spreads Its Wings: CoinDesk Q4 2020 Review
7.1.2021
The latest research report looks at data and timelines and what they mean for asset prices
New Report Studies Satoshi Nakamoto’s Inconsistent British and American Writing Techniques
7.1.2021
On December 31, 2020, a new report was published that studies Satoshi Nakamoto’s writing style, the creator’s use of expressions, and spelling. The new examination shows Satoshi’s spelling and American and British wording indicates it was very inconsistent and littered with...
Economist David Rosenberg Pleads Ignorance on Bitcoin After Predicting Massive Bubble
3.1.2021
Economist David Rosenberg has pleaded “ignorance on bitcoin” after saying that the cryptocurrency was in a massive bubble. He admitted that bitcoin has exceeded his expectation but he still prefers gold because he understands it a lot better than bitcoin. ‘Bitcoin Has Exceeded...
Data Shows 78% of the Circulating Bitcoin Supply Is Illiquid, Only 4.2M BTC in Constant Circulation
2.1.2021
Onchain statistics show 78% of the circulating bitcoin supply is illiquid and barely accessible according to Glassnode research. Data indicates that the analysts have classified 14.5 million bitcoin as illiquid and only 4.2 million bitcoin in constant circulation. One of the most treasured parts...
US Treasury Warns of Increasing Ransomware Campaigns Against Coronavirus Vaccine Research Institutions
31.12.2020
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a warning that alerts financial institutions in the United States about increasing ransomware attacks against coronavirus vaccine research organizations. US Treasury Warns of Ransomware Attacks, Phishing...
New Research Sheds Light on the Front-Running Bots in Ethereum’s Dark Forest
29.12.2020
The report outlines how the researchers identified and isolated generalized front-running bots while evaluating their efficiency
Accessible SVG Icons
28.12.2020
The answer to “What is the most accessible HTML for an SVG icon?” isn’t one-size-fits all, because what an icon needs to do on a website varies. I’m partial to Heather Migliorisi’s research on all this, but I can summarize.…
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