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Bitcoin History Part 22: The New Wealthy Elite
19.12.2019
“I am pretty confident we are the new wealthy elite, gentlemen, even with a sum as small as 10 bitcoins … The world just isn’t going to be the same and we have been blessed as the pioneers.” When these remarks were made in June of 2011, they seemed hopeful to the point...
Bitcoin History Part 21: Miners Pour One out for Satoshi
10.12.2019
There are a few ways of looking at bitcoin mining. As an ostensibly selfish enterprise, wherein miners are seeking to extract precious coins for profit. And as a community of individuals who envisage a better way of generating, handling and using money, and are motivated to secure the Bitcoin...
Auto Layout lands in Figma
5.12.2019
Here’s a fresh update to my favorite design tool that is thoroughly exciting: Auto layout! That means we can make frames that resize based on the size of the content within it. That's particularly useful for buttons in a design system where you want to drop a button on the page and then keep...
France is piloting its own digital currency too
5.12.2019
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France is piloting its own digital currency too
5.12.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 5 December, 2019 “Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth […]
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Circle Warns Poloniex US Customer Assets May Be Sent to the Government
5.12.2019
As part of its release of the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, Circle may begin charging fees to Poloniex US customers. And the company warns that any unclaimed digital assets, those in dormant accounts, may be sent to state governments, consistent with relevant regulations for abandoned property....
Onecoin Websites Suspended as the $4 Billion Ponzi Crumbles
5.12.2019
The MLM monitoring publication behindmlm.com revealed on Dec. 1 that the infamous Ponzi scheme Onecoin’s website onecoin.eu has gone offline. According to the domain host Eurid, the onecoin.eu domain name is currently “under legal investigation.” Onecoin’s website going...
Russian Tax Authority Registers Crypto as Part of a Company’s Capital
27.11.2019
A company has blazed a trail in Russia, successfully convincing the country’s tax agency to accept that its equity capital now includes cryptocurrency. The change in the ownership distribution has been registered after the firm filed a set of notarized documents confirming a new investment...
WazirX Lists BNB on the Platform as Part of its Rapid Listing
27.11.2019
India’s largest crypto exchange, WazirX has announced the listing of Binance Coin (BNB), on the platform, as part of its Rapid Listing Initiative. While the announcement has been a long-awaited one, the development is plausible nonetheless, as the exchange has managed to survive the hostile...
Ripple Invests $20 Million in MoneyGram as a Part of Equity Investment
26.11.2019
In a recent public statement, the leading money transmission network, MoneyGram, has reported that Ripple, a blockchain-based payments firm, has completed its commitment of the final 20 million dollars Investment. MoneyGram Chairman and CEO, Alex Holmes, said, Our partnership with Ripple...
Everything and Nothing
22.11.2019
I've been thinking about the question for a solid month now. What about building websites has you interested this year? The question pervaded my solitary thoughts and played in the background during my conversations. I’d love to just tell you the answer I’ve come to, but the more interesting part...
Oh Hey, Padding Percentage is Based on the Parent Element’s Width
13.11.2019
I learned something about percentage-based (%) padding today that I had totally wrong in my head! I always thought that percentage padding was based on the element itself. So if an element is 1,000 pixels wide with padding-top: 50%, that padding is 500 pixels. It's weird having top padding based...
Bitcoin History Part 20: BTC Reaches $1
13.11.2019
It was a milestone that Bitcoin loyalists had long anticipated. Nevertheless, a toast was in order the day BTC reached parity with the US dollar. February 9, 2011 was the historic date, and over on the Bitcointalk forum, talk inevitably turned to what this meant for the nascent cryptocurrency. Also...
Bitcoin History Part 19: Wikileaks and the Hornet’s Nest
7.11.2019
“WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet’s nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.” With those 13 words, Satoshi Nakamoto stepped into oblivion, leaving a blizzard of unanswered questions that would enshroud his disappearance. That ominous message was to prove his penultimate forum...
Gate.io Launched ‘HODL & Earn’ Program as a Part of Their New Asset Management Tools
6.11.2019
Gate.io registered under Gate Technology Inc Corporation, USA, which is well-known for the absolute absence of Fiat currencies, recently launched a set of ‘Hold (HODL) and Earn crypto asset management tools.’ The company tweeted: Stake #tron and earn benefits ???? ????@Tronfoundation...
New Hire to Head Digital Currency Research at the US Fed
5.11.2019
The United States Federal Reserve is looking to employ a Manager, Retail Payments, part of whose responsibilities will be to oversee the research of digital currencies and distributed ledgers. The job ad has been published amid pressure from Capitol Hill to explore the possibilities of issuing...
ACIF – Asia Crypto Investment Forum Joins Thailand Blockchain Week
1.11.2019
ACIF, Asia Crypto Investment Forum hosted by Hashcube, will hold its first meetup at The InterContinental Bangkok, as part of Blockchain Thailand Week, to discuss the future of crypto investments.
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The Xi Effect – Chinese Government to Fund Blockchain Projects
31.10.2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement that the country would invest heavily in blockchain technology – coupled with a sweeping move to remove online posts suggesting such technology is a scam – has nourished optimism long-held by crypto advocates. Of course, the reality...
It’s All In the Head: Managing the Document Head of a React Powered Site With React Helmet
30.10.2019
The document head might not be the most glamorous part of a website, but what goes into it is arguably just as important to the success of your website as its user interface. This is, after all, where you tell search engines about your website and integrate it with third-party applications like...
Why Central Banks Are Not Designed for Democracies
29.10.2019
Through their policies, central banks exert tremendous influence over the socio-economic conditions in a country and its business environment. Their decisions are so powerful that it’s obvious they are part of the government. But most people would be surprised to find out that central banks...