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France Announces €2.5 Billion Worth “Choose Africa” Project for African SMEs
13.12.2019
The French government is all set to support Africa in becoming one of the world’s biggest ground for investment and capital development. The country broke the news on Friday that it has entered into a widescale free trade area agreement with the African continent to boost the business opportunities...
China’s Central Bank Uses Blockchain to Issue $2.8B Worth of Financial Bonds
9.12.2019
China issued $2.8 billion in blockchain-based special financial bonds for small and micro enterprises
Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2019 refresh
6.12.2019
Lynn Fisher walks us step-by-step through the redesign process of her latest outstanding personal website. In this design, increasing the width of the browser window will cause the illustrations on the page crack to open and reveal more within them:
This case study reminded me that Lynn also has...
Chinese Central Bank Issues USD 2.8m Worth of Blockchain Bonds
6.12.2019
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The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has issued some USD 2.8 billion worth of blockchain-issued financial bonds to small business loans in China.
Per reports from Xinhua and Naeil Shinmun, the central bank says that it used its “own independently developed blockchain bond issuance...
Almost 70 Crypto Funds Close This Year, Twice as Many Launch
6.12.2019
Dozens of crypto funds, almost 70, have closed this year, a mainstream media outlet reported. And while the startling number reveals the influx of institutional investors into the crypto space might not be happening at a fast pace, it’s also worth noting that crypto fund launches...
UpBit Hack: Stolen ETH Worth Millions on the Move to Unknown Wallets
3.12.2019
One of the addresses associated with the Upbit theft last week has successfully moved $1.5 million in Ether to an unknown wallet
Boralex Confirms Entering Largest Refinance Agreement in France Worth $1.7 bn
28.11.2019
Boralex, the leading power-producing firm focused on the development of the renewable energy sector, has made an official announcement regarding its biggest refinance agreement worth a whopping sum of USD 1.7 billion in France. As a part of the agreement, the firm will refinance all of its wind...
HSBC Launches Digital Vault Platform; Shifts $20bn Worth Assets to Blockchain
28.11.2019
Serving the financial economy with its unprecedented banking services, the London-based HSBC bank is all set to make the first move in the fast-growing yet controversial technology arena of cryptocurrencies. The leading international banking giant has announced that it would shift assets worth...
Bitcoin Life Lesson: User Claims Forgetting ‘Brain Wallet’ Worth $13M
26.11.2019
Bitcoin worth $13 million allegedly locked after passphrase failure
Thoughts After Looking at the Web Almanac’s Chapter on CSS
13.11.2019
Woah, I didn't see this coming! The HTTP Archive dropped this big "state of the web" report called Web Almanac with guest writers exploring data from 5.8 million websites.
Una Kravetz and Adam Argyle wrote the CSS chapter. The point is to squeeze a digestible amount of insight out of a mountain's...
When to Use SVG vs. When to Use Canvas
12.11.2019
SVG and canvas are both technologies that can draw stuff in web browsers, so they are worth comparing and understanding when one is more suitable than the other. Even a light understanding of them makes the choice of choosing one over the other pretty clear.
A little flat-color icon? That's...
When Bitcoin Overtakes Gold – How High Can It Go?
11.11.2019
Flashy bitcoin price speculation is a favorite game of crypto Twitter news outlets and commentators all over. After all, who doesn’t want to hear that their modest stash of satoshis could someday moon and be worth millions? Sensation aside, there remains a well-grounded case for continued...
Crypto Miner Steals $5M Worth of Computing Power Using Identity of Riot Games Founder
7.11.2019
A crypto miner stole the identity of a co-founder of the game developer behind League of Legends to illegally access $5 million in computing power
Roger Ver Says Bitcoin Cash may be Worth 99,900% More 'Some Day'
5.11.2019
Roger Ver. Roger Ver, the main proponent of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) says he is giving what one day he finds will be worth USD 5,000 in BCH – 99,900% more than its current worth.
On November 4th, Ver came to his Facebook friends with a proposal. Wanting to spread the adoption of BCH, Ver says, he decided...
Stellar Burns Over 55 Billion Tokens Worth $4.7 Billion USD
5.11.2019
The Stellar Development Foundation announced the burn of 55 billion XLM, stating that remaining tokens will be used for network development
Roger Ver Says $5 Bitcoin Cash Giveaway Could Be Worth $5,000 Someday
4.11.2019
Roger Ver will send $5 worth of Bitcoin Cash to all of his Facebook friends, which he states “could easily become worth $5,000 some day”
Lawyer Asks Whether KYC Is Worth Exposing Users to Hacking and ID Theft
2.11.2019
Lawyer Jake Chervinsky asks the public if identity verification is worth exposing the public to data leaks
Do You Know the Newspeak of the Looming ‘NIRP’ Economic Meltdown?
1.11.2019
Negative and zero interest rate policy (NIRP and ZIRP) are becoming a new global norm. Endless printing of paper money is said to make economies stronger, while everyday individuals are seeing their savings worth less and less. These policies were traditionally viewed as last ditch, temporary...
Man Takes AT&T to Court After He Loses Crypto Worth 1.8M Dollars in Sim Swap Attacks
25.10.2019
A Californian man named Seth Shapiro has filed a lawsuit against AT&T alleging that the company’s employees helped hackers carry out sim swapping of his number that cost him over 1.8 million dollars in digital currency. Holding AT&T liable for his loss, Shapiro said that the firm failed...
Swedish Government Auctions Cryptocurrency Again
12.10.2019
The Swedish Enforcement Authority, Kronofogden, is once again auctioning off cryptocurrency that has been allotted for public sale. The online auction, which is the second of this kind the government agency conducts, starts on Friday, October 11. Also read: Sean Walsh: Cryptocurrencies Can Harness...