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R3’s Marco Polo Trade Blockchain Takes Another Step Toward Production
14.8.2019
The trade finance blockchain platform has passed another milestone in its development with a successful pilot of real-time payment triggers
How Bridging Blockchains Unlocks Value and Unites Crypto Tribes
12.8.2019
Interoperability is a multisyllabic word for a multi-faceted problem. How do you get blockchains to communicate with one another? Until recently, there’s been no easy way to achieve this, leaving assets isolated and smart contract-powered dapps siloed on their respective protocols. Before...
Another Macro Event That Could Move Bitcoin Is Happening This Fall
9.8.2019
The potential for a “no-deal” scenario as the UK leaves the European Union in October of this year could drive bitcoin to new highs, some industry players estimate.
As many have already experienced first-hand, the British pound has lost a fair amount of value against both the euro and the U.S....
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can We Expect another June-Like Price Rally of Bitcoin (BTC) in August?
6.8.2019
Bitcoin (BTC) has travelled all the way from 3500 USD to 13,800 USD in these 8 months of 2019. The target price of 15,000 USD needs another price rally soon. Bitcoin, the king of all coins, has made a roller coaster ride this year until now. Right after the crypto winter, Bitcoin was being traded...
Tax Expert: IRS Letters Confirm That Trading Cryptos Is a Taxable Event
5.8.2019
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on July 26 that 10,000 American cryptocurrency users will receive a letter reminding them to pay taxes or amend any mistakes on past filings. At the time, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said U.S. taxpayers should take the warning letters...
Crypto Social Media is Breaking Free: How 10+ Blockchain Platforms Pay You to Post
4.8.2019
Social media has become so embedded in most people’s everyday lives that it’s hard to imagine life — or even a span of a few hours — without it. While the social media revolution is huge, there’s another revolution within that revolution, driven by users into...
Liquidity Difficulties in China: Second Bank Bail-Out Now Reality
1.8.2019
Although it has its peculiarities, the Chinese banking sector now faces similar challenges to the west’s financial system. Dozens of small banks have been experiencing liquidity difficulties in the past few months. Observers believe the expanding problem has the potential to trigger...
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can We Still Expect another June Like Bitcoin Rally before this Year Ends?
1.8.2019
Bitcoin shows significant volatility in the market since April. The coin is likely to trade around 15,000 USD to 20,000 USD by the end of 2019. Bitcoin, the father of all crypt coins, have been through a roller-coaster ride in this year. In the initial few months of 2019, the coin maintained...
A More Accessible Portals Demo
31.7.2019
The point of the <portal> element (behind a flag in Chrome Canary) is that you can preload another whole page (like <iframe>), but then have APIs to animate it to the current page. So "Single Page App"-like functionality (SPA), but natively. I think that's pretty cool. I'm a fan...
Intrinsically Responsive CSS Grid with minmax() and min()
31.7.2019
The most famous line of code to have come out of CSS grid so far is:
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(10rem, 1fr));
Without any media queries, that will set up a grid container that has a flexible number of columns. The columns will stretch a little, until there is enough room...
Another Blow to Crypto Users in the U.S.: Abra Announces Restrictions
26.7.2019
Source: iStock/Mathisa_s
Amidst the continued regulatory uncertainty and restrictions, Congressional hearings, and presidential comments, mobile crypto wallet app Abra is forced to make changes that will inevitably impact its U.S. customers.
The company said they had to make these adjustments...
What I Like About Vue
25.7.2019
Dave Rupert digs into some of his favorite Vue features and one particular issue that he has with React:
I’ve come to realize one thing I don’t particularly like about React is jumping into a file, reading the top for the state, jumping to the bottom to find the render function, then following...
Consensys Inner Conflicts Spark Legal Action Against Founder
25.7.2019
Ethereum cofounder Joseph Lubin was recently summoned to court in New York when a former employee initiated a lawsuit for more than $13 million. According to the summons stemming from former Token Foundry CEO, Harrison Hines, relief was being sought for alleged unpaid profits, fraud, unjust...
Another Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Appears in the High Profile Bitcoin Lawsuit
24.7.2019
A new filing has been submitted to the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright case stemming from a man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto. The man, named Debo Jurgen Etienne Guido, has sent handwritten testimony to the Southern District of Florida courthouse asserting that he is the “genuine and only...
Tech Retailer Newegg Expands Bitcoin Payments to Another 73 Nations
24.7.2019
Online electronics and software retail giant Newegg has expanded bitcoin payments to nearly all of its served countries in partnership with BitPay
Another Ethereum Proposal Met with a Wave of Criticism
23.7.2019
There is yet another Ethereum proposal which proved controversial and which divided the community: some of the Ethereum developers are considering an option to finance themselves from the block rewards, while many in the community stand against the idea, arguing about how the rewards can be used...
Coinbase Kills Another Product
19.7.2019
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase removed its Bundle product less than a year since its launch.
Coinbase Bundle was a basket of cryptocurrencies supported on Coinbase, which users could buy in proportion to their market capitalization in U.S. dollars. The smallest Bundle was USD 25....
Multi-Line Truncation with Pure CSS
17.7.2019
Truncating a single line of text if is fairly straightforward. Truncating multiple lines is a bit harder. Using just CSS (no JavaScript or server-side dancing) is nice for the simplicity. It's gotten a little easier lately since Firefox (since version 68) has started supporting the ultra-bizarre...
Bitcoin Cash Multi-Party Escrow, Retail Adoption, and Upgrade Discussions
15.7.2019
Another week has passed for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community and as usual, there’s been a bunch of announcements and developments. BCH supporters this week saw the release of a multi-party onchain escrow system, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin discussed using the BCH chain as a data layer...
Another Crypto Company Wants to Offer Bitcoin Derivatives in the US
12.7.2019
Institutional digital assets platform TrueDigital Holdings has announced plans to offer bitcoin derivatives for U.S. investors – if the CFTC approves