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US Fed researcher says CBDCs should beat Big Tech payments on privacy protection
23.11.2020
The paper also put forward CBDCs as solutions to high transaction fees and the energy use of mining cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin
Latin America’s Big Blockchain Opportunity
23.11.2020
Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent's corrupt intermediaries
Bitcoin Is the Biggest Big Short
20.11.2020
Short-sellers help identify weaknesses in capital markets. Bitcoin helps us see what's wrong with the financial system
Firefox 83
19.11.2020
There’s a small line in the changelog that is is big news for CSS:
We’ve added support for CSS Conic Gradients (bug 1632351) and (bug 1175958).
🎉🎉🎉
Conic gradients are circular, just like their radial counterpart, but place color stops...
Duality Technologies Launches Platform for Analyzing Big Data While Keeping It Private
19.11.2020
The platform is a step forward in practical uses for Homomorphic Encryption, letting multiple actors conduct analysis while keeping the data encrypted
The next big crypto market could be fantasy sports, says Messari
16.11.2020
Desperate for viewership dollars, traditional sporting leagues may soon turn to fantasy sports to boost fan engagement
Big Tech Execs and Bitcoin: Skype Cofounder Keeps Personal Wealth in Crypto, Intercom Chairman ‘Firmly Jumps on the Bitcoin Wagon’
16.11.2020
This week two well known tech executives revealed they have been dabbling in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a recent interview, Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn detailed that he held bitcoin and ethereum in his personal finances, while the Intercom cofounder Eoghan McCabe tweeted on Sunday that...
$1T market cap is ‘next big resistance’ for Bitcoin — Bloomberg analyst
16.11.2020
Bitcoin price has a clear run to an order of magnitude in gains, Mike McGlone argues as $16,000 is quickly reclaimed
Cory Doctorow: The Monopoly Web Is Already Here
16.11.2020
The science fiction writer on how monopolies came to dominate today's economy and why the orthodoxy of tech criticism is wrong
New Push for Second Stimulus Checks: Analysts Predict When Another Relief Package Will Pass
16.11.2020
Many Americans are in need of second stimulus checks and a new coronavirus relief package. As Congress resumes stimulus negotiations, President Trump has called for a “big and focused” stimulus bill now. Meanwhile, several analysts have predicted when lawmakers will pass the next...
300 Banks in Germany Charge Negative Interest Rates Including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, ING
15.11.2020
A new report reveals that more than 300 banks in Germany are now charging some customers negative interest rates. Some are big global banks, including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and ING. 300 Banks Pass on the Burden of Negative Interest Rates to Customers Banks in Germany have been increasingly...
[článek] Start macOS Big Sur se nepovedl, Messenger i Instagram mají mizící zprávy a Navrcholu.cz končí
15.11.2020
[11 minut čtení] Twitch se omlouvá, Apple M1 zabije Intel, padělek iPhone X, Fotky Google budou placené, TikTok stále neprodán a Uber prodává ATG. Co přinesl právě končící #tyden? FTC: Zoom roky lhal uživatelům o koncovém šifrování. V rámci dohody s FTC se Zoom zavázal zlepšit své bezpečnostní...
A Bitcoin whale just shorted $100M BTC — Are big holders expecting a larger drop?
15.11.2020
A Bitcoin whale placed a $100 million short on Nov. 15 after various on-chain data hints at a whale-induced BTC sell-off throughout the past week
Big Macs for stacking Sats: Bad Crypto news of the week
14.11.2020
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast
Galaxy Digital Acquires 2 Crypto Firms, Sees Big Wave of Institutional Demand for Bitcoin
14.11.2020
Bitcoin Bull Michael Novogratz’s company, Galaxy Digital, has acquired two cryptocurrency firms in preparation to meet a “bigger wave of institutional demand” for bitcoin. Big Wave of Institutional Demand for Bitcoin Incoming Galaxy Digital Holdings announced Friday that it...
From PayPal to Libra: Big Tech Has Forced Central Banks to Wake Up to CBDCs, Says Benoit Coeure
13.11.2020
Libra was the final wake-up call for central banks that prompted serious consideration of digital currency issuances, according to the head of the BIS Innovation Hub
CCB Corrects Blockchain Bond Reports…and Says a Big Fat ‘No’ to BTC
13.11.2020
Days after media outlets from all over the world reported that the Labuan branch of the China Construction Bank (CCB) had issued the nation’s first-ever blockchain-powered RMB bonds, the bank in question has moved to deny the veracity of the reports, adding that it has no links with...
My WordPress Comments Wishlist
12.11.2020
A built-in commenting system is one of the reasons people reach for WordPress (and often stay there long-term). While I do think having a comment system is compelling (and as big of a fan of building on WordPress as I am), I find the comments system on WordPress quite crusty. It needs some love!...
Bitcoin burgernomics: This is how many Big Macs you can buy with 1 BTC
11.11.2020
How many Big Macs does 1 Bitcoin buy, and why is this important?
Did Ethereum just bottom vs. Bitcoin? This is the last big hurdle before $600
11.11.2020
Traders should be cautious as ETH price is facing big resistance alongside rising Bitcoin dominance