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Japanese Court Orders Seizure of Cryptocurrency Linked to Coincheck Hack of 2018
20.8.2020
A court in Tokyo, Japan has ordered the seizure of crypto assets that have been traced back to the Coincheck hack of January 2018, The Japan Times reported Wednesday. More than $530 million worth of the NEM (XEM) cryptocurrency was stolen from the exchange two years ago in what turned out to be...
Match Emojis with Regular Expressions
19.8.2020
When experimenting with unicode property escapes, to identify accented letters in strings, it reminded me of a question I had a few years ago: what is the best way to identify and then replace emojis in a string? I first noticed this practice when using emojis in Facebook — sometimes Facebook...
The OCC’s Crypto Custody Letter Was Years in the Making
18.8.2020
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has been evaluating the cryptocurrency space for years, well before it publicly announced banks could provide services in the field last month
Bitcoin Holding Sentiment Strongest in Nearly Two Years
18.8.2020
The amount of bitcoin held on crypto exchanges is down to a 21-month low, a sign investors are feeling bullish
The New CSS-Tricks Video Intro by dina Amin
18.8.2020
You know we do video screencasts, right? It’s not, like, super regular, but I have done them for a long time, still like doing them, and plan to keep doing them. I publish them here, but you can subscribe over on YouTube as well.
I’ve had a couple of different custom video intro...
Kim Dotcom Predicted Bitcoin’s Rise Two Years Ago
17.8.2020
He also warned that the U.S. dollar would become worthless
Dex Platforms Trade Over $2.4 Billion in 7 Days, Defi Swaps up 68% Since Last Week
16.8.2020
Years ago the cryptocurrency community did not have access to a plethora of decentralized exchanges (dex). In 2020 with the rise of Ethereum, dex platforms have grown exponentially with trading applications like Uniswap, 0x, Kyber, and more. Dex trading growth has spiked over 68% this week alone...
Wall Street Starts ‘Hodling’ Bitcoin as 40% of BTC Unmoved in 2 Years
13.8.2020
Grayscale and MicroStrategy lead a surge in institutional demand for new coins, with selling not part of the landscape, data shows
Australian Woman Jailed Two Years for Stealing $300,000 Worth of XRP
13.8.2020
An Australian hacker who stole 100,000 units of the XRP cryptocurrency has been sentenced to a maximum of two years and three months in jail, local media reported. Kathryn Nguyen hacked the crypto account of a 56-year old man in January 2018. Working with an accomplice, the 25-year-old Sydney woman...
Passive Income via Digital Wealth: A Deep Dive Into Crypto Earning, Staking, Interest Bearing Accounts
12.8.2020
During the last two years investment vehicles that allow crypto asset holders to gather yields have grown exponentially and anyone can make passive income with a number of avenues. Staking validators, decentralized finance (defi) lending services, and interest rate earning accounts provide digital...
Australian Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for $300K XRP Theft
11.8.2020
An Australian woman is facing more than two years in prison after stealing more than $300K in XRP tokens in January 2018
Bitcoin Price Seals Best Weekly Close in 2.5 Years: 5 Things to Know
10.8.2020
Bitcoin has put in a crucial bull market sign for long-term investors as $12,000 returns to the market — can it hold?
Bitcoin Ownership Steadily Shifts From Whales to Small Investors, Data Shows
7.8.2020
The amount of bitcoin held by small investors has more than doubled in the past five years as so-called whale holdings declined by an almost similar margin during the same period. According to new data from Glassnode, the percentage of supply owned by entities holding 10 BTC or less has grown from...
TypeScript, Minus TypeScript
6.8.2020
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the last several years (and let’s face it, hiding under a rock sometimes feels like the right thing to do), you’ve probably heard of and likely used TypeScript. TypeScript is a syntactical superset of JavaScript that adds — as its name suggests — typing to...
Five Years Since Launch, Is Ethereum Creating a New Boom?
2.8.2020
A look into DeFi versus ICOs as another year passes for Ethereum
Five Years In, DeFi Now Defines Ethereum
1.8.2020
Ethereum has always struggled with explaining itself to the world. With DeFi, it's found not only a new avenue of development but of self-definition
Block 478,559: Bitcoin Cash Fans Worldwide Celebrate the Cryptocurrency’s 3rd Anniversary
1.8.2020
Three years ago at approximately 2:14 p.m. ET, the first Bitcoin Cash blocks were mined. That day, block 478,558 was the last common block found, and six hours later Viabtc mined the first Bitcoin Cash block (nr 478,559). The course of history was changed ever since this point, as the scaling...
Here’s Where the Earliest ETH Ever Mined Ended Up 5 Years Later
1.8.2020
Coinfirm details what happened to the first mined Ethereum after the asset's launch in 2015
Five Years of Ethereum: From a Teenage Dream to a $38B Blockchain
31.7.2020
How far has the Ethereum blockchain come in the five years since its inception? We explore key developments, changes and challenges
Bitcoin on Track for Highest July Price Gain in 8 Years
31.7.2020
Bitcoin appears on track to register its best July price performance for eight years and confirm a major bullish breakout in the process