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As Gold Touches New Highs Investors Face Storage Issues, Market Dilution, Threat of Seizures
31.7.2020
During the last few weeks, gold has skyrocketed in value over the concerns fueled by the faltering global economy. Despite the fact that gold has always been a safe-haven, many investors are looking to bitcoin because they fear central banks will dilute the market or even confiscate the gold. Prior...
Fidelity Calls Bitcoin an ‘Aspirational’ Store of Value and an ‘Insurance Policy’
30.7.2020
Bitcoin is an aspirational store of value according to Fidelity Digital Assets
Ethereum Price Creates GPU Shortage, Some Manufacturers Blame Nvidia
29.7.2020
During the last four weeks, cryptocurrency markets have gathered significant value, and the crypto asset ethereum gained over 40% during the last 30-days. The price of ether moving northbound has caused a strain on the graphics processing unit (GPU) market, as ETH miners have become scarce....
CSS Vocabulary
27.7.2020
This is a neat interactive page by Ville V. Vanninen to reference the names of things in the CSS syntax. I feel like the easy ones to remember are “selector,” “property,” and “value,” but even as a person who writes about CSS a lot, I forget some of the others....
Private Sector Could Bring Value to Future CBDC Launches, Says IMF Official
27.7.2020
A director at the IMF has spoken of the value the private sector could bring to central bank digital currencies, should they be adopted by nations
Market Update: Cryptocurrency and Gold Markets Fueled by Failing Global Economy
27.7.2020
The cryptocurrency economy has spiked significantly on July 26 into the overnight trading sessions capturing over $300 billion in value. Bitcoin is trading above the $10,360 zone while ethereum is swapping for $321 per coin. Meanwhile, the precious metals gold and silver have seen incredible gains...
Maker's Value Locked Breaches $1B Ceiling, but There's a Caveat
27.7.2020
MakerDAO posts records in value locked as yield farmers create new Dai and Ether rallies
Hyperinflation Hits Lebanon: Food Prices Soar 200%, Biggest Crisis Since Civil War
27.7.2020
Lebanon has entered hyperinflation, the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to do so. With a 462% annual inflation rate and food prices rising by almost 200% this month, Lebanon has joined Venezuela in hyperinflating. Meanwhile, the Lebanese pound has lost 82% of its value this year....
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits 1-Month High; DeFi Value Locked Hits $3.3B
23.7.2020
Bitcoin is making gains, Ethereum’s DeFi value grows. (CoinDesk)
Aave’s LEND Falls Further While Value Locked Grows
23.7.2020
After seeing massive growth in its price over the past couple of months, LEND, the native token of decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave, extended its correction today with a fall of 6.6% over the past 24 hours, while the majority of top 50 coins are in the green today.
The latest fall...
Stablecoin Tether Set to Eclipse Bitcoin’s Daily Transaction Value
23.7.2020
The most dominant stablecoin in the cryptocurrency ecosystem has seen some competition during the last few years, but the token tether has remained king in the face of rivalry. Just recently, a “Q2’20 review” published by the digital currency data and analytics firm Messari shows...
Bitcoiners Are Not Looking for a Store of Value, Gold Bug Adam Schiff Says
21.7.2020
Although Bitcoin holders often describe the asset as a store of value, gold advocate Peter Schiff said such participants do not actually seek wealth storage, hunting instead for profit
Y Curve Interest Rates Reach 2,000%, Assets Under Management Grows Tenfold After Token Launch
21.7.2020
Depositors to the Y Curve decentralized finance (defi) pool received as much as 2,000% in interest this Saturday and about 600% (annualized) for the entire day. Before this increase, liquidity providers had been earning an aggregate rate of 10.58%. The latest interest rate growth follows Yearn...
When do you use inline-block?
20.7.2020
The inline-block value for display is a classic! It’s not new and browser support is certainly not something you need to worry about. I’m sure many of us reach for it intuitively. But let’s put a point on it. What is it actually useful for? When do you pick it over other, perhaps...
Levels of Fix
20.7.2020
On the web, we have the opportunity to do work that fixes things for people. It’s fascinating to me how different the scope of those fixes can be.
Consider the media query prefers-reduced-motion. Eric wrote:
I think it’s also worth pointing out the true...
Market Outlook: Crypto Economy Sheds $10B Overnight, Exchange Inflow and Sell Pressure Rises
16.7.2020
The overall market capitalization of all 5,700+ cryptocurrencies in existence lost around $10 billion during the overnight trading sessions. Most crypto assets have lost 2-5% in value during the last 12 hours, and a number of speculators blame the recent Twitter hack. The price of bitcoin (BTC)...
Covid-19 Forces Indians to Embrace Digital Payments but Country Still Lacks Crypto Regulation
13.7.2020
The global pandemic Covid-19 is forcing Indians to resort to digital payment platforms when settling bills as well as paying for groceries. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Indian citizens largely ignored a 2016 government decree that attempted to achieve the same, reports The Economic Times of India....
Value Locked In DeFi to More Than Double in 2020 - Spartan Capital’s Koh
13.7.2020
Despite already seeing huge growth this year, some investors believe the decentralized finance (DeFi) space has much more room to grow before the party is over, and that total value locked could still more than double in the next six months.
The latest prediction for the future of the DeFi market...
$424 Million and Numismatic Value: There’s Only 20,000 Casascius Physical Bitcoins Left Unspent
12.7.2020
For many years now physical bitcoins have been a very popular trend, but one specific type called the Casascius physical bitcoin collection has intrigued people for years. Last December, someone redeemed a 100 BTC Casascius bar and since then 560 Casascius coins worth $5.1 million have been...
Memorize Scroll Position Across Page Loads
9.7.2020
Hakim El Hattab tweeted a really nice little UX enhancement for a static site that includes a scrollable sidebar of navigation.
???? If you've got a static site with a scrollable sidebar, it really helps to memorize the scroll position across page loads.
(left is default, right memorized)...