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Hopes and Strategies In Play As Miners Prepare For Bitcoin Halving
19.4.2020
The Bitcoin (BTC) halving is fast approaching, and already miners are swooping into action. Some are phasing out older mining hardware, while others are preparing to take equipment offline if the bitcoin price falls below certain thresholds after the halving.
But while the halving will obviously...
How Ethereum Could Help The Global Economy Recover From A Recession
18.4.2020
Ethereum (ETH) has a role to play in the recovery from a coronavirus recession. While the global economy is still waiting for the worst effects of mass lockdowns, layoffs, and losses, Ethereum and its ecosystem of financial platforms are waiting in the wings to make the eventual recovery easier....
Predicted Market Crash, Foretold Market Explosion, and 20 Crypto Jokes
18.4.2020
The Cryptoverse brought us quite a few interesting stories this week. Lower USD interest rates, combined with the inflation and crypto volatility could bring greater demand for stablecoins and cryptocurrencies, and while Silk Road founder predicts that there will soon be another market crash before...
A Bright Side to the Dark Web
17.4.2020
The dark web typically conjures up thoughts of criminal activity. While there are undoubtedly unsavory characters leveraging the darknet for illegal pursuits, there are also virtuous uses of the “hidden internet.”
As reported, per data from blockchain analytics provider Chainalysis, over USD...
Bitcoin.com’s Market Aggregator Now Features Into the Block Crypto Asset Statistics
17.4.2020
At Bitcoin.com we take pride in providing the best cryptocurrency resources online so people can learn about the great benefits of bitcoin. One particular service we offer is a cryptocurrency market valuation and price data aggregator called markets.Bitcoin.com. This week our team is pleased...
Has Zimbabwe Made U-turn on Bitcoin? Cryptopreneurs Still Skeptical
12.4.2020
Despite the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said that it will create a regulatory sandbox for crypto entrepreneurs, local industry players warned not to get too excited and urged to wait for results.
In March, the bank announced that it has started drafting a policy framework.
“The framework...
Zero Interest Rates Not The Only Driver For Stablecoin Demand
11.4.2020
The coronavirus has brought zero USD interest rates. And with zero or potentially even negative interest rates, it might also bring greater demand for stablecoins and for cryptocurrencies more generally.
Why? Because now there's no opportunity cost when it comes to holding USD-backed stablecoins...
First Halvings, New Steps and 20 Crypto Jokes
11.4.2020
The week behind us had many news and quite a few firsts for us. ETH saw a wave of buying, leaving BTC in the dust, while BTC's mining difficulty was set to increase - which indeed it did, and BCH had its first halving, with miners seen changing camps ahead of it. Meanwhile, BSV rallied ahead of...
Scheduled Features Article
10.4.2020
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Continuous Deployments for WordPress Using GitHub Actions
6.4.2020
Continuous Integration (CI) workflows are considered a best practice these days. As in, you work with your version control system (Git), and as you do, CI is doing work for you like running tests, sending notifications, and deploying code. That last part is called Continuous Deployment (CD)....
Monex Group Hopes Bitcoin Giveaway Will Get 50k People Trading Crypto
5.4.2020
If the idea of conventional finance providers handing out cryptocurrencies to their shareholders sounds far-fetched to you, look no further than Japan, a country where securities companies and crypto giveaways go hand-in-hand.
Last month, Cryptonews.com reported that securities provider the Monex...
As US Seized Gold in 1933, Is There a Threat to Bitcoin in the 2020s?
4.4.2020
A fragment of the Executive Order 6102. A sharp global recession seems to be inevitable. Could the US or any other government shut down crypto exchanges or ban the ownership of cryptoasset?
At first glance, this seems like an extreme and unlikely scenario. However, figures within the crypto...
Pushy Turbulence, Pressuring Miners, Bright Future and 20 Crypto Jokes
4.4.2020
Another eventful week is behind us. We reported that the number of addresses with 1 BTC is rising, while BTC is leaving exchanges, but merchants remain resilient; that the outlook for BTC development is generally positive, with key funding players revealed; that turbulences in the market could push...
Bitcoin Needs To Make an Effort to Not Waste This Crisis
3.4.2020
While many bitcoin (BTC) hodlers hope that despite the COVID-19 pandemic and troubles in the traditional financial markets - or exactly because of them - BTC will skyrocket, it might not happen without the active involvement of the Cryptoverse itself.
"In addition to the unique properties...
Russian Official: Cryptocurrency Bill Completed — Effects on Payments, Exchanges, Miners
3.4.2020
The chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets has confirmed that the bill which provides the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in Russia has been completed. The official explained key features of the bill, including how cryptocurrency exchanges and miners will...
Exclusive: QE Won't Trigger Hyperinflation, says World's Hyperinflation Expert
2.4.2020
The central bank of Zimbabwe issued a 100,000,000,000,000 note during the hyperinflation in 2009. It barely paid for a loaf of bread. There has been a lot of discussion recently on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, on the measures taken by the governments to mitigate those...
Collective #600
2.4.2020
Fix an overloaded server * New use-cannon features * Ash's Smooth Scroll * Animockup
Collective #600 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Let a website be a worry stone
1.4.2020
Ethan Marcotte just redesigned his website and wrote about how the process was a distraction from the difficult things that are going on right now. Adding new features to your blog or your portfolio, tidying up performance issues, and improving things bit by bit can certainly relieve a lot...
This Crisis Is Good For Bitcoin, But Beware of Recession - Luno CEO
31.3.2020
The current global crisis is good for crypto as it shows the dysfunctionality of the existing system, according to Marcus Swanepoel, co-founder and CEO of crypto exchange Luno. However, in case of a global recession, this nascent industry might be hit hard too, he warned.
Crypto was born out of...
Latest Bitcoin.com Wallet Release Features Live Charts and Price Tracking
30.3.2020
This week, our developers rolled out the latest version of the lightning-fast, noncustodial Bitcoin.com Wallet. The new version now comes with live price graphs so crypto enthusiasts can follow crypto price changes in real-time. Moreover, the wallet software also features price tracking so you...