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US Real Estate Market Shudders: Experts Predict 40% Lower Sales, March Contracts Dip by 21%
4.5.2020
According to the National Association of Realtors, pending contracts for property sales dropped by 20.8% in March. Further, the 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate dropped to 3.43%, but a great majority of people are still not interested in buying or renting homes at the moment. Economists predict...
Bitcoin Sextortion: Scams Using Email, Videos, Passwords to Extort BTC
2.5.2020
Millions of people worldwide have received sextortion scam emails in 2020 asking for bitcoin. These bitcoin sextortion schemes sometimes include recipients’ passwords to make the threat more real. The authorities have advised what to do if you receive a bitcoin sextortion email. Bitcoin...
Real-World Effectiveness of Brotli
30.4.2020
Harry Roberts:
The numbers so far show that the difference between no compression and Gzip are vast, whereas the difference between Gzip and Brotli are far more modest. This suggests that while the nothing to Gzip gains will be noticeable, the upgrade from Gzip to Brotli might perhaps...
Blockchain Technology: Government Use Cases
29.4.2020
A lot has been said about the possibilities of blockchain technology helping governments and people, but are there any realContinue Reading
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World Economic Forum Shares Roadmap for Deploying Blockchains in Real World
28.4.2020
As COVID-19 disrupts global supply chains, the WEF has published a roadmap for businesses to deploy blockchains as a solution
The Present-Day Money War: Is Bitcoin a Challenge For Real Money
25.4.2020
Central bank’s nemesis? Not Exactly This is a technological age where the world engages in commerce sans a central authority. This could be an argument against central banks in favor of Bitcoins. A few more pointers: Decentralized currency gives people complete control over their funds, eliminates...
Innovating on Web Monetization: Coil and Firefox Reality
23.4.2020
I still think Coil is cool. I have it installed on CSS-Tricks as a publisher and money trickles in. I have a paid account and I trickle out money to other sites that use it. I wrote about all that last year.
This’ll explode to something huge if we actually get the Web Monetization API stuff....
General Bytes ATM Developers Add Two-Way Support for Bitcoin Cash-Based SLP Tokens
23.4.2020
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has been extremely popular among Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocates and the SLP token universe has grown quite large. SLP tokens have seen a myriad of applications built around them and a slew of unique tokens have gained real-world value after being listed on exchanges....
Blockchain Fantasy Soccer Game Sorare Signs Licensing Deal With Real Betis
23.4.2020
Players of blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare can now buy digital collectible player cards for star Real Betis player Nabil Fekir and others
Drupal to Jamstack
21.4.2020
I’ve been harping for a while that Jamstack doesn’t necessarily mean throwing away your old CMS. In fact, I’d argue that Jamstack is at it’s most powerful when paired with a system that you already know, are comfortable with, and perhaps even like. You’d call that...
Synthetix Is Already Tokenizing Real World Markets Through DeFi
21.4.2020
Synthetix can add meaningful innovation to the traditional markets it tokenizes, according to Michael Anderson from Framework Ventures
CFTC Approves Bitnomial to Offer Futures Contracts Settled in Real Bitcoin
20.4.2020
The CFTC has approved Bitnomial Exchange to offer margined bitcoin futures and options contracts
Corona Money Printing Worries – Housing Prices Slide Downwards First Time in 10 Years in Northern Europe
19.4.2020
Real estate price reports from March in northern countries like Denmark and Sweden now show negative developments for the first time in over 10 years. If furloughed workers continue into unemployment, the effects on the housing markets will be even more significant, says Claudia Wörmann...
Real Correlation? Bitcoin Price Pumps Follow US Fed QE Money Printing
18.4.2020
QE infinity could work miracles for the Bitcoin price based on historical evidence, argues stock-to-flow creator PlanB
Vertalo, tZERO Are Bringing $300M in Real Estate to the Tezos Blockchain
17.4.2020
Digital transfer agent Vertalo is teaming up with tZERO and a Pennsylvania investment firm to tokenize $300 million in real estate on the Tezos blockchain
Looming US Real Estate Crisis – Freddie Mac Warns of Housing Market Uncertainty, Homebuilder sentiment Drops 58%
16.4.2020
U.S. real estate agents and lenders are bracing for the biggest housing crash in over a decade. Since the coronavirus spread and the American government shut down the nation’s economy, Freddie Mac’s quarterly real estate report is grim and says the U.S. housing market faces considerable...
Digital Yuan Real-world Tests to Begin in May - Chinese Media Reports
16.4.2020
Multiple domestic media outlets are reporting today that China is beginning its first tests for what is set to become the world’s first central bank-issued digital currency, with real-world tests coming in May.
Chinese outlets say that the digital yuan, known in China as the DCEP (Digital Currency...
Berlin Real Estate Worth $12M Tokenized for Everyday Investors
15.4.2020
Investors in the tokens launched by Black Manta will share 20% of the profits made from the sale of Berlin real estate
Real Estate Security Tokens Steadily Gain Market Share
10.4.2020
Fractionalized real estate tokens now represent half of active security token markets and 14.5% of trade
Blockchain to Authenticate Coronavirus-Response KN95 Face Masks From China
9.4.2020
The VeChain blockchain will be used to ensure that authentic KN95 masks are indeed produced by a verified Chinese manufacturer