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Bytetree Founder Believes Grayscale Should Lower Its ‘Unrealistically High’ Fee: Warns of Possible ‘Systemic Risk’
21.3.2021
The founder of Bytetree Asset Management, Charlie Morris, has suggested the reduction of the GBTC management fee as one way Grayscale Investment can ease the current selling pressure and possibly reduce the discount on the shares. Morris says if no action is taken, “the selling pressure will...
Validator Entry Thresholds on the Decline as Cloud-Based Staking Challenges Surmounted
12.3.2021
Through the novel use of hardware security modules in conjunction with a communication module, a collaboration between Bluzelle and Equinix will significantly reduce the barriers preventing the equal distribution of opportunities for potential proof-of-stake (PoS) node validators. Lower Cloud...
The Regulations That Could Help Reduce Bitcoin’s Carbon Footprint
10.3.2021
The price of bitcoin has hit record prices this month, and that’s bad news for the climate. As the price of the currency shoots up, so does the energy consumption as people are incentivized to mine more bitcoin. And a new paper published Wednesday in the journal Joule estimates that by the end...
Solana-powered AMM Raydium proposes SushiSwap integration to reduce fees
23.2.2021
SushiSwap is exploring integrating with high-speed AMM, Raydium, on Solana to alleviate high gas fees
Bison Trails launches Global Blockchain Sync to enhance node operations, reduce lag times
16.2.2021
The platform-as-a-service company has released new functionalities that could greatly enhance the node operations of its clients. For platforms like Polkadot, new validators can be launched in as little as 20 minutes
Spanish Treasury Releases Guidelines to Minimize the Risk of Tax Evasion With Cryptocurrencies
5.2.2021
The State Agency for Tax Administration of Spain published guidelines to reduce tax evasion for cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin. The document is part of the general program of the so-called Annual Tax and Customs Control Plan. Spanish Tax Authorities Could Ask Local Exchanges for Customers Data...
Clothing the Naked Emperor – the Blockchain Potential Unleashed With Prasaga
21.1.2021
Prasaga is a Foundation-based organization and the creator the DataGrid Blockchain, a new native chain and coin project, embracing developers, miners, and token holders. DGB will be language agnostic, allowing developers to have full code reuse on a global scale, which will greatly reduce...
EU Seeks to Curb Reliance on US Dollar After American Sanctions Exposed Financial Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
19.1.2021
The European Union (EU) is reportedly planning to reduce its reliance on the U.S. dollar-based financial system, after American sanctions on Iran exposed the vulnerabilities of the bloc’s financial infrastructure. According to officials, who are now determined to challenge the dollar’s...
Gold Exceeds U.S. Dollars in Russia’s Reserves as Putin Focuses on De-Dollarization
17.1.2021
Russia is now holding more gold than U.S. dollars in its reserves for the first time, according to the latest report by Russia’s central bank. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made de-dollarization his country’s key policy to reduce the Russian economy’s exposure to the U.S....
Coronavirus Lockdowns Didn't Reduce Air Pollution as Much as We Thought
13.1.2021
I know it seems like forever ago, but think back to the early days of covid-19 when lockdowns first halted travel and industry in huge swaths of the world. It was devastating to the economy and was a symptom of a huge public health problem, but reports showed there was at least one good thing...
Bitcoin: Volatility Hit Again, How To Make Profit and Reduce Risks
12.1.2021
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists.
Bitcoin is having one of its volatile episodes again. After making several parabolic moves and reaching $40,000, Bitcoin was pushed back to $35,000 in a matter of a few hours. About $170 billion were wiped...
Responsible, Conditional Loading
25.12.2020
Over on the Polyplane blog (there’s no byline but presumably it’s Kilian Valkhof), there is a great article, Creating websites with prefers-reduced-data, about the prefers-reduced-data media query. No browser support yet, but eventually you can use it in CSS to make choices that reduce...
Global Equity Head at Jefferies Says the Investment Bank Will Buy Bitcoin and Reduce Exposure to Gold
22.12.2020
Christopher Wood, the global head of equity at Jefferies, a global financial services company, says the firm will reduce exposure to gold in favor of bitcoin. He adds that there are plans to increase the crypto component of Jefferies’ long-only global portfolio for U.S. dollar-denominated...
Banks Should Pay Interest on CBDCs to Reduce Tax Avoidance – Report
4.12.2020
Too much stick and not enough carrot might be the wrong approach for those wishing to impose taxes on digital currencies: This was the surprising conclusion of a new report commissioned by the South Korean central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK).
Per EDaily, the report was co-authored by Jaevin Park...
Measuring Core Web Vitals with Sentry
17.11.2020
Chris made a few notes about Core Web Vitals the other day, explaining why measuring these performance metrics are so gosh darn important:
I still think the Google-devised Core Web Vitals are smart. When I first got into caring about performance, it was all: reduce requests! cache things! Make...
Yield Trust DeFi Protocol with Anti-Manipulation and Unique Trust Score Feature – Presale Now Live
31.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Trust Team from Stockholm, Sweden is ready to launch their new DeFi protocol for public access, providing users exciting and unique technologies to finally beat market manipulation and reduce market affection by the whales. The protocol is going to grow all around starting it’s...
Core Web Vital Tooling
26.10.2020
I still think the Google-devised Core Web Vitals are smart. When I first got into caring about performance, it was all: reduce requests! cache things! Make stuff smaller! And while those are all very related to web performance, they are abstractly related. Actual web performance to users are things...
Uniswap’s first community proposal seeks to reduce governance thresholds
13.10.2020
Uniswap’s first community governance proposal is up for a vote
Energi Implements EBI Recovery Tool to Reduce Cybercrime by 70%
29.9.2020
Cybercrime is the greatest threat to digitization, which prevents technology from growing further. To combat these emerging cybercrime threats, Energi, a versatile blockchain network that combines Ethereum compatible smart chain networks, a self-funding treasury, on-chain governance, and a robust...
Blockchain tech is helping to reduce the impact of deforestation in Brazil
23.9.2020
The move is intended to prevent “laundering” cattle from sanctioned farms