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Chinese Internet-based, Blockchain-powered Hospital Set to Open in 2021
2.10.2020
Chinese health chiefs has put its plans to launch an internet hospital on ice for a few months – to allow operators the time to add a wide range of blockchain technology-powered innovation.
Per Cn-Healthcare, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, a leading hospital in Dalian...
POW
30.9.2020
As a connoisseur of web trickery, this is a must share:
POW stands for Packaged Offline/online Webpage. It turns out the png format includes ways to save metadata alongside the image file. A powfile has a metadata entry that contains a zip file that contains a full website.
So a PNG file...
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Hits Record High in Expiry Week
24.9.2020
Bitcoin's options market is more popular than ever with record open interest of more than $2.10 billion
For These Blockchain Commons Interns, Their Open Source Careers Are Just Beginning
23.9.2020
The Blockchain Commons took on 7 interns this year to build out the organization’s many open-source projects
Jamstack Conf
22.9.2020
Here’s an important detail here: It’s free!
Jamstack Conf Virtual is coming up October 6th and 7th, 2020. The sessions are on October 6th. That’s the free part (register here). Then on October 7th there are a variety of workshops (they all look great to me) that are $100 USD each....
Bitcoin Strongest In North America, Asia More Open to Stablecoins, Altcoins
17.9.2020
Bitcoin (BTC), the first and largest cryptocurrency, has the strongest positions among crypto users in North America, while stablecoins and altcoins get more attention in Asia, a new report from crypto analysis firm Chainalysis showed.
According to the report, BTC made up 72% of the crypto...
Winamp Skin Museum
15.9.2020
65,000 skins, they say. That’s extraordinary, especially considering how creative and well done many of them are. MySpace was an even bigger creative explosion of customization.
What’s the next product that will inspire this kind of user ownership through theming? Allowing...
Bitcoin Options Traders Bet the Price of BTC Can Touch $36K by December
14.9.2020
This past weekend, data shows the most active bitcoin options contracts were calls for $28k, $32k, and $36k by the year’s end. This means a number of options traders are betting the price of bitcoin will exceed the all-time high (ATH) the decentralized currency touched in December 2017....
From open arms to full bans: The latest on crypto regulation in Asia
13.9.2020
A look at the legal status of crypto in Asia, where new crypto hubs are emerging and thriving despite uneven regulation
The Raw, Savage Capitalism of Open-Source Protocols
12.9.2020
Recapping the biggest stories of the week, including Joe Biden’s China plan, a market holding pattern and, of course, the strange competitive saga of SUSHI
Defining “View Source”
10.9.2020
Last time there was a little flurry of activity around the concept of “View Source,” I did get the sense that not everyone was on the same page about what that even means. Jim Nielsen:
First, when we talk about “View Source” what precisely are we talking about? I think this is...
Sub-$10K Bitcoin price caused $653M open interest drop, largest since March
4.9.2020
Pro traders bullish sentiment softened after Bitcoin futures open interest fell in tandem with traditional markets which also recorded notable losses
Open Positions in Deribit’s Ether Options Hit Record High Above $500M
2.9.2020
Ether option contracts listed on Deribit, the largest crypto options exchange, are more popular than ever
Ontology Integrates with Plaid to allow Users Open Banking Benefits
31.8.2020
Open source blockchain network Ontology announced on Monday that it has integrated with fintech data network Plaid. In the official tweet, Ontology said that the integration will allow its users to take advantage of open banking style perks by accessing Plaid’s fintech data services that already...
Is This the Blockchain Firm That Will Get Enterprise to Finally Embrace Open Networks?
27.8.2020
Concordium, whose CEO is a Volvo board member, is looking to shake up the seemingly glacial world of enterprise blockchain
Aave Protocol Outpaces Maker With $1.4B Locked, Defi Project Granted UK Electronic Money License
26.8.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) open-source protocol built on Ethereum, Aave, has surpassed the Maker Dao project in terms of total-value-locked (TVL) this week. The lending and borrowing platform Aave has $1.43 billion locked on Tuesday climbing 7.7% in the last 24-hours. On August 25, the defi...
[aktualita] České Glami vydává open source nástroj pro práci se strojovým účením
25.8.2020
Také v Česku se pomalu místy začíná objevovat poměrně běžná praxe velkých světových technologických firem spočívající v uvolňování interně vyvinutých nástrojů jako open source. Módní e-commerce vyhledávač Glami spadající pod Miton vydal balíček nazvaný Cortex Serving Client, který je k dispozici...
This vs. That
24.8.2020
Here’s a nice site from Phuoc Nguyen, who I’ve noted before has quite a knack for clever sites. This vs. That pits different related concepts against each other as a theme for an article. For example, CSS has display: none;, opacity: 0;, and visibility: hidden; and they all, on...
Why Are Traditional Investors So Hungry for Yield Curve Control?
23.8.2020
When FOMC minutes suggested the Federal Reserve might not employ yield curve control, the markets reacted angrily
Bitcoin Options Open Interest Reaches $2B — Should BTC Traders Worry?
21.8.2020
Open interest on Bitcoin options reached $2 billion but should traders be worried that the majority of August options appear worthless?