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BIS Chief Banker Criticizes Bitcoin as Inherently Risky, Says BTC Vulnerable to 51% Attack
29.1.2021
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustin Carstens has criticized bitcoin saying the asset was inherently risky and “increasingly vulnerable” to a 51% attack. A long time bitcoin (BTC) skeptic, Carstens stressed that only central banks should be issuing digital...
Embedding an Interactive Analytics Component with Cumul.io and Any Web Framework
28.1.2021
In this article, we explain how to build an integrated and interactive data visualization layer into an application with Cumul.io. To do so, we’ve built a demo application that visualizes Spotify Playlist analytics! We use Cumul.io as our interactive …
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla Is Too Damn Long
28.1.2021
I finally got around to finishing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla this week. And while I had a great time with the game I also parted ways on a pretty sour note, because like its predecessor, it is just too damn long.Read more
Massive Gamestop Short Squeeze Highlights the Fragility of Today’s Financial System
27.1.2021
The bigwigs trading stocks on Wall Street have been upset this week as billion-dollar hedge funds have been crippled by Redditors and memes. Not too long ago, the firm Gamestop’s shares were plummeting, and Wall Street veterans lined up a mountain of short bets against the company’s...
Wall Street “Perma Bear” Predicts Stock Market Crash: Says Bitcoin Cannot Be Ignored as He Touts Gold
27.1.2021
Long term Wall Street bear and bitcoin holder, David Tice predicts that the stock market will crash fall by 30% in a retreat that will persist for two years. Although the veteran investor is not giving the specific commencement date for this downturn, he warns that when it breaks, “it’s...
2 key metrics suggest Bitcoin price won’t be pinned below $33K for long
26.1.2021
Key Bitcoin price metrics show the recent 12% drop to $30,800 has not stopped traders from buying dips ahead of this Friday's $4.9 billion BTC futures expiry
Long-Awaited Biomutant Launches May 25
26.1.2021
Biomutant, the post-apocalyptic furry RPG that was first revealed in 2017, is heading to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on May 25, publisher THQ Nordic announced this morning.Read more
Bitmain Co-Founder’s Exit Resolves Years-Long Power Struggle as Mining Firm Preps IPO
26.1.2021
Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu is stepping down from his role as part of his settlement with Micree Zhan
BoE Governor: cryptocurrencies of today are destined to fail long term
26.1.2021
The U.K. central bank governor believes existing cryptocurrencies will fail over the longer term due to their robust privacy features
Here's A Long Sega Saturn
26.1.2021
Take a look at this Sega Saturn. It’s very long.Read more
Crypto Long & Short: No, Bitcoin Was Not a Response to the Financial Crisis
24.1.2021
In spite of the timing, bitcoin wasn't created as a result of the 2008 crisis – and this misunderstanding matters
Pier Village.
21.1.2021
Pier Village. Long Branch, NJ, USA. By Christopher VanDuyn.Read more
Going long: 270K Bitcoin moved into storage in a month
21.1.2021
Investors are in it for the long run, locking 270,000 BTC away over the last 30 days
Multibillion Dollar Fund Manager Ruffer Sees Long Trend of Institutional Bitcoin Adoption
21.1.2021
British investment management firm Ruffer has revealed that its bitcoin holdings now account for about 3% of its entire portfolio of approximately $29 billion. The firm believes that we are “at the foothills of a long trend of institutional adoption and financialization of bitcoin.”...
Life with ESM
19.1.2021
ESM, meaning ES Modules, meaning JavaScript Modules. Like, import and friends.
Browsers support it these days. There is plenty of nuance, but as long as you’ve dropped IE, the door is fairly open.
Before ESM, the situation for JavaScript …
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Bitcoin Becomes Most-Crowded Trade After Passing ‘Long Tech’: Bank of America Survey
19.1.2021
Bank of America's January survey of fund managers indicated bitcoin is now seeing the most capital inflow
Demand for Crypto Soars: Bitcoin Funds Break Records, Goldman Sachs Wants In
18.1.2021
Investors are increasingly seeking exposure to bitcoin following the recent months-long price rally. Bitcoin exchange-traded products are seeing record trading volumes. Meanwhile, more big banks are reportedly trying to get into the crypto space, including Goldman Sachs. High Demand for Bitcoin...
Crypto Long & Short: No, Bitcoin Is Not in a Bubble
17.1.2021
Commentators and analysts who say bitcoin is in a “bubble” show they don’t understand what the term means
Strategist: Bitcoin more likely to be successful 'in the long run' than Ethereum
17.1.2021
Lyn Alden likens Ethereum to the Concorde aircraft: functional, but not "an economically sustainable project."
Multiple DeFi mainstays crack top 20 in long-awaited ‘Great Repricing’
16.1.2021
For DeFi believers, vindication has been every bit as profitable as it’s been sweet