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Publicly recanted! Luminaries who came to terms with crypto in 2020
13.12.2020
Bitcoin may never be a widely used medium of exchange, but it has become a useful store of value, former critics concede in 2020
Belgian Regulator Warns of Crypto Scammers That Target Male Tinder Users With Fake ICOs
10.12.2020
The Belgian regulator, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), says scammers are employing new techniques which target Tinder and Facebook users. Using what the FSMA terms an “emotional scam,” criminals are targeting male users of the dating app Tinder with promises...
2020’s Crypto Performances: The Biggest Token Losers and This Year’s Top-Performing Cryptocurrencies
7.12.2020
Digital currency markets have climbed significantly in value all year long, despite the gloomy global economy and the aftermath of Covid-19 responses. Bitcoin prices have been hovering at values not seen since 2017, and the top crypto asset in terms of market cap has gained a whopping 159% since...
Earnfinance Is a Powerful DeFi Platform for Staking, Farming and Borrowing – YFE Presale Is Live
30.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. What is yield farming? Yield farming, also referred to as liquidity mining, is a way to generate rewards with cryptocurrency holdings. In simple terms, it means locking up cryptocurrencies and getting rewards. In some sense, yield farming can be paralleled with staking. However...
Bitcoin Crushes Previous All-Time Price Highs Surpassing 2017’s Bull Run
30.11.2020
Digital currency markets are on a tear this week, as a myriad of crypto assets have seen enormous gains during the last two days. Then finally, on November 30, 2020, the largest blockchain in terms of market cap, bitcoin (BTC) surpassed the crypto asset’s 2017 all-time highs (ATH) after...
Logical layout enhancements with flow-relative shorthands
16.11.2020
Admission: I’ve never worked on a website that was in anything other than English. I have worked on websites that were translated by other teams, but I didn’t have much to do with it. I do, however, spend a lot of time thinking in terms of block-level and inline-level elements....
Bitcoin Price Spikes Over 9% as the Crypto Asset’s Value Nears $15K
5.11.2020
The crypto economy has jumped over the $400 billion mark and is now hovering around $414 billion at the time of publication. The largest crypto asset in terms of market cap, bitcoin has over 9% during the last 24 hours steadily marching toward the $15k zone. During the last 30 days, Bitcoin (BTC)...
Covid-19 Hit Sub-Sahara Africa Gets $16 Billion From IMF, Region Still Faces $290B Financing Gap
28.10.2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its release of $16 billion towards sub-Sahara Africa will help to cover the needs of countries badly hit by the global pandemic, Covid-19. The financial institution says despite its swift action, the region still faces a financing gap of $290 billion...
Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Plans to Launch a Cryptocurrency Exchange
27.10.2020
The Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation DBS published an announcement revealing it was launching a cryptocurrency exchange. The announcement was later removed by the company but crypto proponents have learned about the upcoming support for assets like bitcoin...
Onchain Data Shows Rising Bitcoin Whale Index Surpassing 4-Year High
27.10.2020
Onchain analytics from the research and analysis firm Glassnode shows that the number of bitcoin whales (addresses with at least 1,000 bitcoins) has surpassed 1,900 clusters. The number of network participants in terms of 1,000 coin whales hasn’t been this high since 2016. Seven-day trailing...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Rise Suggests Institutional Investors Are Starting to Swarm Toward Crypto
24.10.2020
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has become the second-largest derivatives market for bitcoin futures in terms of open interest. The popular exchange has seen an influx of demand since the recent Paypal announcement and the Bitmex debacle as well. Data shows that the Bitcoin Mercantile...
Foreign Crypto Exchanges Like Paxful, Binance to Pay 1.5% Tax Under Kenya’s New Regulations
16.10.2020
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has clarified that its planned digital service tax (DST) will be applicable to cryptocurrencies at a rate of 1.5% on gross transaction value, local media reported. In August, the agency announced new rules for the taxation of what it calls “digital...
US Government Moves to Regulate Cryptocurrencies After Attorney General Publishes Enforcement Framework
10.10.2020
United States Attorney General (AG) William Barr says the recent publishing of the Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework will help law enforcement to fight elements using digital currencies for illicit ends. Produced by the AG’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, the framework provides law enforcement...
Bitcoin.com Exchange Acquires BOA Exchange To Reach New Markets
5.10.2020
Announced earlier this week, the two companies said the deal is expected to be finalized immediately, without disclosing the financial terms. BOA Exchange is a crypto exchange that has accumulated a vast user base, offering free alt tokens in airdrops and staking coins. The deal further expands...
Some Industry Podcasts
1.10.2020
Clearleft made a 6-episode Season One
It’s called The Clearleft Podcast if you can believe that. It gets into new (at least to me) concepts like Design Ops and Design Sprints, which are loaded terms and need nuanced discussion. It’s really well-edited, pulling in clips from relevant...
Russia Proposes Harsh Penalties for Unreported Cryptocurrency Holdings
26.9.2020
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill with harsh penalties for anyone who does not report their cryptocurrency holdings above a certain level. Penalties include jail terms and fines. New Russian Crypto Bill The Russian Ministry of Finance has sent out a new draft bill addressing...
SoluTech to Burn its Tokens Under Terms of SEC Settlement; Co-Founder Fined
25.9.2020
SoluTech, which violated securities laws and misrepresented its revenue during the token sale, now must destroy all its tokens
Chainlink Token Down 60% in Under 40 Days: Opponents Ask If the Bubble Has Finally Burst?
24.9.2020
After reaching an all-time high of $19.20 on August 14, the Chainlink token now trades lower after losing more than 50% in value in just over a month. The token, which briefly overtook Bitcoin Cash as the fifth-ranked crypto in market capitalisation terms, was ranked 9th on Markets.Bitcoin.com...
A Deep Dive Into Polkadot and How DOT Became a Top Ten Crypto Contender
24.9.2020
Just recently a new project called Polkadot joined the top ten crypto coin list almost immediately after the project officially launched. Today, the Polkadot network is the sixth-largest blockchain in terms of market capitalization. The blockchain is considered an Ethereum competitor by a...
A Spain Based Crypto Ponzi Scheme Abruptly Freezes Accounts of 120,000 Investors
17.9.2020
A Spain based crypto Ponzi scheme, Arbicorp abruptly froze accounts of more 120,000 investors on September 12, after the discovery of an error that causes one of its cryptocurrency trading bots to overpay. Arbicorp claims that the error, which went unnoticed for almost a year, led to its trading...