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Andreessen Horowitz notes importance of wading regulation, tags former CFTC brass
10.9.2021
The company has brought former United States CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz aboard its operation
Can we have custom media queries, please?
8.9.2021
Stefan Judis notes that there is a spec for custom media queries, but seemingly no momentum on it at the moment. That lack of movement is unfortunate, as it’s almost guaranteed front-end developers all over would start using it as …
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CSS Nesting, specificity, and you
10.8.2021
Here’s Kilian Valkhof on CSS nesting which isn’t available in browsers yet, but will be soon. There are a few differences he notes between CSS nesting and nesting in Sass or Less though. Take, for example, the following code:
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The Best Zombie Safe Room Notes In The Back 4 Blood Beta
9.8.2021
Back 4 Blood is a lot like Left 4 Dead. Both games feature first-person shootin’, online co-op action, and tons of zombies. Even the names are very similar! These similarities are completely by design as Turtle Rock Studios, the devs behind Back 4 Blood, are the same folks who developed...
MyEtherWallet founder notes two key aspects of Ethereum London hard fork
6.8.2021
Ethereum's London hard fork made a number of changes to the Ethereum blockchain
Paypal Plans to Study Transactions That Fund Extremism, Anti-Government Groups
28.7.2021
The payment processing giant Paypal has revealed it has partnered with the nonprofit organization the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). According to the announcement, Paypal is researching transactions settled on the payment network that allegedly fund hate groups and extremism. Paypal to Study...
Fed Faces Double Inflation as Supply Chain Falters, Economists Question Spending, Biden ‘Not Worried’
26.7.2021
Reports show a vast majority of the American populace has been worried about rising inflation and as the weeks roll by, the financial situation continues to look grim. US Senator: ‘There’s No Justification for the Fed to Maintain Its Purchases’ A few analysts believe the upcoming...
Strategist Mike McGlone Believes Bitcoin Can Jump to $60K Resistance vs. $20K Support
25.7.2021
The senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, Mike McGlone, has been long on bitcoin for a while now and he said last month that bitcoin has a “bullish ace up its sleeve.” This week the strategist’s analysis notes that bitcoin prices will likely revert toward the $60K...
Future of Digital Euro ‘Not Clear Yet,’ Former Eurogroup Official Says
22.7.2021
Europe’s digital currency project has made some progress recently, with the Eurozone’s central bank moving to its next stage. Critics point, however, to the continuing lack of clarity around the design and purpose of the digital euro after a decade-long delay, if cryptocurrency is taken...
DOJ Tells FBI and Others: ‘Stop Signing Appreciation Notes for Binance’
17.7.2021
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has requested federal agencies stop signing appreciation letters for Binance. The exchange used these letters as proof they are actively helping these agencies in criminal probes. However, this behavior seems to have bothered agents of these state organizations...
Beginner JavaScript Notes
9.7.2021
Wes has a heck of a set of “notes” for learning JavaScript. It’s organized like a curriculum, meaning if you teach JavaScript, you could do a lot worse. It’s actually more like 85 really fleshed-out blog posts organized into sections …
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Crypto Derivatives Exchange Bybit to Introduce Stringent KYC Policy
7.7.2021
The British Virgin Islands-based Bybit Fintech Limited has announced the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange is introducing an updated know-your-customer (KYC) policy on July 12. Bybit notes that it already had certain KYC requirements implemented, but the new system reform is meant...
The Trick to Enable Printify Shipping Notifications for Orders in WooCommerce? Customer Notes.
2.7.2021
This is a super niche blog post. But it’s been on my list forever to write down because this caused me grief for far too long.
The setup is that you can use WooCommerce to sell things on a WordPress …
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Palestinians Ponder Digital Currency as Move for Monetary Independence
26.6.2021
The Palestine Monetary Authority is exploring the possibility of issuing its own digital currency. For Palestinians, the minting of a national coin would represent a step, at least a symbolic one, towards achieving monetary independence from the State of Israel. Digital Currency to Help...
PBOC Instructs China’s Banks to Forbid All Cryptocurrency Related Activities Immediately
21.6.2021
China’s central bank has sent notice to the country’s financial institutions instructing them to stop dealing with cryptocurrency transactions. The disclosure notes that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) aims to protect Chinese citizens and “combat the speculation of Bitcoin...
NASCAR Driver Landon Cassill to Be Paid in Cryptocurrency for the Remainder of the Season
18.6.2021
The American professional stock car racing driver, Landon Cassill, has announced he has partnered with the crypto-asset platform Voyager Digital Ltd. in order to get paid in cryptocurrency. Cassill’s announcement notes that the racer will be paid in crypto for the remainder of the 2021 NASCAR...
Fed Expects 2 Rate Hikes in 2023, Stock Market Plunges, Powell Anticipates Higher Inflation
17.6.2021
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday told the public that it has forwarded the time frame for raising interest rates. “Progress on vaccinations will likely continue to reduce the effects of the public health crisis on the economy, but risks to the economic outlook remain,” the Federal Open...
Nigerian Central Bank Threatens Jail Time for Citizens Caught Defacing Naira Banknotes
16.6.2021
Fighting to stop the value of the naira from dropping further, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) faces yet another problem: abuse of naira banknotes. According to the CBN’s Aladeen Badajo, the central bank is concerned with the rate at which Nigerians “mutilate, deface, squeeze and even...
Jack Dorsey notes lobbying efforts to get Ethiopian gov't to embrace Bitcoin
16.6.2021
Ethiopian-based group Project Mano is lobbying the government to mine, hold, and link Bitcoin to the ETB or other legal tenders
Defi Derivatives Exchange Dydx Raises $65 Million – Project Plans to ‘Launch a Mobile Application’
16.6.2021
The decentralized exchange (dex) Dydx announced the organization has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round led by Paradigm. The Dydx announcement notes that the additional capital will be leveraged to “significantly improve liquidity” on the dex platform “through...