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190 Indian Bank Locations Raided in Massive Fraud Crackdown
6.11.2019
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly raided over 190 bank locations nationwide in an effort to crack down on fraud involving at least 15 banks. As many as 1,000 officers were involved in what is now one of the largest coordinated searches in India this year. Also read: State...
US, EU and UK Companies Can Now Pay Workers in Bitcoin Cash via Bitwage
31.10.2019
Getting at least partially paid with cryptocurrency is a great way to enter the digital asset market without having to do any trading. If you are looking to earn your favorite crypto asset, Bitwage now allows American, European and British companies to pay workers in bitcoin cash following demand...
Alleged Las Vegas Scammer Charged for $11 Million Crypto Binary Options Ponzi
18.10.2019
A Las Vegas man is charged with raising at least $11 million from cryptocurrency investors he promised to trade binary options for, and make gains of up to 300%. According to the charges the money was sent from new clients to previous ones in a classic Ponzi scheme manner. Also Read: Binance to...
Telegram ‘to Postpone Gram Release by at Least Six Months’
16.10.2019
Telegram’s much-anticipated TON network launch and the release of its Gram token could be delayed for “six months to a year,” investors in the project have been told.
Per Forbes Russia, two unnamed investors in the USD 1.7 billion project have told the media outlet that Telegram has already...
The Fed Plans to Inject $60 Billion per Month Into the Economy
15.10.2019
On October 11, the U.S. Federal Reserve explained that it would inject more easing into the economy by purchasing Treasury bills at an initial $60 billion per month for the next two months. The purchasing rate could decrease or increase, but the central bank expects the easing plan to last until...
The Teletype Text Element Lives On… at Least on This Site
11.10.2019
It was this: <tt>
I say "was" because it's deprecated. It may still "work" (like everybody's favorite <marquee> in some browsers), but it could stop working anytime, they say. The whole purpose of it was to display text in a monospace font, like the way Teletype machines used...
Mina Markham Should Make Beyoncé’s Site Accessible
3.10.2019
I remember when this went around in January, and I'm a little shocked it didn't happen.
Mina is the perfect person for the job (like, duh) and the result would be good for everyone. Let's make this happen. The least we can do is sign Amélie Lamont's petition.
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Market Outlook: A Few Cryptocurrencies Rebound While Fear Grips Central Banks
1.10.2019
In the last 48 hours, digital currency markets have rebounded after some bearish price dips last week. After losing $35 billion in a short period of time, most crypto markets have been gradually healing and the overall market valuation of the cryptoconomy has clawed back at least 50-60% of...
People With Least Knowledge Most Positive on Crypto’s Future: ING Survey
18.9.2019
People with little or no knowledge of cryptocurrency are the most likely to be positive on its future, according to research from Dutch bank ING
At Least 19 Central Banks Give Way to Monetary Easing As Economy Slows
16.9.2019
In a coordinated fashion, more than 18 central banks worldwide have or plan to cut interest rates, sparking a domino effect of monetary easing. It’s been 10 years since the world has seen central planners orchestrate such harmonization in an attempt to save the economy from a deep recession....
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4.9.2019
Now that we've got cross-browser support for the line-clamp property, I expect we'll see a lot more of that around the web. And as we start to see it more in use, it’s worth the reminder that: Truncation is not a content strategy.
We should at least offer a way to read that that truncated content...
Creating a Maintainable Icon System with Sass
28.8.2019
One of my favorite ways of adding icons to a site is by including them as data URL background images to pseudo-elements (e.g. ::after) in my CSS. This technique offers several advantages:
They don't require any additional HTTP requests other than the CSS file.
Using the background-size property...
‘Amazon of Japan’ Rakuten Launches Crypto Exchange Service
20.8.2019
Rakuten, the “Amazon of Japan,” announced the launch of its new crypto exchange platform Monday, August 19, offering spot trading of crypto assets via a dedicated smartphone app. The e-commerce giant has been crypto-friendly for a while now, experimenting and investing in crypto payment...
Binance Hackers Bombard Chipmixer to Launder at Least 4,836 BTC
8.8.2019
At least 4,836 BTC stolen in Binance breach this May was laundered through crypto tumbler Chipmixer, a new report says
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6.8.2019
You know what a "reduced test case" is, right? We've talked about it here. I imagine the concept is useful in many walks of life, but in the world of front-end development, you can think of it like:
A reduced test case is a demo/example page you create which reproduces the problem you are having...
Money and Democracy: How the Elite Manipulated Ledgers and Created a Social Ranking System
22.7.2019
Money is one of the most important but least understood manmade tools in existence. For more than 5,000 years humans have used a tool of exchange called money to facilitate trade. During this timespan, the evolution of money has evolved into a system of information, a social contract, and a ranking...
Using GraphQL Playground with Gatsby
18.7.2019
I’m assuming most of you have already heard about Gatsby, and at least loosely know that it’s basically a static site generator for React sites. It generally runs like this:
Data Sources → Pull data from anywhere.
Build → Generate your website with React and GraphQL.
Deploy → Send the site to...
Flowery V20 Talk and Government Terror: Why Darknet Crime Is the Least of Our Worries
1.7.2019
Governments and central banking regulatory bodies continue to express concern about crypto being used for criminal purposes and terror. The terror campaigns of these very same governments continue unabated, however. In the wake of the V20 summit it might seem that lawmakers actually care about...
Binance Aims to Have at Least Two Exchanges per Continent
17.6.2019
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance aims to have at least two fiat to crypto exchanges in every continent, Ted Lin, Chief Growth Officer of the company, tells Cryptonews.com.
According to him, in terms of priority, Binance prefers to go to places “where there is no existing, effective,...
Concerns Over Facebook Data Use Derailed at Least 3 Crypto Partnerships
14.6.2019
Philosophical disagreements with crypto experts have slowed the development of Facebook's GlobalCoin, sources say