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Danish Central Banker Tempted to Ignore Cryptocurrency — Sees Real Threat in ‘Big Tech Invading Currency Area’
28.5.2021
Denmark’s central bank governor Lars Rohde says that he can be tempted to ignore cryptocurrency, stating that it is not a threat to the central bank at present. However, he pointed out that the real threat could come from big technology companies “invading the currency area or...
To $ or Not to $: Displaying Terminal Code Snippets
27.5.2021
It’s very popular to put a $ on lines that are intended to be a command in code documentation that involves the terminal (i.e. the command line).
Like this:
$ brew install somepackage
The point of that is that it …
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Big tech, not cryptocurrency, is the real threat to central banks’ autonomy, Danish central bank governor says
27.5.2021
Though Danmarks Nationalbank's governor seems tempted to ignore cryptocurrencies, other banks in the country continue to launch new services based on crypto
Ethereum's EIP-1559 'Doesn't Deliver' As It's 'Not Meant to Reduce Fees'
27.5.2021
Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559 is one that keeps on giving - discussions, that is. What it does not do is "deliver," argued Founder and CEO of popular Ethereum (ETH)-focused wallet manager MyCrypto, but receiving numerous counterarguments along the way.
The contested...
Elon Musk not right person to lead green Bitcoin debate, Nic Carter says
27.5.2021
Policymakers should encourage greener grids for local Bitcoin mining, Carter suggested
Tensions High At IGN After Management Claims Palestine Post Takedown Was Not Corporate Interference
27.5.2021
The weekend before last, IGN published and then pulled a post with links to charities in support of Palestinian victims who’d been devastated by Israeli violence. This spurred over 80 IGN staffers to sign and publish an open letter decrying corporate management’s subversion of their editorial...
ABEYCHAIN 2.0: Driving the Next Generation Blockchain Ecosystem
26.5.2021
Scalability is one of the problems facing public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. This is because their architecture is not sufficient to handle the increased number of users. Ethereum, in particular, has been plagued with slow confirmation times and high transaction fees leading many...
Digital Yuan Not Intended for the International Stage, Say Experts
25.5.2021
China’s forthcoming digital yuan may not be set to make a mark on the international monetary scene after all – and could, at least initially, be limited to domestic user-cases, experts have stated.
The stakeholders, including Michael Sung, the founder of CarbonBlue Innovations, were speaking at...
Bitcoin not on the agenda for HSBC says bank's CEO
25.5.2021
HSBC will not be joining the growing list of major banks offering Bitcoin and crypto investment products to customers and clients
Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Is Now Considered an Investable Asset, Clients Are Treating BTC as New Asset Class
24.5.2021
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs now considers bitcoin an investable asset. “Clients and beyond are largely treating it as a new asset class, which is notable — it’s not often that we get to witness the emergence of a new asset class,” said Goldman Sachs’ analyst....
US Congress Will Not Pass Cryptocurrency Legislation Anytime Soon, Says Lawmaker
24.5.2021
U.S. Congressman Jim Himes says that Congress is not ready to pass cryptocurrency legislation anytime soon, citing a lack of deep understanding of cryptocurrencies among lawmakers. “There’s going to be a lot of discussion in the coming years about ways to regulate”...
Wrangling Control Over PDFs with the Adobe PDF Embed API
24.5.2021
By our last estimate, there are now more PDFs in the world than atoms in the universe (not verified by outside sources) so chances are, from time to time, you’re going to run into a PDF document or two. Browsers …
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HSBC Won’t Launch Bitcoin Trading Desk, CEO Says Bank Has No Plans to Offer Cryptocurrency Investments
24.5.2021
HSBC has confirmed its bitcoin and cryptocurrency stance as a growing number of major banks are beginning to offer crypto services. CEO Noel Quinn says that HSBC views bitcoin as an asset class rather than a payments vehicle but the bank is not rushing into providing cryptocurrency investments...
Bitcoin Adoption Picks up Steam in Peru After Presidential Ballot
24.5.2021
Peru, a country not commonly associated with bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, is experiencing a sizable surge in digital currency adoption following the first round of its presidential ballot process. The presidential candidate with the most vote support, Pedro Castillo, is known for...
Billionaire David Rubenstein Says ‘Unrealistic’ to Think Government Will Stop Cryptocurrency From Being What Investors Want
23.5.2021
The Carlyle Group’s co-founder, David Rubenstein, says that the idea of the government stopping cryptocurrency from being something that investors want is unrealistic. He believes that cryptocurrency is here to stay. It’s not going away as “It’s clearly something that...
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Urges Crypto Investors to Buy the Dip, Says ‘Stop Whining and Take Action’
23.5.2021
Robert Kiyosaki, the best-selling author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” says now that bitcoin is “crashing,” it is a buying opportunity, especially for those who said that they could not afford it before. Alternatively, he said they can “Buy coins that outperform bitcoin...
RSK is Bitcoin’s Fastest Growing Layer, Not Liquid nor Lightning
23.5.2021
Since the resolution of the Bitcoin (BTC) block size limit debate in 2017, there has been a general consensus that Bitcoin is likely to scale via a multi-layer protocol stack rather than stuffing every transaction onto the base blockchain.
These secondary network layers, such as the Liquid...
Elon Musk Says He Won’t Sell Any Dogecoin — Admits He’s the ‘Ultimate Hodler’
22.5.2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he has not sold any dogecoin and will not sell any as the price of the cryptocurrency continues to slide over the recent weeks. The “Dogefather” has been working with dogecoin devs “to improve system transaction efficiency” after Tesla...
Bitcoin Bull Mike Novogratz Insists ‘Crypto Revolution Has Happened’ Despite Falling Prices, liquidation
22.5.2021
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz says that despite massive sell-offs across a broad range of cryptocurrencies, the story of crypto has not changed and “the crypto revolution has happened.” While viewing the current market as a “liquidation event” and a setback, Novogratz...
Should DevTools teach the CSS cascade?
22.5.2021
Stefan Judis, two days before I mouthed off about using (X, X, X, X) for talking about specificity, has a great blog post not only using that format, but advocating that browser DevTools should show us that value by …
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