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WDRL — Edition 287: A new year, a new start and nothing ground changing.
22.1.2021
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Welcome to another new year, 2021. WDRL is now seven and a half year old already and the first edition had about twenty email subscribers. What was in there? We had webfont loading behaviour, Speedcurve, a HTML validator, GrumpIcon which created PNG fallbacks for SVG icons via Grunt...
Thai Financial Watchdog Asks Local Crypto Exchange to Fix Issues After Three Massive Outages
22.1.2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC) issued an order against a local cryptocurrency exchange to temporarily stop its operations. Bitkub has been in the headlines since the start of the year due to several outages suffered in their systems. Crypto Exchange Suffered Three Massive...
Robbers Take $450K From a Tether Trader During an In-Person Transaction in Hong Kong — Second Incident in 2021
21.1.2021
Hong Kong police are investigating the second incident in the year involving an offline cryptocurrency transaction. A female trader is reportedly the latest victim of robbers who stole her HKD 3.5 million ($451,000) worth in tether (USDT) tokens. One of the Robbers Gained Female’s Trust...
505 Games Announces Puzzle Quest 3, Coming Out This Year
21.1.2021
Earlier this month, publisher 505 Games acquired Infinity Plus Two, the Australian studio that created the hybrid match-three/RPG series Puzzle Quest. This morning 505 Games announces Puzzle Quest 3, a free-to-play sequel that takes place 500 years after the original. Read more
Final Fantasy Creator's New RPG Looks Unique And Will Be Out This Year
21.1.2021
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy, has been working on the follow up to his Terra Battle role-playing games. It’s called Fantasian.Read more
Luxembourg Start-Up To Ramp Up Music Rights Platform Next Year
20.1.2021
Luxembourg-based start-up ANote Music has created a marketplace that allows its users to purchase and sell music rights, using blockchain technology, raising EUR 505,000 (USD 612,000) last year from its first investment round, and attracting EUR 385,000 (USD 467,000) from investors. The firm is...
Get One of Last Year's Weirdest Games, Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise, for $33
20.1.2021
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing In Disguise | $33 | AmazonRead more
As Ether price breaks all-time high Buterin's ETH holdings up 8x in a year
19.1.2021
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has seen the value of his personal ETH stash soar over 700% in a single year
State of JavaScript 2020
18.1.2021
We rounded up a bunch of published 2020 annual reports right before the year ended and compiled them into a big ol’ list. The end of the list called out a couple of in-progress surveys, one of which was …
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Paypal to Earn $2 Billion in Revenue From Its Bitcoin Business, Says Analyst
17.1.2021
Mizuho Securities analyst Don Dolev has forecast that Paypal will earn up to $2 billion in revenue from its bitcoin business by 2023. This year, he expects that the payment giant’s overall revenue will climb 20%. Dolev says there has been a “dramatic increase in engagement due...
‘America and Sound Money,’ the Most Important Bitcoin Essay of the Last Year
17.1.2021
A reading of the “Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter” by Ross Stevens
TNABC Miami’s Eighth Annual Conference Goes Virtual, Event Underscores Technology’s Important Role
16.1.2021
On January 28-29, 2021, The North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC) is preparing to kick off its eighth exhibition with another cryptocurrency and blockchain-focused event. The event organizers have lined up more speakers than ever, as this year’s TNABC is going to be 100% virtual due...
Venezuelan President Maduro Promises 2021 Will Be the Year to Boost Usage of Petro
16.1.2021
The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, has claimed that 2021 will be the year of the state-backed petro (PTR) token. He also promised to boost a “100% national digital economy” agenda through a “complete digitalization process.” 77% of Trade Transactions in Venezuela...
Here’s how institutional investors ignited Bitcoin’s rally to $40,000
15.1.2021
Experts weigh in on the main events from 2020 that impacted Bitcoin’s price the most
Axiom Verge Gets 'Sophisticated' Randomizer Mode Six Years After Launch
15.1.2021
Axiom Verge, the bespoke Metroid-like developed solely by indie designer Thomas Happ, is still getting new content long after it originally came out. A new update will make the game feel like new every time you play by randomizing the order in which you get new weapons and unlock new areas.Read more
Advisers Allocating Crypto in Clients’ Portfolios Rose 49% Last Year: Survey
15.1.2021
The number of advisers allocating to crypto in client portfolios rose from 6.3% to 9.4% in 2020
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $40K Again While Ether Volume Is Erupting This Year
14.1.2021
Bitcoin’s price is on a rising trend for the first time this week
Buy 1 Year of EA Play for $24 and Weave It Into 4 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Like a Modern Rumpelstiltskin
14.1.2021
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Ubisoft Pushes Riders Republic To ‘Later This Year’, Adding To Wave Of Game Delays
14.1.2021
Riders Republic, the next game from the team behind Steep, has been delayed until “later this year.” The delay adds to a growing number of games that have been pushed back recently, including Hogwarts Legacy and Outriders.Read more
CME's Bitcoin futures facilitated over 11 million BTC in volume last year
13.1.2021
Last year was a volatile one for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies