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Interview with an Intiface Haptics Engineer
25.4.2022
I was recently re-reading my Interview with a PornHub Web Developer and one bit I started thinking about was the VR question and the idea of making users not just see but feel` something. The haptic feedback of VR games is what really sets them apart from your standard PC or console game. So when...
Andreessen Horowitz Launches A16z Crypto Research Lab
24.4.2022
A16z, also known as Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capital (VC) company that has invested millions in crypto-related projects, has announced the launch of its own crypto research lab. This new initiative seeks to marry academic research with producing ideas and putting them into practice...
Tron’s Justin Sun Reveals Decentralized Algorithmic Stablecoin USDD
21.4.2022
On April 21, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, announced the launch of a decentralized algorithmic stablecoin called USDD. Sun said on Thursday that the USDD Network will “provide custody service for the $10 [billion] worth of highly liquid assets raised from blockchain industry initiators...
Co-Founder of Zimbabwean Fintech Startup: ‘Everyone Has a Right to Access Funds and Financial Freedom’
21.4.2022
Cryptocurrencies have been proven to be a financial tool that can be used to store value or make payments by those excluded from the financial system. Yet, despite this being true in many jurisdictions, many of those that might benefit from cryptocurrencies are still not using them. Regulatory...
Interest in Real Estate Investments in Spain Grew 400%, With Some Using Crypto and Stocks as Payment Method
19.4.2022
Real estate investments are booming in Spain and Europe, as investors are exiting riskier investment avenues in favor of safer options. According to sources from the real estate world, the interest in these instruments has grown 400% since November, with people purchasing homes without even having...
Making Mermaid Diagrams in Markdown
18.4.2022
Mermaid diagrams and flowcharts have been gaining traction, especially with GitHub’s announcement that they are natively supported in Markdown. Let’s take a look at what they are, how to use them, and just as importantly: why.
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Stock & Crypto Traders Are Changing - It’s Time to Empower Them
14.4.2022
Joe Jowett is the CEO of StrikeX, a blockchain technology company._____
2021 was the year of the retail trader. From high-flying meme stocks and cryptocurrencies to well-performing tech stocks, millions of new traders showed their power in a market revolutionized by online trading. ...
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Study Finds 33.4 Million Nigerian Adults Hold or Have Traded Crypto in Last 6 Months
12.4.2022
According to a new report, approximately 33.4 million Nigerians, or 35% of the country’s adult population, are holders of cryptocurrencies or have traded them in the past six months. The report attributes the growing adoption of cryptocurrencies to rising inflation and the plunging value...
Law Decoded: Crypto risks, imaginary and real, and creative ways of addressing them, April 4–11
11.4.2022
The Treasury admits there’s not much crypto-aided sanctions evasion going on, stablecoins attract regulatory attention, and a fourth futures-based BTC ETF secures approval
Logan Paul's New Website Will Take Collectibles, Lock Them In A 'Vault' Then Sell Tokens
6.4.2022
Internet person Logan Paul, fresh off wearing a $6 million Pokémon card to Wrestlemania—a sentence I am reeling from having had to type—has also this week opened a site called Liquid Marketplace, which claims to be selling stakes in physical collectibles, but in reality sounds like a disaster...
Input valueAsNumber
5.4.2022
Every once in a while I learn about a JavaScript property that I wish I had known about years earlier — valueAsNumber is one of them. The valueAsNumber provides the value of an input[type=number] as a Number type, instead of the traditional string representation when you get the value:...
Crypto Should Disrupt Current Anti-Money Laundering Practices, Not Adopt Them
31.3.2022
Modern know-your-customer, anti-money laundering regulations are ineffective; crypto represents a better option to address this problem
Indian Government Reveals 11 Crypto Exchanges Investigated for Tax Evasion, $13 Million Recovered
29.3.2022
The Indian government has revealed that 11 cryptocurrency exchanges have been under investigation by the country’s tax authority. About 95.86 crore rupees ($12.6 million) have been recovered from them. 11 Crypto Exchanges Investigated for Tax Evasion The Indian government answered some...
In-depth: Game Pass stats, probed & deconstructed
28.3.2022
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Breath Of The Wild Actually Has Four Beedles, And You Can Get Them All Together
28.3.2022
Beedle, the friendly travelling merchant from The Legend Of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, sure does get around, managing to cover almost every corner of the map during your adventures. Turns out he’s got a secret to his breadth of coverage: there are more than one of them.Read more
Russian Prime Minister, Economy Ministry Support Legalization of Cryptocurrencies
27.3.2022
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and the Russian Ministry of Economic Development have backed efforts to regulate cryptocurrencies and integrate them into the country’s economy. The support comes amid mounting sanctions over the war in Ukraine which restrict Russia’s access to global...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Says State Is ‘Figuring out Ways’ to Allow Businesses to Pay Taxes in Bitcoin
24.3.2022
Florida governor, Ron DeSantis explained at a press conference on Tuesday that he’s spoken with state agencies and told them to figure out ways for businesses to pay tax with cryptocurrencies. During the signing ceremony for a bill focused on financial literacy, DeSantis said that...
Nestree Introduces NFT Aggregator Beta Service to Help Improve Usability and Overall Performance
22.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Nestree is a blockchain-based community messenger that is incentivized in nature. It is also a messaging platform that specializes in the development and revival of diverse communities by exposing them to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. In 2022, Nestree will deploy an...
12-Year-Old Prodigy-Created Project, TheRandomDao, Listed on LBank
18.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Meme coins have been trending for a while now in the crypto space and most of them are animal related. Dogs, in particular, are the most popular meme element used in global meme coin community. From Dogecoin to Shiba Inu (SHIB), the success of numerous meme coins has been witnessed...
Artists and Activists Turn to NFT Sales to Support the Ukrainian People
14.3.2022
NFTs are showing the brighter side of humanity as real support transcends the boundaries of nations and reaches Ukraine through the metaverse. In light of the ongoing military conflict, people from all around the world send their donations to Ukraine via NFT sales, as artists and activists turn...