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Bitcoin and Ether now account for 44% of the value locked in DeFi
15.10.2020
Despite $4B worth of BTC and ETH being locked in DeFi over the past five months, the two top coins still account for less than half of the sector’s TVL
Fidelity Digital Assets Touts Bitcoin Credentials, As Publicly Traded Companies Now Hold Over 600,000 BTC
15.10.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA) says diversifying an investment portfolio with bitcoin is especially essential now when benchmark interest rates globally are near or below zero. The opportunity cost of not allocating to bitcoin is simply higher explains FDA in its latest bitcoin investment thesis....
Netlify Edge Handlers
13.10.2020
Some very cool news from Netlify: Edge Handlers are in Early Access (request it here). I think these couple of lines of code do a great job in explaining what an Edge Handler is:
export function onRequest(event) {
console.log(`Incoming request for ${event.request.url}`);
...
Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust Attains SEC Reporting Company Status
13.10.2020
Grayscale Investments says the registration statement on Form 10 that it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the Ethereum Trust has become effective. This means Ethereum Trust is now an official SEC reporting company and the second digital currency investment...
Coinbase Wallet Users Can Now Purchase Crypto Inside the App
12.10.2020
For Coinbase users who don’t want to keep their funds on an exchange, the buying and storing crypto just became a lot easier
The Silk Road Balance Sheet Discrepancy: Bitcoin Worth $4.8 Billion Still Missing
12.10.2020
The original Silk Road marketplace has been shut down for well over seven years now and to this day, 444,000 bitcoin worth $4.8 billion is still missing. Just recently, a report focused on those funds discusses one of the market’s biggest mysteries and how people have seemingly forgotten...
12 Defi Con Artists Exposed – Are Rug Pulling Incidents Threatening the Future of Defi ?
12.10.2020
The ongoing hype about the abnormally high returns from Defi tokens has naturally seen many more investors moving funds to decentralized protocols. As of October 10, total value locked in Defi protocols was nearly $11 billion. However, despite this apparent endorsement of Defi, rug pulling...
Here Are the Top Public Companies That Have Adopted Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset
11.10.2020
When Microstrategy Inc. bought $425 million bitcoin in the last two months, the decision became an important stamp of institutional approval of the top crypto’s credentials as a mature, safe-haven asset. The American technology firm had just made bitcoin its primary reserve asset to hedge...
Buying Bitcoin Locally vs Online: Which Bitcoin of America Method is Best for You?
10.10.2020
With a second stimulus check due, now is the time to start thinking of your financial future, with the opportunity to buy bitcoin at a time when many people are predicting its continued rise in its value. You may have already seen a Bitcoin of America ATM in a local store and been impressed...
Animating Number Counters
9.10.2020
Number animation, as in, imagine a number changing from 1 to 2, then 2 to 3, then 3 to 4, etc. over a specified time. Like a counter, except controlled by the same kind of animation that we use for other design animation on the web. This could be useful when designing something like a dashboard,...
Bitcoin Must Now Beat $11.2K for Bull Revival, Say Analysts
9.10.2020
Bitcoin has woken up from its recent slumber. But a, bull revival needs a break above $11,200
Bitcoin Defi: Smart Contract Platform RSK Integrates ETH-Based Stablecoin DAI
9.10.2020
On October 6, 2020, the RIF (RSK Infrastructure Framework) development team announced that the Makerdao project’s DAI stablecoin is now available via the smart contract protocol RSK. According to the software engineers, RIF developers leveraged the RSK-Ethereum token bridge and individuals...
JPMorgan’s Blockchain Lead Is Now in Charge of Ethereum-Based Interbank Information Network
8.10.2020
JPMorgan Blockchain Lead Christine Moy has been promoted to lead the bank’s Ethereum-based Interbank Information Network (INN)
Finance Redefined: DeFi party’s over, back to building now, Sept. 30—Oct. 7
7.10.2020
DeFi tokens suffered massive losses this week, and they could continue
Japan’s Messaging Giant Line Introduces Crypto Lending Services
7.10.2020
Back in the summer of 2018, the Japanese messaging giant, Line Corp., launched a cryptocurrency exchange with over 30 digital assets. Now Line is introducing crypto lending services with five different crypto assets and a new lineup of decentralized applications (dapps). The Japanese messaging...
The Widening Responsibility for Front-End Developers
7.10.2020
This is an extended version of my essay “When front-end means full-stack” which was published in the wonderful Increment magazine put out by Stripe. It’s also something of an evolution of a couple other of my essays, “The Great Divide” and “Ooops, I guess we’re full-stack developers now.”
The post...
Fed Chairman Claims ‘Now Is Not the Time’ to Worry About the Federal Budget
7.10.2020
According to the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, the road to economic recovery is far from over and the Covid-19 pandemic has fueled the tragedy. During his speech at the National Association for Business Economics annual meeting, Powell highlighted that the federal budget was essentially...
You can now pay for 400,000 Viator tourism experiences with crypto
7.10.2020
Tripadvisor experience marketplace Viator has partnered with ShareRing to facilitate payments and store travelers sensitive information
Cloudbet Launches Second Major Stablecoin With USDC
7.10.2020
Cloudbet, the pioneering crypto sportsbook and casino, has added USD Coin to the portfolio of coins available to customers, marking the operator’s second major stablecoin integration after launching USD Tether in May. With the integration of USDC and USDT, Cloudbet now supports the biggest...
These 3 Trends Are Driving Crypto Market Growth Now
6.10.2020
The latest CoinDesk Quarterly Review looks at some of the main drivers of crypto market evolution including DeF, derivatives and stablecoins