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Privacy-Enhancing Protocol Cashfusion Completes Security Analysis
30.7.2020
Just a few days prior to the Bitcoin Cash anniversary, BCH fans found out that the Cashfusion audit from Kudelski Security is now complete. Electron Cash engineer Jonald Fyookball announced the audit was finished and said the protocol “passed, mostly with flying colors.” Last February...
Coinbase Now Offers 2% Rewards on Dai Stablecoin Accounts
29.7.2020
The program applies to customers residing in the U.S., U.K., The Netherlands, Spain, France and Australia
Elrond now available on Indacoin via Visa And Mastercard
29.7.2020
Blockchain technology leader Elrond Network has partnered with the London-based crypt payment platform Indacoin for expanding its presence in the UK and other European markets. Elrond is available on Indacoin, and the fiat gateway is exposing Elrond to new users, across multiple countries, and...
Why Blockchain Exchanges Are Now Using Traditional Exchange Technology
29.7.2020
An increasing number of cryptocurrency exchanges are beginning to take steps to work with traditional stock and asset exchanges
Digital Yen Now ‘Top Priority’ for Japan Central Bank, Says Senior Official
29.7.2020
The comments mark a shift in priority for Japan as it seeks to counter the economic threat from regional rival China
Coinbase Sees More Institutional Investors Buying Bitcoin in H1
29.7.2020
Coinbase says more institutional investors are now using its platform to build direct positions in the cryptocurrency market. Crypto fund managers are now getting more backing from institutional investors that see the crypto market as an alternative investment strategy. In a report, the exchange...
A1 Telekom Austria Adds Bitcoin to Payment Service for Thousands of Retailers
28.7.2020
Austria’s leading telecom company, A1 Telekom Austria Group, has announced that its merchant payment service now accepts cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, for cashless payments. The company operates in seven countries and has 25 million customers. A1 Telekom Austria Group is a leading...
Thailand Has Now Licensed 13 Cryptocurrency Service Providers
28.7.2020
Thailand has been growing the number of licensed cryptocurrency service providers. The Thai regulators have now approved 13 crypto businesses to legally operate in the country, including cryptocurrency exchanges, brokers, and dealers. The Royal Decree on the Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561...
The GitHub Profile Trick
28.7.2020
Monica Powell shared a really cool trick the other day:
The profile README is created by creating a new repository that’s the same name as your username. For example, my GitHub username is m0nica so I created a new repository with the name m0nica.
Now the README.md from that repo is essentially...
Smart Contract Language DAML Is Now Available on R3's Corda
27.7.2020
R3’s widely-used open source blockchain platform Corda now supports the DAML smart contract language
Bitcoin Price Finally Snaps Multi-Year Downtrend, but Is $20K Now Possible?
27.7.2020
Bitcoin price set a new 2020 high after the price surged through the multi-year resistance level at 10,500
You Can Now Buy Hedera Hashgraph’s HBAR Token via Simplex
27.7.2020
Users can buy and sell the cryptocurrency with a debit or credit card through global payment processor Simplex’s fiat gateway solution
Live-Streaming Service Twitch Gives Subscribers 10% Discount if They Pay With Cryptocurrency
27.7.2020
The live-streaming service Twitch is now offering a 10% subscription discount for people who register with cryptocurrency. The new offer from Twitch leverages the Bitpay payment processor, as this is the first crypto-based discount promotion from a company of this magnitude. This week,...
Popular Indian Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaway Scam
26.7.2020
Following the massive Twitter breach that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway, a popular Indian Youtuber now claims that his Youtube channel was hacked for the same purpose. Hackers replaced some content in Carry Minati’s videos to promote a bitcoin giveaway. Popular...
Binance Now Sending Out Its Debit Cards
25.7.2020
Binance’s move into the payment card space takes flight as cards go out for delivery
Leadership Feud at Bitmain: 10,000 Antminers Go Missing in Inner Mongolia
25.7.2020
Reports detail that 10,000 Antiminers have been allegedly stolen from a Bitmain facility in China. Sources say that the missing mining rigs concern the ongoing power struggle between Bitmain cofounders Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan. Back in mid-June news.Bitcoin.com reported on the power struggle...
Bitcoin Suisse Completes a $48 Million Series A Financing Round
25.7.2020
Swiss crypto financial services provider, Bitcoin Suisse completes its first financing round of $ 48 million (CHF 45 million). The completed Series A financing round now has Bitcoin Suisse’s 2019 pro forma equity totaling around $108 million. The financing round includes 16.4% of shares...
Scratch ‘Blockchain Island,’ Malta Now Wants to Become a Digital Enclave
24.7.2020
Malta is taking a more holistic approach to its digital economy, combining blockchain with other “niche sectors.”
Vue 3.0 has entered Release Candidate stage!
23.7.2020
Vue is in the process of a complete overhaul that rebuilds the popular JavaScript framework from the ground up. This has been going on the last couple of years and, at long last, the API and implementation of Vue 3 core are now stabilize. This is exciting for a number of reasons:
Vue 3 promises...
CMD+Z for Git is Here
23.7.2020
Version control with Git has become a “commodity” by now: virtually every software project today uses Git, and virtually every developer knows Git to some extent. This explains why I sometimes hear the following question when I talk about what I do for a living: “A desktop client...