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Expert: Digital Yuan Will Have a Hard Time Displacing Tether in Asia
6.7.2020
China’s CBDC wants to displace the US dollar, but Genesis Block’s Charles Yang believes it doesn’t offer a compelling alternative to USDT
WordPress Contributors Seek Sponsorship for Improving Gutenberg Developer Docs
6.7.2020
A couple of WordPress contributors are currently looking for folks to sponsor them to work on the documentation for the WordPress block editor (often referred to as “Gutenberg”) and this is your chance to support them.
If you’ve developed blocks for the WordPress block editor —...
Encryption Crackdown: Private Phone Network With 60,000 Users Dismantled by Law Enforcement
6.7.2020
An international law enforcement team has brought down an encrypted phone network with 60,000 users worldwide. The platform was one of the largest providers of encrypted communications, widely used by organized crime groups. UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), Europol, Eurojust, and several...
Germany Takes Over FATF Presidency With New Guidance to Help Countries Apply Crypto Standards
4.7.2020
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has a new president as Germany took over the presidency from China. The intergovernmental organization also highlighted the need for more guidance on cryptocurrencies as many countries have not yet fully implemented its revised crypto standards. Another review...
Over 2,500 Austrian Merchants Can Now Accept Cryptocurrency Payments
4.7.2020
More than 2,500 merchants in Austria can accept three types of cryptocurrencies via the payment processor Salamantex. The company explained that the system was tested with a number of select A1 5Gi network shops. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, contactless payments have been trending more so than they...
John Perry Barlow: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
4.7.2020
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We have no elected government,...
Despite Covid-19 Negativity, Crypto Prediction Markets Say Trump Wins the 2020 Election
3.7.2020
According to a number of crypto prediction markets and futures, Trump will still win the election in 123 days, but his chances have lessened a great deal. No matter who wins, however, the large sums of money flowing into these wager platforms indicate that people love to bet on election outcomes....
Trouble in Defi Paradise: Compound-Issued DAI Surpasses DAI in Circulation
3.7.2020
A number of cryptocurrency proponents have been discussing the stablecoin DAI this week, as the DAI allegedly held on the Compound platform is much larger than what is recorded in circulation. At press time, Compound statistics show there’s $523 million worth of DAI held in reserves, while...
Fluid Images in a Variable Proportion Layout
3.7.2020
Creating fluid images when they stand alone in a layout is easy enough nowadays. However, with more sophisticated interfaces we often have to place images inside responsive elements, like this card:
For now, let’s say this image is not semantic content, but only decoration. That’s...
Settling down in a Jamstack world
3.7.2020
One of the things I like about Jamstack is that it’s just a philosophy. It’s not particularly prescriptive about how you go about it. To me, the only real requirement is that it’s based on static (CDN-backed) hosting. You can use whatever tooling you like. Those tools, though...
IOTA CoFounders on How Past Mistakes Have Shaped Them Today
3.7.2020
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IOTA Cofounders on How Past Mistakes Have Shaped Them Today
3.7.2020
“Crypto Titans” is a series of personal interviews conducted by CoinMarketCap with prominent and forward-thinking minds tinkering on and behindContinue Reading
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Interoperable Blockchains May Be the Future of Finance but Have a Ways Yet to Go
3.7.2020
As interoperable blockchain solutions gain traction, many believe that the technology is still relatively nascent and needs more polishing
Mining Company Ebang’s Stock Listed on Nasdaq Down 11%, Firm Plans to Launch Offshore Exchange
3.7.2020
The bitcoin ASIC mining rig manufacturer, Ebang International Holdings, was recently listed on Nasdaq last Friday on June 26. Ebang is now the second mining rig manufacturer to have a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) by selling company shares. Since the initial sale on opening day, Ebang’s...
‘Running Drivenet:’ Bitcoin Proponent Discusses the Benefits of Drivechain Versus Lightning Network
2.7.2020
During the last few days, a number of cryptocurrency supporters have been discussing Paul Sztorc’s Drivechain project, also referred to as “Drivenet.” The Drivechain project has been a work in progress for years now, and just recently Sztorc published a new version of the Drivenet...
When a Line Doesn’t Break
2.7.2020
We expect a line to break when the text on that line reaches the parent box boundaries. We see this every time we create a paragraph, just like this one. When the parent box doesn’t have enough room for the next word in a line, it breaks it and moves down to the next line and repeats that...
$11 Trillion Offshore Assets Uncovered After 100 Countries Share Information on 84 Million Bank Accounts
2.7.2020
Governments in nearly 100 countries have been sharing offshore bank account information in an effort to crack down on tax evasion. Their “Automatic exchange of information” has led to uncovering 10 trillion euros ($11 trillion) in offshore assets in 84 million bank accounts....
A ‘Significant Increase’: UK Regulator Says 2.6 Million Residents Have Bought Cryptocurrencies
2.7.2020
The UK’s top financial regulator has conducted a survey and found a “significant increase” in the number of crypto owners and awareness of cryptocurrencies. The regulator estimates that 2.6 million people in the country have bought cryptocurrencies, most of which were from non-UK...
Alt-Right Activist Stefan Molyneux Banned from Youtube, Raises $100K in Crypto Donations
2.7.2020
The founder of Freedomain, philosopher and alt-right activist, Stefan Molyneux, received more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency donations after he was banned from Youtube on June 29, 2020. Stefan Molyneux is well known for his Youtube videos, podcasts, and books. His early Youtube videos describing...
How-to guide for creating edge-to-edge color bars that work with a grid
1.7.2020
Hard-stop gradients are one of my favorite CSS tricks. Here, Marcel Moreau combines that idea with CSS grid to solve an issue that’s otherwise a pain in the butt. Say you have like a 300px right sidebar on a desktop layout with a unique background color. Easy enough. But then say you want...